Month: March 2019

ev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters Regarding Racist White Presidents

     “I’m excited that this is by us, for us and there’s going to be a lot of great content that reflects our lifestyle,” said Rice, who joined cast members from various Cleo TV shows, executives from Comcast Afro and others in celebrating the launch of the new channels at the Newseum on Thursday, March 14.

Father Augustus Tolton is one step closer to being the First Black American Saint A Vatican committee has unanimously voted to send the sainthood cause of the first African American priest in the United States to the next stage.

     The legendary greatest living blues artist in the world, eight-time Grammy ® Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Guy, performs in the Au-Rene Theater on Friday, March 22.

     UNCF awards more than $100 million in scholarships annually and administers more than 400 programs, including scholarship, internship and fellowship, mentoring, summer enrichment, and curriculum and faculty development programs.

     The team has received a $26 million grant as part of former Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative to conduct the largest study ever to look at the underlying factors and reasons that put African American men at higher risk for developing and dying from prostate cancer.

Tourists planning to visit the new Museum of Black Civilization in Dakar, Senegal should also take a moment to check out Chez Alpha Books, an English bookstore committed to writers from The Diaspora, fiction /non-fiction stories related to the history, and experiences of people from The Diaspora along with other world literature.

Mayor Gilbert presented representatives from Freeman’s alma mater, Florida A&M University (FAMU), with a $15,000 check that will establish a scholarship fund in Freeman’s name at the University.

     How often do we find ourselves coming face-to-face with the newness of anxieties that are birthed because of some positive growth or regressions that have come due to our bad choices?