Author: Carma Henry

Just 48 years after Russwurm and Cornish founded the Black Press, the Savannah Tribune was born.

After initially casting his vision to a group of friends in 1955, entrepreneur Julius P. Carter started investing every extra dollar he could from his cigarette vending business that he operated out of his office garage, into the equipment he needed to print his first tabloid-sized publication.

    Join us at Old Town Untapped, our monthly street festival. April features the rocking Miami-based band Brothers of Others. Enjoy the opening reception for Modern Quilt, a vibrantly curated exhibition of non-traditional quilt making. On the first Friday of every month, “Old Town” becomes the epicenter for art, food, and music! Each event features live bands, a DJ, craft beer, food trucks, arts & crafts vendors, and gallery tours at Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA). Old Town Untapped is free and open to the public.  April 1, 2022, from 6-10 pm, with headlining musical act Brothers of Others. Learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org

BUTLER Funeral services for the late Jarvis Levi Bulter, Jr. 1-years-old were held March 19th at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Daryl Barber officiating.…

FLEURANT Funeral services for the Jean W. Fleurant – 56 were held March 20th at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. JEAN Funeral services for the late Aleatha…

GRESHAM Funeral services for the late Annie Lou Gresham – 91. PALMER Funeral services for the late Cynthia Vernice Skinner Palmer – 71 were held March…

Omaha, NE: Jim Beatty, Founder of The African American Golf Expo and Forum and President of Jim Beatty Golf Ventures Located in Omaha, NE Has Named Ashaunta Epps and Ronnie Bryant As Honorary Co-Chairs For The 2nd Annual African American Golf Expo And Forum Which Will Be Held Aug. 27 -31 In The Charlotte Area At The Concord Embassy Suites.

     Each day Lee would travel two and a half miles each day in recognition of the two and a half years that Black Texans waited between when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, on Jan. 1, 1863, abolishing slavery, and the day that message arrived in Galveston, where Black people were still enslaved, on June 19, 1865.

Let’s get to together We’re hosting a new event, and we’d love to see you there. Join us for Building Economic Security Virtual Financial Workshop Series,…

     “This has been a 30-plus year journey,” Congresswoman Jackson Lee declared. “We had to take a different approach. We had to go one by one to members explaining this does not generate a check.” Congresswoman Jackson Lee said this week that there’s now enough votes in the House for passage of the historic piece of legislation.