Author: Carma Henry

ALLEN Funeral services for the late Claudine Allen – 74 were held June 2nd at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. BAZILE Funeral services for the late Roseline…

SMITH Funeral services for the late Jasmin LaShawn Smith – 29 were held June 3rd at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

     Jessie Maple was recognized as the first Black woman to write and produce a full-length film independently.

     A federal appeals court cited Bethune-Cookman University’s yearlong wait to try to block an alumni group from using the institution’s founder’s name as the reason the school has lost its latest appeal.

For 33 years, from 1987 to 2020, this discrepancy amounted to approximately $1.3 billion, according to the complaint. Despite both universities being the only public land-grant…

      An employee at the Dubuque Hempstead High School in Iowa has been placed on leave after calling a Black student the N-word.

  In 1932, Roy was born on April 27th in Talladega, Alabama, the second of 11 sisters and brothers. He was raised and educated in Anderson, Indiana by his loving Mother. Roy whole heartedly, truly adored and loved his mother, Ms. Mozell Bledsoe Young.

American history. What’s the oldest such holiday? It’s actually Pinkster — originally a Dutch celebration that was brought to the Hudson Valley in the 17th century and morphed into the most treasured festival of the year for enslaved people and their descendants.

     The Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum is the brainchild of James Howard, a professional industrial designer who has spent more than four decades designing more than 400 commercial products and is listed as an inventor on more than 20 U.S. patents. Howard Design Agency, which he founded and ran for 15 years, became one of the nation’s top-grossing industrial design firms, working with several major consumer product companies and academic institutions.

     Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic easily outswam the competition, bringing in $95.5 million on 4,320 screens in North America, according to studio estimates on May 28.