Local News
From a teen perspective, learning about Eunice Hunton Carter feels like uncovering a story that deserves way more attention. At a time when opportunities for Black women were heavily restricted, she stepped into the legal field with confidence and purpose. She wasn’t just chasing personal success she was proving that intelligence, preparation, and courage could challenge unfair expectations. For us teens today, that kind of determination is powerful because it shows what can happen when someone refuses to lower their goals.
National News
“I kind of felt violated,” she recalls, describing how two male correctional officers searched her and unzipped her hoodie despite her objections. Angry and intoxicated, she flooded a toilet in her pod after being denied a phone call. “It was like an out of body situation,” she says. “I was so mad they wouldn’t let me make a phone call. I could’ve bonded out that night.”
View Our e-Edition
Our Videos
Entertainment
In 2003, Bill doubled down on his longstanding appreciation of that work by establishing the Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery devoted to hip-hop photography. In 2015, after the gallery’s closing, The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture acquired 400 Eyejammie photo prints by 59 different photographers.
JASON MORAN PERFORMS THE MUSIC OF DUKE ELLINGTON: MY HEART SINGS
D’Wayne Wiggins, one of the founding members of the legendary R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! passed away Friday, this according to his family’s announcement on social media. He was 64 years old.
On the heels on Black Music Month, The Town Hall presented Keeping The Faith: Celebrating 30 Years of Music and Entertainment with Singer/Songwriter Faith Evan
Editorials
