Before Will A. Gunn served in the White House, defended the rights of military detainees or became the chief legal officer for the nation’s largest funder of civil legal aid, he was a young man growing up in the Fort Lauderdale area, attending Mt. Olive Baptist Church and breaking barriers at Piper Hig
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I am told that there is a great deal of voter apathy floating around. In a democratic form of government, the vote is the electoral voice. You get to have a say about what is important and which direction you want to see your community go. Candidates generally structure their campaigns around policy positions that are of interest to voters. Consider this: African Americans have not always been free in the United States. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery. Elected officials had to vote to abolish it. To pass the House of Representatives, a two-thirds majority was required. A total of 175 votes were cast: 119 for the 13th Amendment and 56 against. Had the result been 116 for and 59 against (a difference of three votes), the amendment would not have passed, and freedom for African Americans would have been delayed. There were no African Americans in the House of Representatives. The measure barely passed.
What if President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push for more executions ends up helping America abolish the death penalty?
On June 11, 2026, family, friends, and loved ones will gather to celebrate an extraordinary milestone as Mrs. Olivia Ballard turns 100 years old. Reaching a century of life is a rare blessing, and for Mrs. Ballard, it is a testament to a life defined by faith, perseverance, hard work, and unwavering love for family.
She remembers standing in line for bread as a child in Armenia in the early 1990s, during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the war with Azerbaijan. Winters were bitterly cold. Electricity was scarce. Families cut wood in nearby parks just to heat their homes. Each person received only a small ration of bread. The uncertainty of those years etched itself into her childhood in ways she would only later understand.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The hotel housed many key figures in African American history, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. It served as a hub for ministers, activists, and community leaders to organize, exchange ideas, and build networks vital to the civil rights movement. The Ben Moore Hotel quickly became known as a “headquarters for power” in the African American community.
In 1914, shortly after he moved to Berlin to serve as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics, Einstein was horrified by the onset of World War I. “Europe, in her insanity, has started something unbelievable,” he told a friend. “In such times one realizes to what a sad species of animal one belongs.” Writing to the French author Romain Rolland, he wondered whether “centuries of painstaking cultural effort” have “carried us no further than . . . the insanity of nationalism.”
Howard University graduate Tahir Murray, recognized early on that the fashion industry would be his path to generational wealth. Murray, 26, could see the signs clearly, having grown up in the family business, Von’s Sneakers, which later became the famed School of Hard Knocks. This retail store in New York City, which opened in 1970, became the first Black-owned shop in the country to obtain a license to distribute Nike products. Over the years, it evolved into a cultural movement, where Murray quietly absorbed the blueprint for building a lasting legacy.
As he waited for sentencing, hands cuffed but heart wide open, Sandy picked up the Holy Bible and found himself in the book of John, chapter 15. The words did not merely speak to him — they pierced him. “Abide in Me,” the scripture echoed, “for apart from Me you can do nothing.” That moment was no longer about a sentence— it was a surrender. Sandy realized he was not in control of his life. God was. And in that bullpen, he received the first of many divine assignments.
The daughter of former Atlanta Mayor and Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young has died, the family confirmed on Saturday.