ATLANTA – GMC TV, America’s favorite channel for uplifting family entertainment, announced today that the GMC World Premiere Movie Raising Izzie set a host of new ratings milestones on its July 21 (7-9 p.m. EST) premiere. The network also announced that Raising Izzie will re-air on Friday, August 3 at 9 and 11 p.m. EST, […]
Hank Aaron Foundation Donates $100,000+ to Atlanta Tech
The Atlanta Technical College Foundation announced today that the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation has made a generous donation in the amount of $104,000 to establish the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation 4 for 4 Endowed Scholarship at Atlanta Technical College. The scholarship is in memory of Dr. Brenda Watts Jones, former president […]
Actor Charles S. Dutton, Judge Daryl Traywick and Detroit Pistons Legend Isiah Thomas to Participate in Black Men’s Roundtable
Miami, FL – The Florida Coalition on Black Civic Participation will host the 2012 Healthy, Wealth & Wise Mini-Expo and Black Men’s Round Table on Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Caleb Center, 5400 NW 22nd Avenue in Miami. NBA Hall of Famer, Isiah Thomas; actor and producer, Charles […]
Dog Killers and Killer Dogs – by Lucius Gantt
The Gantt Report – To some Americans, NFL quarterback Michael Vick is the most hated man in the United States. The hatred intensified when Vick announced plans to release an autobiographical book about his life and news writers and internet posters went to work telling the world how terrible Vick was and is. Michael Vick […]
Ohio Unity Coalition Kicks-Off Voter Empowerment Tour with Hi-Tech Mobile Voter Registration Unit Traveling the State
Multi-city “Stand Your Ground” tour aims to prepare voters in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus,Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland, Lorain and Toledo Ohio A coalition of faith, labor, civil and voter rights groups along with community activists launched the Stand Your Ground… Vote, 2012 Ohio Voter Empowerment Tour in Cincinnati this past weekend dispatching a mobile voter registration unit […]
The “Endgame: AIDS In Black America” Continues An Unfair Game with America and Black People’s Lives – by Cleo Manago
“…in things racial [Americans] have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder “Endgame: AIDS in Black America,” an edition of the PBS network’s “Frontline” that aired recently, personifies the timidity Holder references in that the documentary only went but just so far, […]
Romney and the NAACP: A Missed Opportunity
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Columnist) – As anyone who has followed me knows, I have been extremely critical of President Obama’s non-engagement with the Black community. Obama has deliberately ignored the plight of the Black community while giving preferential treatment to the homosexual and Hispanic communities. But I can’t in good conscious criticize Obama and […]
Harriet Tubman Descendants Convene in Atlanta for Proclamation
By Arit Essien – Descendants of the abolitionist and women’s suffragist, Harriet Tubman convened in Atlanta over the weekend for a proclamation presentation by Atlanta City Council, and week-long events reuniting family members from across the nation. Echoing the words of Tubman’s enduring command to passengers aboard the Underground Railroad: “Keep Goin!” family members accepted […]
Visual Master Bernard Hoyes Brings Art Alive in “Seven Paintings, A Story in Performance” an Interdisciplinary Artistic Production at the Ford Amphitheatre about a Spiritual Journey from the African Diaspora @makedaqueen
Los Angeles – For over four decades the paintings of visual art master Bernard Stanley Hoyes have stimulated the masses. With compositions that boast majestic color, bold creativity and magnetic passion, his artwork is known for stirring the heart, mind and soul. As an iconic craftsman channeling images from a deeply spiritual space, it has […]