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Year: 2020
Obituaries
DORA JAMES OBITUARY
By James W. Reynolds Mrs. DORA DANIELS JAMES, 95, retired teacher for Broward County Public Schools for 32 years, died August 24. Survivors include her daughters, Veronica Johnson and Dianne Reynolds (James); grandchildren, Rodney Reynolds, […]
Sports
Bill Russell, who led 1961 boycott of NBA game, salutes 2020 players’ boycott
By Des Bieler, Washington Post August 27, 2020 When Bill Russell saluted NBA players Wednesday for “standing up for what is right,” his words carried extra weight. Not just because Russell, 86, is the NBA’s […]
Opinion
The “Bad Guy” Narrative is Back Again— This Time it’s Jacob Blake
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst You could have mailed this one in. The “this” is the cynical, calculated, cold hearted, factually challenged assertion that Jacob Blake was really the bad […]
Health
BLACK PEOPLE SUFFER DISPROPORTIONATELY FROM DEMENTIA CRISIS
By Dr. Lucille Ridgill Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) is the 6th leading cause of death among White people, but the 4th leading cause of death for Black people like me. The […]
Religion
BIG SHILOH PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH HELD ITS 2ND PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY
Story and photo submitted by Sister Debbie Robinson-Matthews, Assistant Secretary Big Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, Pastor Elder Jeffery Jefferson, 133 Maple Street Madison, 35758. Pastor Elder Jeffery Jefferson and First Lady Mother Angela Kelly Jefferson, 2nd Anniversary […]
AAMU
ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY VIRTUAL RIBBON CUTTING FOR “DREAM SPACE” SET
The students at Alabama A&M University will experience a dream come true in the form of a unique “Dream Space” set up in the Learning Resources Center that will be virtually showcased on Thursday, August […]
Health
COLON CANCER: WHY ITS TAKING MORE BLACK MEN AND WHEN WE SHOULD BE SCREENED
Dr. Maya Johnston-Stone, BDO Health Contributor The entertainment world was in shock this past weekend as the news of actor Chadwick Boseman, who played many iconic characters such as Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, […]
Business
HUNTSVILLE NATIVE & GRADUATE OF J. O. JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL JENNIFER C. THOMAS IS HONORED
Howard University Associate Professor, Jennifer C. Thomas, a native of Huntsville, Alabama and graduate of J. O. Johnson H. S., is the recent recipient of two notable honors in education. She was named the Scripps […]
Headline News
Exclusive Interview with Madison County Probate Judge Frank Barger – – HISTORIC GENERAL ELECTION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Story and photo by Phyllis Jones, Speakin’ Out News Senior Staff Writer Pandemic. Mandatory masks. Social distancing. Economic challenges. Social injustices at an all-time high. All of these factors are enough to make ones stress […]