Sports
Merger opens new doors for HBCUs
By LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor In last week’s BCSP, we charted the first HBCU player ever taken in the NFL Draft – North Carolina A&T running back Robert “Stonewall” Jackson in 1950 – up through […]
Year: 2020
Religion
WHAT OUR MOTHERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN (DONE)
March 18, 2020 Sitting in an easy chair, watching an episode of “The Waltons”, titled “Romance”, while being quarantined in my home from the Coronavirus—my mind began to wonder. In this episode, the mother, Olivia […]
Politics
Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Sup- port CBC in Protecting Black Health
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Newswire Senior Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2020 – National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., National Action Network (NAN) Founder […]
Health
MAYOR BATTLE ISSUES FACE COVER CHALLENGE
In phase one of Alabama’s re-opening plan, Mayor Tommy Battle is reminding everyone it’s more important than ever to cover up when you head out. “The COVID-19 virus hasn’t left town,” said Mayor Battle. “Wearing […]
Headline News
IS TRUMP TRYING TO CONVICT ARBERY, AND ACQUIT HIS MURDERERS
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson Trump once more proved the hard-political truism that when Presidents speak out on a heinous racial killing or violence, their words have weighty consequences. That happened when Trump digressed from his […]
Business
Don’t Uncork the Champagne Yet Over the Biden Beating Trump
Earl Ofari Hutchinson It’s true that nearly all polls show that presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden consistently beats Trump both nationally and in the must win swing states. It’s true that these polls consistently […]
AAMU
WHEN I THINK OF HBCUS When I think of HBCUs,
When I think of HBCUs, I think of history. How many people can say the founder of their illustrious institution was sold on the very land they’re standing on and came back and bought that […]
State News
Alabama Researchers Energize Efforts to Aid Search for COVID-19 Therapies
by the Associated Press Photo Caption: Researchers in Oregon are using Birmingham-based TriAltus Bioscience’s protein purification technology to accelerate research into a new COVID-19 vaccine. (TriAltus) Alabama’s bioscience researchers and organizations have mobilized to combat […]
State News
NEW INVESTMENT ACROSS ALABAMA TOPPED $7 BILLION IN 2019, GOV. KAY IVEY ANNOUNCES
By Jerry Underwood, Made in Alabama A $349 billion program created to assist America’s small businesses was launched on April 3 to provide payroll, utilities, rent and more for eligible applicants screened by the U.S. […]
Sports
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS FOR HBCU PLAYERS
The selection of Tennessee State offensive lineman Lachavious Simmons as the only black college player in last week’s 2020 NFL Draft evokes memories of a bygone time when HBCU players were much more prevalent in […]