Commentary
One Woman’s Opinion
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Month: March 2022
Black History
CELEBRATING WOMEN HISTORY: JARENA LEE : TRAILBLAZING AFRICAN AMERICAN PREACHER AND ‘SELF-MADE’ WOMAN
By Ryan Foley One Sunday in 1817, Jarena Lee attended a service at Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Philadelphia. A former servant, Lee had become a Christian nearly a decade before—a conversion […]
State News
Inside one of Alabama’s only Black history high school classes: What is taught?
By Rebecca Griesbach In Mary Gaston’s classroom, Tuscaloosa high schoolers spent a Wednesday afternoon preparing a list of questions for the sister of a late local activist. “Did you ever not want to be Black?” […]
Crime
Alabama man murdered daughter, drove around with body before dumping her in woods, police say
By Carol Robinson A Dothan man is being held on $1.5 million bond in the death of his daughter, who was reported missing in 2021 and whose skeletal remains were found earlier this year. Police on […]
Commentary
OP-ED: Robert F. Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Frank Baker and William Pickard Top List of Black Donors to HBCUs
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association NNPA NEWSWIRE — A recent Washington Post story found that Black Americans donate a higher share of their wealth than their white counterparts […]
Sports
Wins available as NCAA Tourney tips
LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor It’s back to the NCAA Basketball Tourna- ment this week for MEAC men’s champion Norfolk State, SWAC men’s champion Texas Southern and SWAC women’s champion Jack- son State. Howard, the MEAC […]
Health
FOOTBALL LEGEND & COACH DEION SANDERS HAS TOES AMPUTATED
By Barry Anderson Former NFL pro and now celebrated Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders revealed that he had surgery to amputate two toes on his left foot following a bout with three life-threatening blood […]
Politics
Alabama House passes bill on police jurisdictions in response to Brookside abuses
By Mike Cason The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill tonight to make it a crime to misrepresent the boundaries of a municipality’s police jurisdiction, such as by moving signs or markers. Rep. Juandalynn Givan, […]
Politics
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: “House Has Votes to Pass Reparations Bill”
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This has been a 30-plus year journey,” Congresswoman Jackson Lee declared. “We had to take a different approach. We had to go one […]
AAMU
AAMU Announces Interim Associate Vice-President and Dean of Graduate Studies
Dr. John D. Jones is returning again to serve as Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of Graduate Studies effective March 15, 2022. Previously, he served from October 1, 2019 to May […]