2022 – Page 91

Historically Black Catholic School to Remain Open on Alabama Coast

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ASSOCIATED PRESS MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A more than 120-year-old, historically Black parochial school where nuns and priests supported the civil rights movement won’t close after all following a fundraising drive and new commitments by […]

Nickelberry goes to Georgetown

March 30, 2022 Bouldin 0

Former Hampton and Howard head basketball coach Kevin Nickelberry, who stepped in to lead LSU in the NCAA Tournament after head coach Will Wade was released just before the start of March Madness, has landed […]

Biden to sign bill making lynching a federal hate crime into law

March 30, 2022 Bouldin 0

By: DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed. […]

NEAR AND FAR: WIMS LOOKS AT AAMU’S FUTURE

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AAMU RELEASE Presidential Perspectives Alabama A&M University will continue to fulfill several key areas of a comprehensive strategic plan set to conclude in 2025. The ten-year document, adopted after constituent and campus-wide input in 2015, […]

Smith and Rock Sent A Horrible Message to The World —About Us

March 30, 2022 Bouldin 0

by Earl Ofari Hutchinson In one dumb and embarrassing split-second, Will Smith and Chris Rock managed to reinforce a couple of the worst stereotypes about Black males. First Rock, he stepped way over the line […]

Pres. Biden Admin. Focuses Money on HBCUs After Bomb Threats

March 30, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Lauren Victoria Burke Shifting funds from the Department of Education to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities experiencing sporadic bomb threats, several top officials in the Biden Administration spoke out. Over the last two […]

No weapon against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will prosper

March 30, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson No weapon. That was all I could think, all I could muster. All I could pray. All I could hold onto—as a Black man, as someone who strives to be a decent […]

Warrior Met Coal offers $25,000 reward in pipeline explosion; union ‘condemns violence’

March 30, 2022 Bouldin 0

By The Associated Press A late-night explosion at a natural gas pipeline in rural west Alabama is under investigation by federal agents, authorities said Friday, and a company said it was offering a $25,000 reward for what […]

Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Burger King packaging contain cancer-causing ‘forever’ chemicals: report

March 30, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Brian Linder Chick-fil-A fan? How about McDonald’s? Like Taco Bell, those flame-broiled burgers at Burger King? How about that new Arby’s jingle and their roast beef sandwiches? You might want to rethink all of those […]

3 found dead in vehicle after Tuscaloosa floodwaters recede

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By Carol Robinson An investigation is underway after three people were found dead in a vehicle following recent flooding in Tuscaloosa. The discovery was made about 8 a.m. Thursday near Main Street and 19th Street N.E. […]