A Real Fighter for the People, the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian,1924-2020
Cordy Tindell (C.T.) Vivian was born on July 30, 1924 in Howard County, Missouri. As a small boy he migrated with his mother to Macomb, Illinois, where he attended Lincoln Grade School and Edison Junior High. Vivian graduated from Macomb High School in 1942 and went on to attend Western Illinois University in Macomb, where…
Read MoreA Requiem to a Beautiful Life: Remembering Rev. C.T. Vivian (July 30, 1924 – July 17, 2020)
By Dr. Randy Short In 1995, I was blessed to make acquaintance via phone with the late C.T. Vivian when I was working for PBS Newhour with Jim Lehrer. It was a cold call to a stranger that I had admired for years, and I did not let the fact that I did not…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE:Radio Host Attacks Roger Stone With Racial Smear
By Jacob Engels In an interview plagued with technical issues and inputs from the control room or other sources, Los Angeles radio host Mo Kelly is now falsely accusing Trump confidante and New York Times bestseller Roger Stone of calling him a “negro.” Kelly has a history of propping up far-left politicians like Pete Buttiegieg and…
Read MoreCongressman John Lewis dies at the age of 80
By Roz Edward From The Atlanta Daily World ATLANTA, GA — Seventeen-term Georgia Congressman John Lewis, often referred to as “a living saint,” died Friday night following a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Lewis was a member of the “Big Six” leaders of the 1960s civil rights movement and spent his life fighting for racial integration.…
Read MoreWhy Save the Children of Mound Bayou?
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief You say, “Why save the children of Mound Bayou?” I say save the children of Mound Bayou because the children of Mound Bayou are special, they are different, they are exceptional, they are phenomenal. And they are worth saving in order to save the soul of Mound Bayou, thus, save the…
Read MoreOpinion: The Shameful “Black Lives” Hypocrisy of Uber, Lyft and Other Gig Companies
Cherri Murphy | Special to California Black Media Partners To executives at Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, Postmates, and other gig companies: We are the workers who power the core of your businesses and we write in response to your recent comments on the Black Lives Matter movement. Your statements have included various platitudes about your commitment to racial justice and…
Read MoreWestern Center On Law & Poverty Names First Black Woman, Crystal D. Crawford, It’s New Executive Director
Crawford Brings Decades of Experience in Strategic Philanthropy, Policy Advocacy and Social Justice LOS ANGELES – After a nationwide search, the Board of Directors of Western Center on Law & Poverty has chosen Crystal D. Crawford to be its next Executive Director. Crawford is currently a program director at The California Wellness Foundation, a position…
Read MoreCOVID Prison Release: State To Start With Non-Violent Inmates Over Age 30
Joe Paul, Managing Director of the Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership and Director of Political and Civic Affairs, City of Refuge Church-L.A. By Quinci LeGardye California Black Media Prison officials announced July 10 that an estimated 8,000 incarcerated individuals will be eligible for early release by the end of August, in order to stem the…
Read MoreNWWNC Votes To Rename Le Conte Avenue, Citing Namesake’s Racist Past
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Read MorePresident Trump Free Roger Stone and Honor His Work To Pardon Marcus Garvey Help Free Libya and Haiti
The news media pundits and commentators are all preparing for President Donald Trump to do the inevitable–fully pardon or commute the pending criminal 40-month prison sentence of long time friend and political savant Roger Stone. On the right end of the spectrum Stone is an all-American hero with Republican rock star status going back nearly…
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