The Juanita A. Portlock Memorial Scholarship Fund 501(c)(3)’s Exhibit at The Culver City Middle School Panthers Black-Owned Business Expo
The Juanita A. Portlock Memorial Scholarship Fund 501(c)(3) in collaboration with Juanita’s Red Room is excited to announce its participation in the Culver City Middle School Panthers Black-Owned Business Expo. The Expo was held on Friday, February 24, 2023 at Culver City Middle School located at 4601 Elenda Street in Culver City; and showcased local…
Read MoreWhite Rankin Deputies ‘Tortured’ Handcuffed Black Men, Shot One, Lawyers Allege
Michael Jenkins (pictured right) left the University of Mississippi Medical Center on Feb. 14, 2023. He was at the facility for weeks of treatment for a gunshot wound to the mouth. A Rankin County deputy sheriff shot him in the early morning hours of Jan. 25, 2023, his attorneys alleged at a Feb. 15, 2023,…
Read MoreThe Black Press Speaks to Congressman Bennie G. Thompson
The Southern Truth: Vigilante Justice In Arkabutla, Mississippi is a Systemic Condition of Hatred from the Heart, Not Guns
By Gloria Zuurveen The vigilante justice in Arkabutla, Mississippi on Friday where a man shot and killed six people is systemic condition of hatred from the heart, not guns. The battle waging in our nation today is much bigger than what the Democrats and Republicans are pushing as their pet agendas and while they perpetually…
Read MoreThe Southern Truth: Trey Lamar is a threat to our democracy
Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Lumumba needs your help to stop the anti-black, racist, bill HB 1020 that is moving through the Mississippi legislature and if it is passed out of the Senate, it means disaster for the largest Black city in the nation. Yes, state…
Read MorePUBLISHER’S COLUMN: Mayor Bass, What About Black History Month at City Hall? Just Saying.
Hello Readers, This is Black History Month and I am amazed that after so many years of promoting this significant month to recall our heritage and cultural that our very own first Black woman mayor, the honorable Karen Bass, has been somewhat silent when it comes to celebration and/or jubilation that we normally celebrate at…
Read MoreCalifornia Black Media Honored at California Newspaper Publishers Association Conference
Assessing audience trust at CapCon 2023 By Jeff Rowe How does an ideologically fractured nation that distrusts everything, especially the news media, learn to give reporters and their news organizations another chance? A procession of speakers on Wednesday at the CNPA Capital Conference agreed on a few points: It’s a perilous time for the news…
Read MoreMayor Bass Statement Following Release of Memphis Police Tape Showing the Killing of Tyre Nichols
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today issued the following statement: Tonight, we saw ferocious violence from an out of control herd. We saw a sickening disregard for humanity as they left Tyre just lying there. No words can express the chilling familiarity of a Black man crying out for his mother as he is…
Read MoreCalifornia Reparations Task Force Aims At More Than Dollars, Seeks Policies To Prevent Harm
How to participate in the public meeting: When: 9 a.m, all day Friday, Jan. 27, and Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023 Where: San Diego State University, Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center—Fowler Family Ballroom, 5250 55th St., San Diego Livestream the meeting at https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121 (Public comments are from 9:10 — 10:10 a.m. Dial toll-free 844-291-5495, then use…
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