California Black Leaders Celebrate Historic Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media Black leaders in California are joining other Americans around the country, celebrating the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as she becomes the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson, 51, is replacing her mentor Stephen G. Breyer who announced…
Read MoreOperation American Eagle Pays ‘Earth Rent’ By Serving the Underserved
AvMEDICAL Donates Millions of Masks to Distressed Communities Franklin, TN – COVID-19 has left an indelible mark on the lives of many. AvMEDICAL’s Operation American Eagle (OAE) Program partners with churches and civic organizations throughout the United States to donate and distribute face masks to provide families in distressed communities a measure of protection against…
Read MoreOur Black History: Frederick Douglass Speaks
“What, am I to argue that it is wrong to make men brutes, to rob them of their liberty, to work them without wages, to keep them ignorant of their relations to their fellow men, to beat them with sticks, to flay their flesh with the lash, to load their limbs with irons, to hunt them…
Read MoreOur Black History: H. Rap Brown Speaks
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Dear Readers, Spring is in the air and we have more daylight to spend time outside and feel the breeze. Don’t we need it in times like these. From wars and rumors of wars to a Supreme Court nominee who is asked to define “a woman” and she declined when she sit as the first…
Read MoreKetanji Brown Jackson’s Record Reflects a Real Detriment to Black Americans
The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief “But let justice run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Amos 5:24 Amos cried out in his day with the words above. He spoke out against the injustice in the land. Today, like Amos, I too, cry out to say, “Hate the evil and love…
Read MoreSpeakers Announced for 2022 Women’s Business Summit
In celebration of Women’s History Month, join the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership and the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center for the virtual Women’s Business Summit on March 29-30, 2022. The free event will include power-packed panels, inspirational fireside chats, and ‘Ask an Expert’ workshops to help you build, scale, and grow your business. The power-packed…
Read MoreWomen’s History Month: California Org Honors Leaders, Discuss Priorities
By Charlene Muhammad | California Black Media To mark Women’s History Month, The California Black Women’s Collective (CBWC) honored more than 100 Black women leaders from across the state from different professional backgrounds, including media executives, public health professionals, activists, politicians and more. The organization also held a series of panel discussions leading up to…
Read MoreMore Than 1,000 Educators Participated In Legacy Conference Aimed At Improving Educational Outcomes For African American Students
The conference gathered education leaders and strategists with expertise in meeting the needs of Black students. Los Angeles, CA – More than 1,000 educators from the Green Dot Public School network participated online via Zoom on March 16, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the Fourth Annual Legacy Conference, themed: “Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders: Nurturing…
Read MoreOften-Arrested Lee Sisters Get Civil Rights Due on Capitol Hill
Editor’s Note: The Lee sisters’ story is a critical part of history and as women they should continue to be honored as “Light Bearers” in some of the darkest days of Black history, the Civil Rights era. They detested the degraded state they found themselves in the South and in the sixties so they fought…
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