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‘Powerful’ Eastern NC district gets a redder tint, after a century of electing Democrats
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFormer Rep. G.K. Butterfield saw red when he reviewed the congressional map North Carolina lawmakers...
Many Black Americans speak African American English. But is it embraced in schools?
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGeneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the...
Celebrate Black History Month with these events in Knoxville
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery year, Knoxville celebrates Black History Month, an opportunity to educate and highlight the...
East Lansing mayor defends Lahanas severance package, value not disclosed
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEAST LANSING − Mayor Ron Bacon said the six-figure severance package given to former City Manager...
In hiring Black head basketball coaches, the Big East stands alone among power conferences
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoIn February for Black History Month, USA TODAY Sports is publishing the series “28 Black Stories in...
Black and Hispanic Lubbock residents want federal intervention in zoning, environmental policies
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNatalie Miller of the North and East Lubbock Coalition speaks during a news conference in Lubbock on...
Commentary: We learned some hard truths in 2023; here's hoping for better in 2024
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis column appears every other week in Foster’s Daily Democrat and the Tuskegee News. This week,...
Festivals, film series and more: Celebrate Black History Month in Charlotte
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs Black History Month begins in 2024, multiple events are being planned for the Charlotte area....
A changing political face to the city’s East Side as filings open for St. Paul City Council
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor 22 years, former St. Paul police Sgt. Dan Bostrom represented much of the East Side as one of...
'10 Million Names': Learn more about the history of enslaved people of African descent, freedom...
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor many Black Americans, tracing one’s family roots back more than 150 years has been nearly...