(no title)

Emerging Leaders
Featured
The inaugural Emerging Leaders class graduate
Standing L-R: Micheal Shorter, Ashley Green, Caprice Johnson, Rafael Robinson, Dorian Johnson, Kristopher McKlendon; Seated L-R: Da’juh…
May 16, 2019
Author TWC
357
Amiah Adams: Still dreaming
May 16, 2019
Author TWC
Calling all seniors
May 16, 2019
Author TWC
The Republicans keep making those moves
May 16, 2019
Author TWC
I AM: Joseph L. Lovett Sr.
May 16, 2019
Author TWC

Featured News

African American firsts

Calling all young journalists

Give Andrew Yang a chance

Cainion running for District 7 City Council

Hirsch throws her name in the hat for District 5 City Council

She walked away

Robert Vinson’s third anniversary celebration

Arts & Entertainment

‘Sinners Wanted’ premieres at Mt. Zion

Kayla Cowart hails the heritage, history and culture of tap dance as Tap Girl of Florida

‘Old Town Road’ and the History of Black Cowboys in America

Neglected in his lifetime, the late African-American artist Robert Reed’s paintings are a revelation

Beyond the Bay

Texas police try to arrest a black father in his own front yard after mistaking him for a wanted criminal

Stepfather of missing Maleah Davis told the four-year-old’s grandmother ‘if he killed someone he knew where cops could never find the body’

Boy, four, is killed after being caught in a hail of bullets aimed at the driver of a nearby car

Boy, 3, fatally shoots himself after finding a gun at his Tennessee home

Black woman who called police to help her get into her locked car ends up dropping her baby during struggle as cop tries to arrest her

Toddler dies from injuries caused by brutal sex assault

Instagram model who boasts a 59 inch bottom reveals illegal filler injections left her with discolored, sagging behind

Woman jailed 17 months ago for being ‘getaway driver’ in fatal shooting ‘impregnated behind bars after she was raped while on drugs used to treat seizures’

Hidden History

Madam C.J. Walker Biography

The Mob Violence of the Red Summer

Granville Coggs Fought Racism in the Military as a Tuskegee Airman

The story of Oromo slaves bound for Arabia who were brought to South Africa

Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till’s murder

Father of 11-year-old girl killed in KKK’s 1963 bombing of a black church, and one of first African-American members of Alabama Legislature, dies aged 93

Black Culture

West Point is about to graduate its largest class of black women

Despite positive jobs report, Black unemployment still 86 percent higher than national average

Write Black Americans a Check Already

Mentoring for Impact: Imparting values of manhood as a force to be reckoned with

“The scales of justice are imbalanced”: Sandra Bland’s sister speaks out in new op-ed

Study: Black Girls Feel the Impact of ‘Adultification,’ Especially in School

Elizabeth Warren: We Need To Invest In HBCUs — The Way We Should Have Been for Generations

J.C. Watts: Black News Channel Going Beyond Stereotypes of Black Criminals, Entertainers, Athletes

Blogs

African American firsts

BY JENNIFER GAMBLE-THEARD, M.ED., ASALH Historian Although Black History Month occurs once a year for 28 days — unless it’s a…

She walked away

By Keisha Bell It is more common than not for people to present a perfect picture to the world while they struggle behind the scenes.…

Summer youth opportunities and camps

ST. PETERSBURG — It’s that time of year. Parents who need summer camp options for their children need to be on the lookout now.…

I AM: Joseph L. Lovett Sr.

Joseph Lovett, Jr., son of Gibbs chief custodian Lovett Sr., with his family in the 1970s On May 29, 1959, a headline in the St. Petersburg…

Preparation

BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay Romans 8:28 The circumstances under which you were conceived are part of your preparation…

WOW! And I say Again WOW!!! Part 3

Praise the Lord. Faith works with love- without love it is not true faith, without truth at its center it is not done in real faith nor can…

Event Calendar

<<	May 2019	>>
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
28	29	30	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31	1

Have an event to add? Click here!

2019 Featured MLK Day of Service Projects