By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane were found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. The conviction in federal court comes months after another former officer, Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering Floyd after kneeling on his neck for nine…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Celeste Headlee paused as she contemplated how Black authors have for decades endured the banning of their books in schools, libraries, on shelves across the country, and even in prisons. In the summer of 2020 and the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, a major…
By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor With the election of President Biden and Vice President Harris, they have quickly delivered for the American people, while helping our country recover from a pandemic, and an economic crisis. It is very easy for the Republicans to talk about what the Biden team has done wrong, but with…
By d-mars.com News Provider A favorite for foodies known around Houston and nationally, The Breakfast Klub is one of the highest-ranked Black-owned restaurants on Yelp and has been included on Yelp’s “Ones to Watch” list, just in time for Black History Month. The Breakfast Klub celebrates its 20-year anniversary this year, and during a time…
We know it’s been a rough couple of years, but it’s 2022! If you have made it to this year, you are blessed and have much to be thankful for, despite challenges…
By Contributing Writer Frenetta Tate “Some Do, Some Don’t; Some Will, Some Won’t” is the mantra above the main stage at The Greasy Spoon Soulfood Bistro. The Greasy Spoon is the manifestation of a vision cast eight years ago by its owner, Max Bozeman II. The name is fashioned after the concept of coming together, eating good soul food,…
By d-mars.com News Provider The average military spouse moves eight to 12 times in the span of a 20-year military career. Each move results in starting over in the new location and dealing with the struggle of meeting new people, sustaining meaningful employment, and feeling a sense of community in each new location. While the…
By National Newspaper Publishers Association When the wounds are caused by generations of racism, it takes a group like the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA) to do the necessary deep cleaning. Since 1987, N’COBRA has been the leading mass coalition dedicated to obtaining Reparations for African descendants in America. Most recently,…
HOUSTON – July 29, 2021 – Following the retirement of longtime Dekaney High School band director Trent Cooper at the end of the 2020-21 school year, Spring ISD named Chase Giddings – most recently Dekaney’s associate director of bands – to succeed Cooper in heading the school’s instrumental music department. Giddings’ move into the top…
The votes have been tallied and 97.9 The Box’s Good Morning H-Town has been voted by the readers of the Houston Chronicle as the Best Radio Morning Show in Houston! The second annual Best of the Best highlights the best of Houston in a number of categories including entertainment and leisure, sports, beauty, health, home services and finance, kids and education,…
Second-Year Thurgood Marshall School of Law Students Will Gain Experience and Knowledge as Law Clerks HOUSTON, TEXAS (July 19, 2021) —Two students from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University have accepted invitations from Mostyn Law to join the firm’s paid internship program. Kendria Holmes and Mya Lloyd, both second-year law students,…
Provided by Texas Southern University Rising senior and current Miss Texas Southern University Mariah Campbell recently participated (on July 8th) in an exclusive live interview with media mogul and legendary journalist Oprah Winfrey on the Oprah Daily website and Facebook page. The journalism major from Longview, Texas, was one of three young journalists chosen to…
Provided by Texas Southern University Texas Southern University has named Mr. Brian Simmons as the new director of The Ocean of Soul Marching Band and an instructor in the music department. He stepped into this new role earlier this month. “It is an honor to join the TSU Family. Texas Southern has always been a…
By d-mars.com News Provider Now if you didn’t know, July 13th is National French Fry Day. And while yes, many fast food restaurants around the nation invited us to indulge in one of our favorite foods yesterday, it was also a day that served as a platform to benefit children in need. Houston rapper and…
By d-mars.com News Provider La’Torria Lemon is a familiar and well-respected name in the media world, as owner of Lemon-Lime Light Media, an award-winning full service PR, branding, consulting, marketing and event activation enterprise based in Houston and Atlanta. She has managed global publicity projects for OWN and celebrities like Tyler Perry. Lemon-Lime Light Media…
Main Street Theater welcomes Sloane Teagle as its new Artistic Inclusion and Community Engagement Director. “Main Street Theater is committed to providing an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and accessible space for our artists, audience, and staff. We are thrilled to have Sloane on board to help guide our efforts,” says Main Street Theater Founding Artistic Director…
AUSTIN – Drivers traveling for the July Fourth holiday should remember that state law requires them to slow down or move over when tow trucks and other emergency vehicles – police, fire, EMS and highway response trucks – are stopped on the side of the road with their lights activated. Texas traffic laws require drivers…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent African American police officers made more than 15 fewer stops, about two fewer arrests on average than their White counterparts, ScienceNews.org found in a new study (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-hispanic-female-police-use-force-less-than-white-male-officers). The study revealed that throughout 100 shifts, African American officers used force 0.1 fewer times. The numbers correspond to…
Radio One Houston is pleased to announce the re-launch of Houston’s Inspiration Station, KROI Praise 92.1 / KMJQ Praise 102.1 HD2.
Community Health Centers are doubling their pace in vaccinating minority and ethnic populations against COVID according to recent data released by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). People of color made up the majority of people who received vaccinations at health centers, including 59 percent of people receiving the first dose and 54 percent of people…
