Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts, both African American quarterbacks, are leading their teams to the 2025 Super Bowl, proving the importance of diversity in sports. byNew Pittsburgh CourierJanuary 29, 2025 NEWS Target’s DEI rollback raises questions about the retail giant’s philanthropic commitment...
“Years ago, the only thing you read in the newspapers about African-Americans was all crime,” says Lacy. “There was never anything positive. The role of the African-American press is to report the positive things, and police the major papers.” Advertisement That, and much more. The Af...
Ida Murphy Peters, Afro-American newspaper editor, diesReports on the death of Ida Murphy Peters, the entertainment editor of the `Afro-American Newspapers,' of a heart attack. Achievements.Jet
In Defense of Uncle Tom: Solidarity, Social Norms, and Uncle Tom A columnist for the Baltimore Afro-American , a black newspaper, commended the student and criticized Fisk for bowing and scraping before Jim Crow. The columnist preferred to burn down all Southern black colleges rather than have...
“We are aware of your support for the death penalty under some circumstances and we are not asking that you change your long-held position,” the letter read in part. “We are asking only that you prevent an unconscionable event in American history — executing individuals while the ...
and mystery funk. The girl had found the movie in the Los Angeles TimesArts and Leisuresection while we were lying in bed. This was after an elaborate folding, flipping, and refolding of the newspaper and then a large circle in Sharpie. My Sunday was written in stone without me knowing ...
16 This is not surprising; until very recently, the contributions of Afrodescendant Latin American artists to their societies have been generally understudied (de la Fuente 2018; Moore 2018). Only a few scholars have analyzed Bola de Nieve’s music, implicating him in divergent interpretations of...
On her first attempt in the high jump during the International Olympics Games in 1948, Albany, Georgia native Alice Coachman won the gold medal. She became the first African American of any country to win a gold medal. Despite her instant fame and large celebrations back home in the United ...
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