MS US Christelle Awa From Congo Crowned Winner of African Most Beautiful USA Beauty Pageant. Nationwide — It was a night of bliss, fashion, music, and great African cultural performances at the maiden launch of the much-anticipated African Most Beautiful USA beauty pageant. Christelle Awa, representing the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was announced as the 2021 winner. Read More…
June Walker, a 65-year old woman in Detroit, Mich., was wrongfully evicted. She finished paying off a rent-to-own house in more than 2 years believing it would be her forever home. But she is now facing eviction after apparently being a victim of the “fake landlord” scam all along. In January 2019, Walker was finding Read More…
Kenya Ward A former employee at North Carolina Central University, a historically Black university in Durham, NC, has been charged with embezzling nearly $1 million from the school. Ward, who is 44-years old, allegedly took $900,284 from the school’s bookstore and food services department for three years, from January 2018 to April 2021. At that Read More…
Black Theological Education and The Black Seminary Collaborative is a Gift in One. I was fortunate to complete continuing education unit (CEU) hours from The Gift of Black Theological Education and The Black Seminary Collaborative sponsored by Payne Seminary from January to June 2021. When Dr. John Thomas approached me, I was excited because Read More…
Wayman Temple AME Church, Jacksonville, Florida Pays Mortgage. After an unsuccessful run to become the next Executive Director of Retirement Services for the AME church, one may wonder what Pastor Mark L. Griffin would do next. The answer is simple—continue to provide leadership to Wayman Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church and the broader Jacksonville, Florida community. And Read More…
Wilberforce University is Lifted From Accreditation Probation. The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the agency that accredits degree granting colleges and universities, has removed the sanction of Probation for Wilberforce University. The Commission took this action based on the university’s ability to demonstrate that it now meets HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation. The university was placed on Read More…
Black Lives Matter When the Word Becomes Incarnate: The Power of the Voice. When the Word Becomes Incarnate: The Power of the Voice By J. Jioni Palmer, Contributing Writer Black. Lives. Matter. Three. Simple. Words. Alone they are inanimate. Just words on the page. Without context, definition, relevance, or meaning. Kind of like—White. Deaths. Unimportant. Read More…
Alabama Judge Accused Of Asking Black Employee If He Sold Drugs To Purchase Car Removed From Office. The Black employee said the judge saw his new car and asked him how he was able to afford it. Randy Jinks, a white probate judge in Alabama, has been removed from office after being accused of making racist and Read More…
Veterans With PTSD: Black IT Consultant Leaves His Job, Creates Powerful Mental Technology That Helps Veterans With PTSD. Nationwide — Gerard Nguedi is a highly educated African American man from Cameroon who was diagnosed with PTSD in 2016 after being repeatedly assaulted by the police for no reason. His father was a military man all of Read More…
By Ava Johnson The words you speak can create or destroy. Your mouth holds more power than you think. Ancient cultures, including the: African, Greek, and Roman cultures, believed that to utter a curse verbally was extremely powerful. Our ancestors felt that creation comes forth from sound and vibration. Their consensus was, “to say the thought out Read More…
