Many student athletes who excel on the field also score points in their personal lives by successfully balancing athletics, schoolwork and giving back to their communities. The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), along with sponsorship partner Allstate, recognizes college/university football players of exemplary character with their annual Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® award, one […]
More than 100 black war veterans will finally be recognized at a site in downtown Cleveland that pays homage to men who fought in the American Civil War. The 1894 Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Cleveland’s Public Square is one of the most visible sites in the city and attracts around 40,000 visitors inside the memorial building […]
Remember how good you felt when Black History Month rolled around and you finally got to learn and talk about significant African American historical figures in school? Well, according to new research published in the Journal of Child Development, affirming a black child’s desire to learn about their race does more than just give them a personal […]
New research conducted by scholars at the Georgia Institute of Technology shows that African-American cities are the source of much modern slang. Leading a team of colleagues, Jacob Eisenstein analyzed Twitter data collected between December 2009 and May 2011 in order to track the origin and proliferation of new terms such as ”bruh” — an evolution of “bro” — […]
Black people who survive brain bleed strokes are more likely than their white peers to have high blood pressure a year later, new research reveals. Intracranial haemorrhages represent about 10% of all strokes, but about four in 10 of these strokes lead to death in the first month. The study authors pointed out that high […]
Nell Davis never expected to be in the national spotlight at 64 years old. The California mother and grandmother never expected to be diagnosed with HIV, either. But she has become one of the new faces of HIV by being featured in the Frontline documentary Endgame on PBS and participating in several panels at AIDS […]
Whether you’re traveling on vacation, sunbathing on the beach, or simply lounging in the park, nothing beats a good book in the summertime. Still, with so many options at one’s disposal, deciding on a title can prove difficult. Huffington Post BlackVoices has compiled an extensive book list, featuring a range of genres including fiction, non-fiction, […]
Pastor Jomo K. Johnson penned his new tome Call Tyrone: Why Black Women Should Remain Single Or… in response to what he witnessed within his North Philadelphia flock Single black women are abundant in his church, in a reflection of the larger urban neighborhood in which his congregation resides. The minister believes that previous books […]
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, as we know it, was introduced in the early 1990s when President Bill Clinton presented the policy as a “compromise” in the debate over whether gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women should be allowed to serve openly in the armed services. If an individual was believed or found out to […]
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, as we know it, was introduced in the early 1990s when President Bill Clinton presented the policy as a “compromise” in the debate over whether gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women should be allowed to serve openly in the armed services. If an individual was believed or found out to […]
Eagles aren’t extinct in Dallas, Texas – at least not the Boy Scout kind. Troop 914 recently celebrated 12 new Eagle Scouts with a Court of Honor. For the troop from St. Luke Community United Methodist Church that meets in inner city Dallas, it’s the largest Eagle group on record in the troop’s 14-year history. […]
Eagles aren’t extinct in Dallas, Texas – at least not the Boy Scout kind. Troop 914 recently celebrated 12 new Eagle Scouts with a Court of Honor. For the troop from St. Luke Community United Methodist Church that meets in inner city Dallas, it’s the largest Eagle group on record in the troop’s 14-year history. […]
