By Marlee Bunch | September 29, 2023 | The Conversation My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson. As one of the handful of Black teachers in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era of racially segregated public schools, she faced a daunting challenge in providing a first-class education to students considered second-class citizens. Educated at Rust […]
Editorial credit: Johnny Silvercloud / Shutterstock.com By Khalil Abdullah | September 27, 2023 Evan Milligan, who won a Supreme Court ruling for Black Alabamian voters, says he was initially skeptical about the legal battle. Washington, D.C. — Evan Milligan, executive director of Alabama Forward and lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that won, for […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By ESPN News Services and The Associated Press | September 26, 2023 NEW YORK — Magic Johnson’s love for his Los Angeles Lakers has kept him from considering ownership of any other NBA team. The New York Knicks would be the one franchise that could make him have second thoughts. “I think it […]
Photos courtesy of Senator Sanders’ Office September 25, 2023 Listen to People, Power & Politics interview with Senator James Sanders Jr: (New York, NY) Senator James Sanders Jr., Chair of the NY State Senate Select Majority Task Force on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, and Assemblymember Chantel Jackson called on Governor Kathy Hochul to […]
Editorial credit: Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com During the 60th anniversary, the survivor reveals her journey through the book, The 5th Little Girl Memphis, TN, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Civil Rights Museum brings survivor-turned-civil rights activist, Sarah Collins Rudolph, to speak on her book, The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street […]
By Diana J. Wilkie | September 18, 2023 | The Conversation The pain from a heart attack is so bad that – if you can imagine – it can feel like an elephant sitting on you. Patients with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition affecting the red blood cells, report that this kind of pain […]
![[Opinion] There’s Still Resistance to Black People Receiving Reparations, Despite Evidence That We Deserve Them](https://newblackvoices.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shutterstock_2037010763-701x468.jpg "[Opinion] There’s Still Resistance to Black People Receiving Reparations, Despite Evidence That We Deserve Them")
Assembly member Reginald Jones-Sawyer, a member of the California reparations task force, in Los Angeles, California, US, on Friday, May 5, 2023. California has been the most proactive state when it comes to organizing a reasonable plan to give Black people reparations for the harm that slavery has caused them for hundreds of years. The California Reparations Task Force has […]
(New York, NY) Senator James Sanders Jr., Chair of the Senate Banks Committee, Assemblymember Michaelle Solages, Chair of The New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, and nearly 70 elected officials from around the state signed a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to sign the reparations commission bill into law. […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Jeff Coltin NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams made some of his strongest comments yet on his concerns about the unending flow of migrants coming to the city, warning it will upend neighborhoods and continue to strain resources. “Never in my life have I had […]
By Linda Nwoke As the digital world advances, scams and fraud become more sophisticated and occur more frequently. While many people consider themselves tech-savvy and advanced, scammers are becoming more sophisticated and daring, discovering newer ways to exploit their victims’ trust and steal their personal information. Some ways a consumer can protect themselves and their […]