By Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributor The oldest black business industry in America began 190 years ago. On March 16, 1827, the first edition of the “Freedom’s Journal” was published, thrusting African Americans […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer Listed among films made by Mississippi’s women filmmakers is Elport Chess and the Lanier High School Bus Boycott of 1947. Wilma Emma Mosley Clopton, Ph.D., the movie’s writer/producer/director, calls […]
By Othor Cain Contributing Writer We are five weeks away from casting our votes in the municipal primary elections in Jackson. We want to give you a really good look at the candidates before you […]
By Enid Doggett NABJ The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) mourns the passing of NABJ founder Claude Lewis, also a founder of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ). Lewis died March 16, 2017 […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer The Scott Ford House interpretative project engaged in extensive coverage of the vital role of midwives at Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Saturday, March 19. Fourth in a […]
By Jon Pareles Associated Press Chuck Berry, who with his indelible guitar licks, brash self-confi dence and memorable songs about cars, girls and wild dance parties did as much as anyone to defi ne rock […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi House Education Committee chairman is back after bypass surgery. Republican Rep. John Moore of Brandon underwent the surgery March 7 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The 62-year-old […]
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) – A contract electronics manufacturer plans to invest $500,000 in its Corinth plant, adding 75 jobs over three years. KeyTronicEMS, based in Spokane, Washington, announced Tuesday that it would add a new […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anna McConnaughy was flying to Alaska’s largest city when the announcement came over the intercom: a passenger on a previous flight had brought a pet snake on board. The passenger had […]
By JOSCELYN PAINE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Chuck Barris, whose game show empire included “The Dating Game,” ”The Newlywed Game” and that infamous factory of cheese, “The Gong Show,” died at 87. Barris […]
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