Author: afrakan
Black representation in Congress over time
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina), center, acknowledges members of the Congressional Black Caucus as they are sworn in during a ceremony before…
Black Americans face a new fight for racial representation after justices’ Voting Rights Act ruling
JACKSON, Miss. – At 16, Edward Blackmon Jr. was arrested during a protest for voting rights in his Mississippi hometown. He was loaded with schoolmates…
New museum tells history of York’s Black community & Crispus Attucks
In 1979, the Crispus Attucks Community Center was in dire straits. Since the late 1960s, it had been losing money and the economic stagnation of the…
An Uncertain Future For Two Historic Bed-Stuy Buildings
“If you’re over the age of 50 and from Bed-Stuy, Dr. English either delivered you or she was your doctor,” is something Karyn Wyche, a…
Captain Ibrahim Traore | Transforming Burkina Faso Through Modern Urban Development
How Burkina Faso diaspora and the government under captain Ibrahim Traore are working together to transform the country infrastructure.
Lowndes County organizations receive BBCF awards
The BBCF awarded a combined total of $358,883.81, 125 community grants and 23 arts grants for 142 separate organizations spread across Bullock, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene,…
IBRAHIM TRAORE Responds to Gaza Blockade With a Bold African Aid Network
IBRAHIM TRAORE Responds to Gaza Blockade With a Bold African Aid Network What happens when a small African nation decides that compassion should never need…
Two UMass Nursing Students Receive 2026 NERBNA Scholarships : Elaine Marieb College of Nursing : UMass Amherst
Content Two UMass Nursing students from the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing (EMCON) were recently honored with scholarships from the New England Regional Black Nurses…
The Black Caucus is the ‘conscience of Congress.’ Supreme Court ruling has it bracing for a big hit
Black members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shake-up of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting…
101.7 The Truth, Milwaukee Courier, WNOV unite under new Black media trust
Three Black media organizations in Milwaukee are now united under a new ownership structure and trust that leaders say will keep them independent, accountable to…
