December 31: Sculptor, Selma Burke was Born
December 31, 2021
December 31: Sculptor, Selma Burke was Born
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- Chargers Thwart Divisional Foe on Thursday Night
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
Black History Feburary
LL Cool J Tests Positive for COVID-19, Cancels New Year’s Eve Performance
December 30, 2021
After testing positive for COVID-19, hip-hop singer LL Cool J has canceled his performance in “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022,” according to a report posted on the ABC 7 website.
COVID-19 Surge Prompts Cancelation of Chicago Kwanzaa Event
December 30, 2021
Chicago’s surging cases of the highly transmissible COVID-19 omicron variant has prompted City Colleges of Chicago to cancel a Kwanzaa celebration planned for this week at Malcom X College.
Righteous Reflection On Being African: A Kwanzaa Meditation
December 30, 2021
Kwanzaa is a time of celebration, remembrance, reflection and recommitment. It requires these practices throughout the holiday. But the last day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to deep reflection, meditation on the meaning and measure of being African and how this is understood and asserted for good in the world in essential, uplifting and transformative ways.
2021 for Black People – The Good, The Bad & The Unimaginable
December 30, 2021
Wow! It feels like we were just ringing in 2021 and now it’s time to say goodbye to another year. We are all a little older and hopefully, we are all a little wiser as well.
Don’t Quit!
December 30, 2021
I believe we all have experienced hearing or using “four-letter words”. These are words that if our parents or grandparents heard us say we would get our mouths washed out with soap. Four-letter words refer to a set of English-language words which are considered profane.
December 30: Dr. Miles V. Lynk issues the First Black Medical Journal, 1892
December 30, 2021
December 30: Dr. Miles V. Lynk issues the First Black Medical Journal, 1892
Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, Freedom Fighting Publisher of Wilmington Journal Dies
December 30, 2021
Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, who often told the story of how as a baby, she used her diaper to clean the floor of the Wilmington Journal and who went on to become the editor and publisher of the historical newspaper, has died at the age of 78.
December 29: Former L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley was Born
December 29, 2021
December 29: Former L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley was Born
New Program to Help Black Students Sees Success
December 27, 2021
An initiative in Owensboro to connect Black students with industry mentors, their peers and school faculty had a successful first run, officials said.
Procession, Festival Mark Start of Kwanzaa
December 27, 2021
The 45th edition of what organizers say is the world’s oldest Kwanzaa procession was held today in South Los Angeles to mark the start of the seven-day African-American festival.
Two former Charlotte Teachers Help School District Prioritize Diversity
December 27, 2021
Tyler Adams knew before he stepped into a Charlotte classroom nearly three years ago that he was in the minority.
December 25: Rev Jesse Jackson Orchestrated Operation PUSH, 1971
December 25, 2021
December 25: Rev Jesse Jackson Orchestrates Operation PUSH, 1971
December 24: First Black Infirmary was Charted , 1832
December 24, 2021
December 24: First Black Infirmary was Charted as “for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted Africans,” it was the first hospital built in America for African Americans.
Annual Founder’s Kwanzaa Message
December 23, 2021
Heri za Kwanzaa. Happy Kwanzaa to African people everywhere throughout the world African community. We bring and send you Kwanzaa greetings of celebration, solidarity and continued struggle for a shared good in the world. And in the words and way of our ancestors, we wish for you all things good, pure and beautiful, all the good that heaven grants, the earth produces and the waters bring forth from their depths. Hotep. Ashe. Heri.