Ventris C. Gibson, the first African American director of the U.S. Mint, will be among the honorees at the 2024 Salute to Black Women Business Conference sponsored by the Black Business Association on Saturday, March 23, at Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles.
Several local organizations will offer free meals and groceries to individuals and families needing assistance during the Thanksgiving holiday.
South L.A.’s premiere outdoor event returns – live and in-person -with the 17th Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., along Crenshaw Blvd., from Obama Blvd. to Stocker Ave.
Garth C. Reeves, Sr., The Miami Times’ retired publisher who became the enduring patriarch of a family newspaper dynasty after decades of fighting the political establishment and while guiding the black community through the city’s racial problems, died on Monday, November 25. He was 100.
Among the first African Americans to hold prominent positions in both broadcast and print journalism, Ifill was a trailblazer in the profession.
On Thursday, September 12, 2019 the Los Angeles Sentinel Family was shocked when we got word that former Los Angeles Sentinel Managing Editor, Yussuf J. Simmonds, passed away after several years of battling health challenges.
Inglewood Mayor James Butts speaks exclusively with Brandon I. Brooks, Managing Editor with the Los Angeles Sentinel and the L.A. Watts Times. Mayor Butts discusses the history and growth of the City of Inglewood along with tackling topics such as police brutality, gentrification and the exciting news that the L.A. Clippers are looking to build a new arena in Inglewood near the new L.A. Rams and L.A. Chargers stadium.