December 21: National Negro League Baseball Star, Josh Gibson is Born
December 21, 2021
December 21: National Negro League Baseball Star, Josh Gibson is 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
Sentinel
President of USC Medical Group Jehni Robinson Strives for Excellence
December 20, 2021
Keck Medicine of USC tapped Jehni Robison, MD, to become president of USC Medical Group (USC care). The Los Angeles Sentinel had an exclusive interview with the newly appointed president to discuss her role and her responsibilities. As an empowered Black woman, Robinson provided words of wisdom for the next generation to adhere to.
Dr. Charles Johnson, Duke Medical School Pioneer, Dies at 94
December 20, 2021
Dr. Charles Johnson, the first Black faculty member in the Duke University School of Medicine and first Black physician on the university faculty, has died. He was 94.
Doc on Civil Rights Icon Fannie Lou Hamer to Air in February
December 20, 2021
A documentary about Mississippi Delta sharecropper and civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer will open the 10th season of the Emmy award-winning PBS series, America ReFramed.
Culpeper Elects First Black Mayor in 262-year History
December 20, 2021
Frank Reaves Jr. will become the first African-American mayor of Culpeper in the town’s 262-year-history when he is sworn into office at the start of 2022.
December 20: 385 Day Bus-Boycott Came to an End, 1956
December 20, 2021
December 20: 385-day bus-boycott Came to an End, 1956
December 19: First city ordinance required integrated residential areas in Baltimore City Council, 1910
December 19, 2021
December 19: First city ordinance required integrated residential areas in Baltimore City Council, 1910
WATCH: The Christmas Song | Gladys Knight & Smokey Robinson
December 18, 2021
WATCH: RUN DMC – Christmas In Hollis (Official HD Video)
December 18, 2021
WATCH: Motown Merry Christmas (1987)
December 18, 2021
She’s Bringing Ballet to the Streets of New York
December 18, 2021
Aesha Ash fought negative stereotypes about African-American women all the way to the New York City Ballet and the world’s most prestigious stages. These days, you can find her—tutu and all—pirouetting around her native inner-city Rochester, New York. Through her Swan Dreams Project, Aesha combines photography and ballet to prove that artistic talent, beauty and grace are not defined by status or race.
WATCH: Debbie Allen’s Hot Chocolate Nutcracker – China Scene, 2012
December 18, 2021
WATCH: Kwanzaa 2010 Malcolm X College Pt. 8
December 18, 2021
Harris sharply defends Biden in interview with Charlamagne
December 18, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris got into a testy exchange with media host Charlamagne Tha God Friday, defending President Joe Biden from questions over roadblocks to passage of his social spending package.