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Review of Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black

Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black attempts to...

Springfield Honors Legacy of Trailblazing Firefighter Leonard Corbin

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The city of Springfield...

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Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely

Yekaterina Bezrukova, University at Buffalo Despite recent efforts to restrict them, diversity training programs have become as ubiquitous in American offices as the water cooler. They’re everywhere. But our recent update...

Review of Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black

Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black attempts to add another layer to his portfolio of...

New Age of Heroes Comics Convention Rescheduled for Summer 2025, Promising an Unforgettable Experience

Springfield, MA — The New Age of Heroes Comics Convention, initially scheduled for November...

Boys & Girls Club Family Center to Host Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner in Springfield

Springfield, MA – On Sunday, November 17, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm,...

Over 100 Black Students and Youth Leaders to Convene for National Reparations Summit in Atlanta

The National Reparations Institute is set to host its fourth annual National N’Daba (Great...

Lawsuits over bans on teaching critical race theory are coming – here’s what won’t work, and what might

As states and school districts started threatening teachers with disciplinary action for teaching about systemic racism, the question naturally arose: Does this violate the...

This Entrepreneur Paid His All-Black Team of Employees $2.5M in Payroll and $1M in Commissions in 2021

NATIONWIDE — Flipping the script for individuals and families nationwide during a pandemic that saw many people struggle with debt, wealth strategist and “Recession...

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Blue City Marketing - Jaquian Johnson Jaquian was born and raised in Springfield. He graduated from Putnam High School in 2018, the first to graduate...

African American Agriculturalist Association Demand Resignation From Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsacks

ATLANTA - This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Pigford v. Glickman class action racial discrimination lawsuit filed by Black farmers against the...

Dad Teams Up With 11-Year-Old Son to Convert School Bus into Mobile Learning Center

NATIONWIDE— Sean Harris, and his 11-year-old son, Caden, from Atlanta, Georgia, have teamed up to raise $30,000 to complete a mobile financial learning center...

More African Americans Have Gained Health Insurance Following Adoption of the Affordable Care Act, HHS report finds

The percentage of Black Americans who lack medical insurance has dropped substantially since the adoption of the Affordable Care Act, but that progress largely...

Playwright Iyaba Ibo Mandingo Returns to Springfield with Award-Winning Stageplay SELF PORTRAIT: unFRAMED

Meet Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, formerly Kenny Athel George DeCruise – painter, poet, husband, father, son, and undocumented immigrant from Antigua.  At the age of...

The Unspoken Truth About Black Fatherhood

Stereotypes about Black fathers The stereotype of Black fathers as “absent” and Black children as “fatherless”—first introduced over 50 years ago—has, like many racial stereotypes,...

Health Tip: Five Tips to Relieve and Prevent Back Pain 

Back pain is one of the most common ailments we will all face at one point in time. In fact, about 80% of us...

CRITICAL RACE THEORY: What It Is and What It Isn’t

Written by: David Miguel Gray for the theconversation.com Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Affiliate, Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis. U.S. Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana...

Amazon Best Selling Author Antoine Bandele Takes Readers to New But Familiar Places in African and African American  Literature 

Antoine Bandele was born and raised in Los Angeles, though he spent one year in Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Washington while his father served...

BLACK LOVE: Is It A Thing of the Past?  We Asked, Donnell Responded

This image has gone viral on social media with many giving up on Black love and relationships.  So we asked Donnell Wright to provide...

Celebrating Our History Today by Sharing the Stories of Those Whose Shoulders We Stand On

Margaret Hart Margaret Hart was a trailblazer. She was the first student of color to graduate from the State Teachers College of North Adams. She...

Springfield’s Tawreak K. Gamble-Eddington is One of Eight African-Americans selected as a Rhodes Scholar

Recently, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American winners of Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University in England. Rhodes Scholarships provide all...

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