From the monthly archives: May 2012
U. S. Senator Jeff Sessions visited Eutaw on Tuesday, May 29. Local Republicans held an evening reception at White Column Mansion on Spencer Street in Eutaw. One of the questions asked Sessions concerned the 2501 Outreach and Technical Assistance program for minority farmers which had been cut from $20 million a year to [...]
Montgomery, Alabama – Plans for the World’s Widest Yard Sale scheduled for May 31 – June 2, 2012 were announced by Alabama Rural Development Office Director, Ron Sparks, and Ray Scott, founder of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. In an effort to stimulate this region’s economy, the US Highway 80 corridor in the Black Belt [...]
Forty-two non-profit organizations from across the Black Belt region of Alabama will come together on Saturday, June 2, 2012 in Selma, Alabama for the Black Belt Community Foundation’s (BBCF) seventh round of Black Belt Arts Initiative (BBAI) grants. The awards ceremony will begin at 11:00 am at the Hank Sanders Technology Building on the Selma, [...]
At its regular meeting on May 14, 2012, the Greene County Commission handled routine business. The Commission dealt with finances, leases, purchasing needed equipment and appointed two boards to deal with emergency planning and ambulance services for county residents. Paula Byrd, County Financial Officer, reported on county finances. She reported that the County had $1,344,824 [...]
by David Stokes Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Inquirer As members and supporters of the civil rights organization founded by Martin Luther King, Jr. and other clergy prepare for its annual convention in July, in Sanford, FL, the de’ja veau affect rings prominently for some as the fight to lead the group grows [...]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an underappreciated and sometimes maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming. “You were sometimes blamed for the misdeeds of a few,” Obama [...]
By Joshunda Sanders Special to the NNPA News Service – News Analysis From Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Mainstream media often portray African-American youths, especially Black men and boys, as criminals, crime victims and predators. These stereotypes, according to social justice advocates, can create a racially-charged atmosphere that results in [...]
By The Associated Press Nationwide (May 17, 2012) — For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing. New 2011 census estimates highlight sweeping changes in the nation’s racial makeup and the prolonged impact of [...]
By Bobbi Booker Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune Disco legend Donna Summer died Thursday morning May 17 in Naples, FL, at age 63 after a battle with cancer, said her publicist Brian Edwards. Her family released a statement saying they “are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her [...]
By Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA News Service from The Wilmington Journal RALEIGH, N.C. [NNPA] – After only a week, significant local and national support to obtain pardons of innocence for the Wilmington Ten is already coming in. But organizers for the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Wilmington Ten Pardon of Innocence Project [...]
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