Category: Afro Briefs

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A recent report on attendance at a new civil rights museum shows that despite widespread publicity, fewer than 6 percent of the visitors to the facility are from beyond North Carolina and neighboring states. The News and Record of Greensboro reported Sunday that the first six months of the International Civil […]

Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson said she has repaid approximately $31,000 to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) after acknowledging that she had violated the group’s rules by giving awards to four of her relatives and a staff member’s two children, The Associated Press reported. “Much of my district office casework benefits people outside my […]

The NAACP and Starbucks have partnered to launch the One Nation Spoken Word Showcase Tour, a youth empowerment tour that will travel to Chicago, New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston and Washington, D.C. In each city, the tour will bring a number of activities for young adults and teens, including empowerment seminars at local […]

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has expressed her content with start-up figures on jobs and small business contracts for the construction of the new U.S. Department Homeland Security headquarters in Ward 8. Norton chairs the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, which has jurisdiction over the General Services Administration and the construction site […]

While the Food and Drug Administration is set to hold hearings later this month on the risks and abuse of over-the-counter cough medicines, a new poll found that law enforcement officials and teachers say marijuana and alcohol abuse are still the biggest threats facing teenagers. A nationwide telephone survey of 200 police officers and 200 […]

Residents of Dublin, Ga. could face more than just the fashion police after local lawmakers on Sept. 2 passed an amendment to the city’s ordinance code making it unlawful to wear sagging pants in public. The new law passed after Mayor Phil Best said that he received numerous complaints from citizens about the fashion faux […]

Dr. Irma McClaurin was recently named the new president of Shaw University, becoming the first woman to lead the oldest historically Black college in the South. The announcement came Sept.9 on the campus of the 145-year-old institution. “I am honored and privileged to have this opportunity to lead an institution of Shaw’s caliber, with its […]

Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson said she has repaid approximately $31,000 to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) after acknowledging that she had violated the group’s rules by giving awards to four of her relatives and a staff member’s two children, the Associated Press reported. “Much of my district office casework benefits people outside my […]

Four years ago, New York City police killed Nicole Paultre-Bell’s would-be husband, Sean Bell, in a haze of 50 bullets one day before the young couple’s wedding. Paultre-Bell marched alongside civil rights leaders such as Al Sharpton, who condemned Bell’s shooting because he was unarmed and did not provoke police. According to blackvoices.com, Paultre-Bell may […]

The annual Honda Battle of the Bands competition, a musical faceoff between over 40 college bands from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), has garnered the attention of The Home Depot as well, who announced they will sponsor the 2011 showcase in conjunction with Honda. Now in its ninth year, the competition is the only […]

Actress Regina King, noted for her breakout role as Brenda in popular ‘80s sitcom “227,” recently wrote an open letter to the Huffington Post about the 62nd Annual Prime Time Emmy awards. In the fiery letter, King slammed the Emmys for printing images of another Black actress with the caption, “Regina King enters the 62nd […]

(NNPA/GIN) – As South African Pres. Jacob Zuma rushed home from China to broker an end to the three-week-long nationwide strike, his ANC party was under heavy criticism for bringing the country to the brink. In pictures seen around the world, schools and hospital went unstaffed as close to a million people stayed out of […]