CHESAPEAKE Dr. William E. Ward, the first African American elected mayor in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia died July 10th in a city hospital, according to...
“We wish to plead our own cause.” In 1827, Samuel Cornish and John B. Russworm joined forces to create the nation’s first Black-owned newspaper, “Freedom’s Journal”...
Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Alexander issued a proclamation declaring “Black Press of America Week” in the waterfront city in Southeastern Virginia, kicking off the National Newspaper Publishers...
To commemorate the September 1997 vision of Yvette Shephard and Steven Kolb which was to have Mrs. Geraldine T. Boone organize a boys’ choir in the...
Retired United States Ambassador and Chesapeake, Va., resident Bismarck Myrick is on an orientation visit to South Africa, where he was the first African American Consul...
Each year in late June, thousands of music lovers flock to Hampton to attend the Jazz Festival. The weekend long event is more than a series...
By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Since the apple never falls from the tree, few are surprised that the great-granddaughter of NASA’s human...
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStarNewsToday.com TriceEdneyWire.com Republican-appointed judges to the federal bench sentence Black men to longer prison terms compared with White...
During the day’s rush hour on May 14, Marcus-David L. Peters, a 24-year-old Essex County High School biology teacher, was shot to death by a Richmond Police officer...
Essex County High School teacher Marcus-David Peters spent last Monday, May 14 in the classroom teaching biology to his teenage students. By day’s end, the 24-year-old...