PORTSMOUTH The Portsmouth Branch NAACP held its annual Membership Breakfast and Political Forum on Saturday, Aug. 12 at Rogers Brown Restaurant before a packed crowd. Minister Michael Goodman, Chairman of Religious Affairs, served as the morning M.C. The event allowed […]
PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth Commonwealth Attorney Stephanie Morales kicked off her re-election bid with a rally at her campaign headquarters in the Craddock area of the city on Thursday (Aug 3). The rally featured speeches by Justin Fairfax, Democratic candidate for Lt. […]
The City of Portsmouth hosted the 31st Annual Unity Gospelrama Celebration at Portside on the Water Stage this past weekend (Aug 5-6). Area residents enjoyed spiritual praise music from some of the top local and regional gospel artists, including Daryl […]
PORTSMOUTH The group, COBA, Coalition for Black Americans, led marchers in a peaceful protest demonstration down Portsmouth’s High Street on Monday, July 10. On Tuesday, the group released a press statement to explain their purpose in their own words. “In […]
On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, NY former slave, writer, orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered what many historians claim to be one of the greatest speeches of the 19th century. Aside from the “Emancipation Declaration” written by President Abraham […]
Portsmouth For the first time in the history of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia, Free and Accepted Masons, Incorporated its members dressed out in their traditional masonic attire, including regalia of the various officers and offices […]
Special to the Guide PORTSMOUTH Beginning July 7th, Resistance & Resilience: A Memoir Workshop of the Jim Crow Era, a cost-free creative writing class, will meet for eight Friday mornings in July and August from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Colored […]
PORTSMOUTH Popular 70s R&B vocal group Ray, Goodman & Brown was the headliner at the Seawall Festival in Portsmouth on Saturday night (June 10). The group, originally called the Moments in the late 1960s but for contractual reasons changed their […]
Almost two months after Portsmouth Councilman Mark Whitaker was indicted on 20 felony charges of identity fraud, forgery and using forged checks, he still has strong support among many of the city’s residents. His support is strongest among African Americans and […]
Portsmouth G Fest Productions held its Heaven International Gospel Fest in Portsmouth on Saturday (June 3) at 2603 Chestnut St. The event was hosted by local gospel radio personality Brother Donald L. Eason. The spiritual-praise concert was co-headlined by the […]
