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HAMPTON ROADS The Boys Choir of Hampton Roads recently celebrated the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the existence of the organization. The occasion, a dinner celebration,...
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By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide On July 4, the nation will celebrate the 246th anniversary of...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Two weeks after a failed effort, the Portsmouth City Council...
RICHMOND Basketball legend Robert “Bobby” L. Dandridge of Norfolk, was among six African American leaders recently recognized as part of the tenth annual “Strong...
By Sean C. Bowers Let’s support one person-one vote, an idea that has come of age. Each educated voter check politicians’ boxes, proving...
Community News For This Week Rev. Geoffrey Guns Honored As “Vaccinating Machine in Norfolk!” HAMPTON ROADS Virginia State Delegate Angelia Williams Graves recently presented...
By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Litigation and civil rights mattered to Thurgood Marshall who would have celebrated his 114th birthday...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million...
Elections have consequences. And boy, have we seen these consequences in action over the last six years. A minority of the voting population with...
HAMPTON ROADS Among area city celebrations, a City of Chesapeake Juneteenth event was hosted by The Chesapeake Juneteenth Foundation, Inc. on Saturday, June 18...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed The Juneteenth National Independence...
HAMPTON ROADS The Boys Choir of Hampton Roads recently celebrated the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the existence of the organization. The occasion, a dinner celebration,...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The D.C.-based research and advocacy nonprofit, The Sentencing Project, has debunked a widespread narrative...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide These days the U.S. House of Representatives is holding hearings...
NORFOLK At its June meeting, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation Board of Directors elected Sharon Goodwyn as its chair. She is the first African...
NORFOLK Local Civil Rights Activist Roy L. Perry-Bey, who led a massive African American veterans’ demonstration at the United States District Courthouse in Norfolk...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Bruce Smith, the former Buffalo Bills Defensive all-pro and a native of...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide During the month of June, along with celebrating African American music, Gay...
