NORFOLK Sunday (Feb. 19) is NSU Day at Shiloh Baptist Church, beginning at 10:45 a.m. “This is always a high energy-packed day when students, faculty, and...
VIRGINIA BEACH Less than a week after his great voice suddenly went silent, Bishop Barnett Earl Thoroughgood was laid to rest last Friday (Feb. 10). Two...
Teaching Methodologies Pt.I Today we must teach our children the mystery of the creation of thought and being. We must teach them how to create right...
By Gladys McElmore Isabella Baumfree, an African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist, was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped in 1826....
By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler This is the second and final part of “Game On” which I began writing last week in this newspaper. It...
SHARING THE LEGACY of TUSKEGEE AIRMEN Living in our midst, in Hampton Roads, is the proud sister of not one but two Tuskegee Airmen. Mrs. Olivia...
In a joint venture with Tidewater Community College, the Urban League of Hampton Roads Young Professionals (ULHRYP) is presenting its 10th Annual Legacies— Silver Star Awards— A...
By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler “Game On,” no, not football. Congratulations to both the New York Giants and New England Patriots for making it to...
NORFOLK As Americans celebrate Black History Month which marks an important month historically for all Americans, we pause to recognize those contributions from African Americans whom...
HAMPTON ROADS The Alpha Chi Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, a business and professional woman organization, presents “Black Women in American Culture & History” on...