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Hampton Roads Community News6 months ago
Hampton Roads Community Remembers Virginia Beach Pastor E. Ray Cox Sr., 83
VIRGINIA BEACH One of Virginia Beach’s longest serving pastors and a highly regarded civic leader, Dr. E. Ray Cox, Sr. has passed at age 83. Dr....
Civil6 months ago
Maggie Lena Walker: First Woman In America To Charter A Bank
By Jaelyn Scott Winter Intern New Journal and Guide Maggie Lena Walker was born on July 15, 1864, in Richmond, Virginia. She was born to Elizabeth...
Black Arts and Culture9 months ago
Celebrate Kwanzaa At The 2022 Capital City Kwanzaa Festival
7 principles; Umoja, which represents unity; Kujichagulia, which represents self-determination; Ujima, which represents collecting work and responsibility; Ujamaa, which represents cooperative economics; Nia, which represents purpose;...
Hampton Roads Community News12 months ago
Old School Legends Recognize Region’s “Best Ballers”
By Glen Mason Special to the New Journal and Guide On September 17, 2022 at the Chesapeake Conference Center, the region’s best “ballers” were recognized by...
Black Arts and Culture1 year ago
Dandridge Among 6 Honored By Dominion Energy & Library of Virginia
RICHMOND Basketball legend Robert “Bobby” L. Dandridge of Norfolk, was among six African American leaders recently recognized as part of the tenth annual “Strong Men &...
National News2 years ago
Black Newport News Firm Lifts Lee From His Perch
RICHMONDThe nation watched the huge mounted bronzed statue of Civil War General Robert E. Lee being lifted from the pedestal in Richmond on Wednesday September 8....
Hampton Roads Community News2 years ago
Old Civil Rights Leaders Are Gone, Fading, But Not Forgotten
By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide A crystal-clear message surfaced when Hopewell recently named one of its local post offices for civil rights...

New York City further tightens time limit for migrants to move out of shelters September 24, 2023
Beleaguered by a continuing influx of asylum seekers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is further tightening shelter rules by limiting adult migrants to just 30 days in city-run facilities. The post New York City further tightens time limit for migrants to move out of shelters appeared first on New York Amsterdam News.
A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his family is suing Texas officials September 24, 2023
The family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlocks filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the state's governor and attorney general, alleging they failed to enforce a new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles. The post A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his […]