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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A special sign unveiling is scheduled in Charles Town Friday honoring the first Black woman to become a licensed horse trainer. Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop, who was born in Charles Town in 1920, had a pony as a little girl, according to her daughter, LaVerne Bishop. Her love for horses was sealed […]
Charles Barkley ripped into President Biden and the Democratic Party on Wednesday, accusing them of only caring “about black people every four years” before an election. The co-host of CNN’s “King Charles” show sounded off while explaining why he believed former President Donald Trump held an appeal for some black voters. “The reason I think […]
US News By Snejana Farberov Published March 7, 2024, 8:36 a.m. ET Charles Barkley ripped into President Biden and the Democratic Party Wednesday, accusing them of only caring “about black people every four years” before an election. The co-host of CNN’s “King Charles” show sounded off while explaining why he believed former President Donald Trump […]
Charles V. Hamilton, a philosophical godfather of the Black Power movement, which he envisioned as the means to subvert what he stigmatized as America’s “institutional racism,” died on Nov. 18 in Chicago, it was recently confirmed. He was 94. A friend and colleague, the South African educator Wilmot James, said he learned of the death […]
Clive Charles: “If the performance is good, the result will take care of itself. If you worry about the result too much, you can sometimes forget about the performance.” (Photo courtesy of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame) Since February is Black History Month, FrontRowSoccer.com will post one story a day about soccer players of […]
‘Black Men In America’: Trymaine Lee and Charles Coleman Jr. spotlight the strength of the Black vote MSNBC Source link
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) was established in 1967 when African American members of the California Legislature, under the leadership of former State Sen. Mervyn Dymally, came together to address issues faced by Black Californians. The origins of the CLBC date back to 1918 when Frederick […]
By Tamara Shiloh Charles W. Follis, also known as “The Black Cyclone,” was a trailblazing athlete born on Feb. 3, 1879. He became the first Black professional American football player. Follis played for the Shelby Blues in the “Ohio League” from 1902 to 1906. On Sept. 16, 1904, Follis signed a contract with the Shelby […]
Our commentary is from New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, whose new HBO documentary “South to Black Power” is now streaming on Max: At the end of the Civil War, three Southern states (Louisiana, South Carolina and Mississippi) were majority Black, and others were very close to being so. And during Reconstruction, the 14th […]
Charles Officer, an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, producer and writer whose work spanned features, documentary and television, and often centred Black voices and characters, died at his home in Toronto on Friday. Officer, who was 48, passed away after a long illness, according to his business partner at CaneSuger Filmworks, Jake Yanowski. Yanowski remembered his long-time creative collaborator […]