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George E. Johnson has died
George Johnson, cofounder Johnson Products Company, has died.
Read MoreBridgeman reportedly buys a share of The Milwaukee Bucks
It is a homecoming of sorts for Junior Bridgeman.Ulysses Lee, “Junior,” Bridgeman, who owns Ebony and Jet magazines and many other properties, has agreed to purchase a piece of the Milwaukee Bucks, a team for which he played for 10 years and had his number retired.Bridgeman is buying a 10% stake in his former team,…
Read MoreCoretta Scott King was born in April
Coretta Scott King, born April 27, 1927, was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until he was murdered on April 4, 1968. She died on January 30, 2006.
Read MoreJalen Rose will deliver the keynote address for the symposium concerning Black men and boys
Jalen Rose
Read MoreDexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, is dead
Dexter Scott King recently died from prostate cancer
Read MoreUnemployment drops in December for Black men
The unemployment rate for Black men was 4.6% in December compared with 4.9% year over, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in December. The jobless rate for Black women was 4.8% compared to 5.0% last year. The Bureau reported that 216,000 were created in December, and unemployment remained at 3.7 percent.
Read MoreRev. Jackson, who will step down as head of the Rainbow Push Coalition, names his successor
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who is mostly confined to a wheelchair because he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, announced that he is stepping down as founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded in 1971. He also named his successor, Rev. Frederick Douglas Haynes, III, pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church of Dallas. The…
Read MoreThe man who made Kansas City barbecue famous one delicious bite at a time
There is movement in Kansas City, Missouri, to name the city’s new airport after Henry Perry, the man who made Kansas City famous for the best barbecue in the country if not the world. An American writer was in Budapest. When someone asked him where he lived, the writer told the man he was from…
Read MoreBlack male unemployment climbs
The unemployment rate for Black men rose in March 2023 but it was still down from last year. The jobless rate for Black men was 5.2 percent in March 2023 compared to 6.1 percent in March 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The 5.2 percent measure was higher than the 5.1 percent rate…
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