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Doing It for the Culture: An Homage to What Is and What Could Be

September 17, 2020 admin 0

By Deirdre L. Jones-Lowman At a time when Black America needed a superhero the most, we lost one during this season of COVID and social unrest. The loss of Marvel Comics first Black superhero, Chadwick Boseman a/ka The Black Panther […]

Amplifying Black Love & Luxury: An Interview with Lynn Cooper

September 3, 2020 admin 0

As the pandemic has forced couples to alter their wedding plans due to COVID-19 and the country grapples with how to address systemic racism, one woman is on a mission to ensure that Black love is represented appropriately and the […]

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An Interview with Nathaniel “Nate” Miles

August 29, 2020 admin 0

By Taroue Brooks Tell us about your career and responsibilities. I began my career in broadcasting, later moved into Government Affairs as the Chief of Staff for Senator George Fleming in Washington State legislature. I was blessed to have a […]

Love can blossom in the bleakest of places

August 7, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Engagement photos typically take place in such serene settings as a park or pedestrian plaza. But for a Palestinian couple, the perfect setting for their pre-wedding pix turned out to be the refugee camp where the bride-to-be grew up. The […]

Visual Artist – MARRYAM MOMA

August 3, 2020 admin 0

By Taroue Brooks Marryam Moma is an Atlanta-based interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on collage art. Tell us about your style. I am Visual Artist with a current core focus on hand cut collage art. I work within an organic, […]

John Lewis’s final words.

July 30, 2020 admin 0

By John Lewis Mr. Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral. While my time here has now come to an end, I want […]

Rep. John Lewis’s casket crosses Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery

July 28, 2020 admin 0

New York Interview, June 8, 2020 “We must never ever give up, or give in or throw in the towel. We must continue to press on! And be prepared to do what we can to help educate people, to motivate people, to […]

Churches vandalized across the US

July 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A rash of vandalism at churches has left a statue of Jesus Christ headless and some set ablaze. The reports come amid a national debate over what to do about offensive and controversial statues. President Trump signed in executive order […]

Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80

July 18, 2020 admin 0

By CNN John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has […]

TIS Foundation Free Food Distribution “Neighbors Helping Neighbors”

July 14, 2020 admin 0

BY Emmanuel Irono On July 3rd In the midst of the pandemic the TIS Foundation distributed nearly 2,000 boxes of fresh produce Our Mission To revitalize high-poverty communities through the delivery of essential support services, innovative educational and workforce development […]

Callie Day- Her New Single “In Trouble”

June 19, 2020 admin 0

Simon Cowell told Callie Day after hearing her sing on “America’s Got Talent”, “If anyone ever asks me what gospel means, I’m going to say listen to you”. Prior to blowing the judges away all the way to the judges […]

I Can’t Breathe: Poetic Memory of George Floyd

May 30, 2020 admin 0

Words by Kimatni D. Rawlins, art by Shawn “SP” Perkins Excuse me, but I can’t breathe in the land of the free, home of the brave. It’s a pandemic and jobs have been lost, including my own. Providing for my […]

Pastor Jennifer Carner

April 28, 2020 admin 0

By Taroue Brooks Tell us again about your education/training. As the first female ordination candidate in a rural Missionary Baptist Church, my father insisted that I read every commentary and theological resource I could get my hands on. He thought […]

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