An eighth-grader in Wisconsin prevented a school bus from veering into the oncoming lane. In an email sent to parents, Glen Hills Middle School principal Anna Young praised Acie Holland III’s quick thinking in preventing a potential tragedy. On April 24, the school bus driver suffered a sudden medical emergency, causing her to lose consciousness while […]
(BPRW) Congresss Passes Several National Urban League Priorities in FY 2023 Omnibus Spending Package; Others Not Included (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, issued the following statement after Congress passed the Omnibus Spending package for fiscal year 2023: “The Omnibus Spending package provides critical […]
Tiffany Jackson, was a star for the University of Texas basketball team and drafted No. 5 in the 2007 WNBA draft playing nine years in the league recently passed away of cancer at 37-years-old. Jackson was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and was hired as head coach at Wiley College in April. Jackson […]
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Those found guilty of lynching could face up to 30 years in prison. The bill introduced by Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Andrew S. Clyde, R-Ga. were among those who voted against the new bill. “By passing my Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act, the House has sent a resounding message that our nation […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing. Till was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said […]
(BPRW) R&B Trailblazer Who Created hit, “Juicy Fruit” Passes Away at 76 (Black PR Wire) James Mtume, an R&B legend whose 1983 hit, “Juicy Fruit,” returned to the charts a decade later as #1 single of rap legend Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy,” died on Jan. 9. He was 76. His death was confirmed by his publicist, […]
(BPRW) R&B Trailblazer Who Created hit, “Juicy Fruit” Passes Away at 76 (Black PR Wire) James Mtume, an R&B legend whose 1983 hit, “Juicy Fruit,” returned to the charts a decade later as #1 single of rap legend Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy,” died on Jan. 9. He was 76. His death was confirmed by his publicist, […]
(BPRW) Archbishop Desmond Tutu Passes Away at 90 (Black PR Wire) Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a towering figure who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa, has passed away in Cape Town. He was 90. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a […]
(BPRW) Archbishop Desmond Tutu Passes Away at 90 (Black PR Wire) Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a towering figure who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa, has passed away in Cape Town. He was 90. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a […]