News from the Black Community of Gwinnett County Georgia.
A Black History Month Notable Everyone Should Know Biography | Stanford University | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute Born: January 23, 1935 Although he avoided publicity …
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BY YEMI TOURE | MARCH 3, 1991 | 12 AM PT | TIMES STAFF WRITER It was only 8:30 on a Friday evening at the carpeted, cozy Eso Won bookstore in South-Central …
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Gwinnett County’s public transit system has a new name and look. County leaders changed the system’s name to “Ride Gwinnett” this year. The bus system was called Gwinnett County Transit …
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Photo: Fast food workers and union members carry signs as they stage a protest outside of a McDonald’s restaurant in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 12, 2018, the 50th anniversary of …
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By REV. CANON ROSA LEE HARDEN for Mississippi Free Press Growing up in northeast Mississippi in the 1960s, I knew practically nothing about Martin Luther King Jr. But by the …
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ABC Leads with 28 Nominations VOTING IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON WWW.NAACPIMAGEAWARDS.NET Today, NAACP unveiled the full list of “54th NAACP Image Awards” nominees with ABC and Netflix leading the pack with …
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The Hooper-Renwick School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, has a long and significant history within the Black community of Gwinnett County. Before the desegregation of schools in the 1960s, it was the …
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Happy 2023! What are your goals for the new year? There are many strategies that can help you achieve your personal and business goals for 2023. Here are a few …
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This year is the 56th anniversary of the Pan-African holiday known as Kwanzaa. The week-long event is celebrated globally, and brings a focus on a “call for the remembrance, reflection …
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By ill Will | Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images In November, Quavo, the Migos rapper, supported the Gwinnett community with a turkey giveaway for Thanksgiving despite laying to rest his nephew …
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