News from Black Communities of Gwinnett County Georgia.
Born on March 18, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, Frances Cress Welsing was a renowned African-American psychiatrist applauded for her work, “The Isis Papers.” She was the middle child of three …
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Busta Rhymes, Salt-N-Pepa, Queen Latifah, Dr. Dre and more! The 65th Grammy Awards on February 5th celebrated the history of hip-hop with an epic performance. Following the presentation of the …
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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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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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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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Article Photo by Eric Koch — Langston Hughes’ Broadway adaptation of ‘Black Nativity’ in 1962. Langston Hughes’ Broadway adaptation of ‘Black Nativity’ in 1962. The birth of a child is …
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by Vann Newkirk I remember the year I tried to boycott Thanksgiving. I was 19, entering that necessary but annoying phase of young self-righteous and half-informed quasi-pro-Blackness. I drove home …
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Blacks May Finally Be Waking Up to the Many Unfulfilled Promises of the Democratic Party During the 2020 presidential election campaign, many Blacks questioned Joe Biden but community leaders and …
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We took a random poll of people on the streets of Gwinnett County with one question, “Who is the majority minority of the county?” Most responses were Hispanic, followed by …
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