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Month: June 2020
State News
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY REVIEWING CAMPUS BUILDING NAMES FOR REMOVAL
By Chip Brownlee Alabama State University is the next Alabama university considering renaming buildings. “I have requested a review of the names on campus buildings for consideration of removal based on connections to or leadership […]
Sports
MEAC CONCERNED BUT STILL STANDING, COMMISH SAYS
The burning questions on the minds of many HBCU sports observers since Florida A&M University announced two weeks ago that it was leaving the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference next season to join the Southwestern Athletic […]
Religion
SIX IN 10 EVANGELICAL VOTERS SAY THEY DON’T BELIEVE TRUMP IS RELI- GIOUS WITH OVER HALF OF ALL AMERICAN VOTERS IN AGREEMENT
SOURCE: Blackchristiannews.com A plurality of evangelical Christian voters does not believe that President Donald Trump is “religious” and is in agreement with over half of all registered American voters despite the president’s attempts to appeal […]
Headline News
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY REVIEWING CAMPUS BUILDING NAMES FOR REMOVAL
By Chip Brownlee Alabama State University is the next Alabama university considering renaming buildings. “I have requested a review of the names on campus buildings for consideration of removal based on connections to or leadership […]
Commentary
YOU SHOULD CONSIDER VOTING ABSENTEE THIS SUMMER
by Craig Ford, owner of Ford Insurance Agency and the Gadsden Messenger. He represented Gadsden and Etowah County in the Alabama House of Representatives for 18 years. The Republican and Democratic Primary Runoff Elections are […]
City News
ATTORNEY PATRICK ARRINGTON: FULFILL ING THE DREAM
by Phyllis Jones, Speakin’ Out News, senior staff writer As a high school graduate, Patrick Arrington knew where he wanted to attend college and he knew what his major would be. In 1985, the Montgomery […]
City News
A HEALING CONVERSATION
Submitted by Phyllis Jones, SON Sr. Staff Writer | photo credits: First Church SDA Church Unfortunately, there’s nothing new about police brutality whose victims are primarily African Americans….Trayvon Martin, Philando Castille, Breona Taylor, Ahmuad Abrey, […]
Business
WHEN THE PROTESTING ENDS – DO YOU JUST GO HOME?
By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor NNPA NEWSWIRE — For the last 400 years in America, Black people have been considered to be a second-class citizen because of the color of their skin. Many White […]
State News
University of Alabama Removes Confederate Plaques, Studies Building Names
by the Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama has authorized moving three Confederate plaques and studying the names of buildings on campus with an eye toward possible change. The plaques will […]