Culture

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS GEE’S BEND, Ala. — A historic community rooted in artistic excellence and cultural resilience is gaining global recognition once again — this time with the backing of one of the world’s biggest […]

Six-year-old Brooklyn, a first grader at Pleasant Grove Elementary School, will never forget the moment her teacher turned her tears into a dream come true. Brooklyn was heartbroken when she learned her mother couldn’t attend […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS After decades of hope, planning, and perseverance, Africatown is finally set to welcome visitors with a permanent, state-of-the-art Welcome Center. The $5.1 million facility, funded entirely by BP oil spill recovery dollars […]

In the quiet town of Lowndesboro, Alabama—home to just 79 residents today—a small wooden building stands as a powerful link to the past. Known as the Will Stone Store, the nearly 200-year-old structure is the […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Alabama’s legendary Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q continues to make history, capturing its record-setting 13th first-place finish in the shoulder division at the 2025 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest—known […]

By Heather Gann Rapper Shawn Corey Carter, otherwise known as Jay-Z, on Tuesday filed an amended lawsuit in Alabama district court to include a New York lawyer he claims was involved in efforts to defraud […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS TALLADEGA, Ala. — Award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson has donated $1 million to Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest private historically Black college, during its 150th commencement ceremony held on May 4, 2025. Merkerson, best […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Anniece Tisdale, an 85-year-old grandmother from Nashville, Tennessee, was brought to tears back in December when filmmaker Tyler Perry stepped in to pay off her mortgage. After a home renovation project went wrong […]

By Barry Anderson Comedian Deon Cole has dropped out as the headliner for the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival that took place this past weekend in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to a statement released by organisers […]

For immediate release HUNTSVILLE – The Food Bank of North Alabama and the National Association of Letter Carriers in conjunction with the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association will be […]