Special To The Black Star News February 22,2020 0  Etheridge Knight (April 19, 1931 – March 10, 1991) was a poet from Mississippi whose debut poetry book--"Poems from Prison," about his eight-year incarceration--attracted attention among other major African-American poets. The following 1965 poem, "It Was A Funky Deal" was composed to honor Malcolm X who was killed inside Harlem's Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965. In honor of Black History Month, the Black Star News will be... | CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS INSTITUTE TO ANNOUNCE SCHOLARSHIP HONORING MURDERED MOTHER EMANUEL PASTOR Special To The Black Star News February 21,2020 0  On Saturday, February 22, 2020, starting at 12: PM, the Congressional Black Caucus Institute (CBCI) will announce a scholarship to honor Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney. The former State Senator and senior pastor at Mother Emanuel AME Church who was killed with eight others in a racially motivated massacre in 2015. The CBCI seeks to continue his legacy of excitement and enthusiasm for political activism and empowerment by funding a scholarship to our political boot camp... | Ruben Diaz Jr February 21,2020 0  On Thursday, February 20, 2020, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted two events as part of the annual "State of the Borough," which was themed as a celebration of a "Bronx Decade." The first event -- the first ever State of the Borough Community Groups Celebration, which took place at The Bronx County Building, Veterans' Memorial Hall -- honored community leaders and organizations from all walks of life for their support and assistance over the past ten years... |
Colin Benjamin February 21,2020 0  Wednesday’s Nevada Democratic debate was a blundering disaster for former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. The communications media mogul was reduced to a bumbling buffoon trying to explain his bigoted sexist history. How can any reputable Black leader—who really cares about Black America—still support Bloomberg? Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Senator Bernie Sanders, all took turns battering and blooding Bloomberg on the... | Special To The Black Star News February 21,2020 0  Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Dr. Jackson Thursday joined city departments and students from across Chicago in a citywide call-to-action to end youth involvement in gun violence. Building on the City’s all-hands-on-deck public safety strategy, Mayor Lightfoot hosted a roundtable discussion with CPS high school students as part of an effort to ensure that young adults have a voice and continue to be a critical partner in our fight to... | Special To The Black Star News February 21,2020 0  Thursday, California Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo returned from his first-ever trip to Africa in that capacity. "This is the first U.S. Cabinet official to visit Africa in more than 18 months and comes less than a month after the Trump administration imposed travel restrictions on Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania and amid... |
By Randi Weingarten February 21,2020 0  In a telephone town hall on Thursday night with thousands of American Federation of Teachers members and leaders who have been actively engaged in the union’s 2020 presidential endorsement process. AFT President Randi Weingarten, Scranton (Pa.) Federation of Teachers President Rosemary Boland, AFT Vermont President Deb Snell, and Boston Teachers Union President Jessica Tang discussed the next steps in the AFT’s plan for supporting candidates as the 2020 Democratic... | Special To The Black Star News February 21,2020 0  Riders Alliance Campaign Manager Stephanie Burgos-Veras, speaking on behalf of the Bus Turnaround Coalition, said: "The changes in the Bronx bus redesign are important to over 600,000 daily riders who have suffered too long with slow and unreliable service. But riders wish the MTA would be more ambitious in their articulation of principles and creation of new routes to major destinations. Further, Governor Cuomo should recognize how important buses are to low-... |
Over the last few days, during this observance of the first anniversary of the execution of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, were now hearing chants of Weve got to fight back and We are ready for war.
That weve reached this dangerous place in the fight against police abuse was...
Last week a New York Police Department officer was suspended after a video emerged showing him kicking a suspect being arrested, now a group of NYPD officers are being investigated for bringing down Sandra Amezquita a...
The Ebola crises in West Africa is another occasion where the whole world gets to see inept leadership in many African countries.
There have recently been many postings on social media critical of the United States for deploying military personnel and medical workers to West Africa in...
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