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Black Quarterbacks and Coaches Need Opportunity

January 20, 2020 Staff 0

Miami Times photo illustration by Jenny Ziegler Out with the old and in with the new is generally the aspiring mindset that accompanies a new year. But in the NFL, it has been some of […]

How Ghana’s Historic Homecoming is Changing Africa

January 16, 2020 admin 0

INSIDE AFRICA – https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ghana-historic-homecoming-intl/index.html Zaina Adamu, CNN • Updated 13th January 2020 (CNN) — It’s the last Saturday of the year in the heart of Accra, Ghana’s capital. The air is thick with the anticipation of the thousands […]

Black Owned Yacht -Owned Yacht Charter Business Launched By HBCU Alum

January 16, 2020 admin 0

by Justin Barton January 15, 2020 Soca Caribbean Yacht Charters is a new boutique travel agency founded by a Hampton University and Howard Law School graduate Shelia Ruffin. Growing up on the eastern shore of Virginia, Ruffin […]

What McDonald’s Has Meant to Black Americans

January 16, 2020 admin 0

In her new book, Marcia Chatelain explores the complicated history of how McDonald’s infiltrated black neighborhoods and sold them on a boneless chicken sandwich. By CHRISTINA CAUTERUCCI JAN 15, 20205:50 AM Outside a McDonald’s in 1980. […]

The Celebrity Primary: Danny Glover, Judge Judy, Mandy Moore and a Still-Crowded 2020 Field

January 16, 2020 admin 0

By Astead W. Herndon Jan. 14, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/us/politics/celebrity-democratic-endorsements.html SUMTER, S.C. — Bernice Harris was with her granddaughter Saturday afternoon when they heard a surprising rumor: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont was going to visit their city […]

Poll: Almost Equal Number of African Americans Open to Voting for Biden, Sanders

January 16, 2020 admin 0

BY ZACK BUDRYK – 01/15/20 02:28 PM EST https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign-polls/478425-poll-equal-numbers-of-african-americans-open-to-voting-for-biden © Getty Images A Vice-Ipsos poll showed former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a statistical tie among African Americans nationwide. The poll, conducted from Jan. 8-10, showed 56 percent of African […]

Jamie Foxx skewered by ‘In Living Color’ co-star Tommy Davidson in new book

January 16, 2020 admin 0

Nicki Gostin https://pagesix.com/2020/01/16/jamie-foxx-skewered-by-in-living-color-co-star-tommy-davidson-in-new-book/ January 16, 2020 | 11:25am Comedian Tommy Davidson first encountered Jamie Foxx on the set of “In Living Color” and almost immediately had an issue with the newcomer. Jamie Foxx (as Wanda) and Tommy […]