Demographer says district lines were drawn to protect incumbents After two nights of public meetings on the city’s proposed redistricting plan, yet another map will be created for council review, this one showing a potential fourth majority African-American council district.…
Services will be held Saturday, December 10th, for a well-known 37-year-old man. Services for Marcus Coleman will be held at the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Mr. Coleman died on December 3rd. McFarland Funeral Home…
Between November 30, and December 7, 2022, our friends were busy on social media, including these snaps.
By Garry Blanson The next time you open your refrigerator, you can say thank you to Frederick McKinley Jones. He was born on May 17, 1893, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother was Black, and his father was White. His family…
This week the Black community received a classic lesson in politics 101: How to hold on to power by gerrymandering. Let’s assume citizens are students asking the questions of a Black political science instructor. Here’s how the lesson would go:…
December 8-Zerry Nelson, Rosie Lewis, Isaac Jones, Terry Daniels, Altovia Lane, Brodricka Miller, Richard Zemry Johnson. December 9-Jimmy Harden, Abram Myles, Volonda Harris, Larry Jenkins, Jemicia Lyons, Donna Guy, Othelia G. Moore, Ora Griffin, Johnnie R. Calhoun, Maurice Mitchell, Jacqueline…
By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons During my earlier years, I decided to spend the Christmas Holidays with my parents, other family members and friends in our home in Denver, Colorado. Accompanied with me was my “then” little daughter. The train ride…
