NNPA NEWSWIRE — Boseman was no stranger to playing iconic characters, bursting onto the big screen in 2013’s 42 as baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in major league baseball. Boseman went on to star as Soul legend James Brown in 2014’s Get On Up and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall in 2017….
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 793 into law on Aug. 28. The legislation is one of the country’s strongest restrictions on flavored tobacco. The bill makes it a crime for any retailer or individual to sell a flavored tobacco product or any tobacco product flavor enhancer…
Black Student Virtual Homeschooling Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — With more school districts moving to fully virtual learning environments due to the coronavirus pandemic, Limitless Learning offers virtual homeschooling for students to stay on track during unprecedented times. The homeschooling program provides assessments to track students academically, provides an intensive package to target…
Riverside County health officials are reporting the first case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which is a rare medical complication from COVID-19. The child lives in western Riverside County and is younger than 15. Officials are also reporting a second probable case of a child from Coachella Valley. “While most children are only…
American Descendants of Slavery in California applaud first steps taken by the legislature in attempt to rectify specific grievances of Black Americans in the State. Los Angeles California, August 29th, 2020 – American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) California welcomes Senate passage of AB 3121 – Task Force To Study and Develop Reparations Proposals For African…
“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated,” according to famed linksman Arnold Palmer. The legendary medalist earned the nickname, The King of Golf, for his prowess on the fairways and proof of his skill are the 21 holes-in-one with which he is credited, says the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. West Virginian Rocco…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 1, 2020 — Curated by Bay Area artist and educator Leila Weefur and presented in McEvoy Foundation for the Arts’ Screening Room, New Labor Movements is a collection of short films that explore contemporary visions of America and concepts of transnational Blackness. Through a compositional discourse played out in four hour-long…
With a 69-4 vote, the Senate passed Assembly Bill (AB) 323 Tuesday. It proposes granting ethnic media outlets, mid-size publications, and daily newspapers an additional year to pursue alternative and sustainable distribution models that don’t involve contract drivers. That would allow them to come into compliance with the state’s controversial AB 5 labor law. …
The letters were sent to Counties with especially large limited-English-proficient minority language populations and ask that the jurisdictions provide election materials in the relevant languages. The UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) released a dozen letters today addressed to leadership in counties in several states, urging them to provide election materials to accommodate large minority Asian…
SACRAMENTO – The State of California’s Employment Training Panel (ETP) announced that it approved 24 contracts worth over $6 million in job training funds for 6,000 workers. Panel members awarded two contracts to Edwards Lifesciences, and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles under its COVID Rapid Reemployment & Retraining Pilot program. Together,…
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media After months of protests and tough negotiations with representatives from various industries, California lawmakers have released an updated list of professions that could be exempted from AB 5, the controversial worker re-classification law that went into effect Jan 1. AB 2257, a new bill that revises some Labor…
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media In the Aug. 16 premiere of the HBO show “Lovecraft Country,” created by Misha Green and based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, the main characters drive past a sign that reads “[N-word]s, don’t let the sun set on you here. Understand?” Towns that…
NEW YORK (August 31, 2020) — Black Public Media (BPM) is now accepting applications for the 2021 cohort of its 360 Incubator+ program. Created in 2014 to help BPM identify quality and innovative content by Black filmmakers, the 360 Incubator+ program is a three-month holistic development and fellowship initiative that helps creatives through training, mentorship,…
Chris Davies Team Leader, Faith INFO As Voting day, November 3, 2020, quickly approaches and many American citizens find ourselves in a quandary as to how to best prepare, I invite us, as people of conscience/faith, to join together in this ritual of preparation as a way forward. Step 1: Push past any indifference and…
By: Lou Yeboah The noon whistle, has been sounding since Christ came to earth. Don’t ignore the sound of the siren. It is significant. Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand! Don’t be another Agrippa who said to Paul, “You almost persuaded me to become a Christian” [Acts 26:28]; or Felix who…
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association The unrelenting spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout the United States of America in 2020, continues to pose an unprecedented public health crisis for all Americans, but in particular for Black Americans and other people of color who are disproportionately negatively…
Sacramento – California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, chair of the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA), today announced approval of the first COVID-19 Emergency HELP loan in the amount of $250,000 for Operation Samahan, Inc. (Operation Samahan) to increase space for a drive-thru clinic for COVID-19 screenings and services and to renovate an Operation Samahan-owned…
Public Health Reports 45 New Deaths and 840 New Positive Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 45 new deaths and 840 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. The 7-day average of new cases is just under 1,300, which has declined steadily over…