Month: August 2014

August 17, is the birthday of Marcus Garvey, one of the most important anti-imperialist leaders of the last 150 years. No African has been more successful in organizing

Eunice Vanette Murphy was born January 19, 1952, to the parentage of Vandy A. and Lula W. Murphy in Cameron, Texas (Milam County). She confessed Christ at an

This week the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association held their 77th Annual National Convention in Dallas. The Hilton Anatole Hotel played host to hundreds of business professionals

I am proud to say that I have 50 years of experience commemorating historic civil right events in America I had a vision long ago that I needed

1. Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis/Tetanus-Diptheria-acellular- Pertussis containing vaccine: Students who started the series before age 7 years – Five doses, with one after the fourth birthday, unless the fourth dose was

In 1944, Reginald Kenneth Brooks (“Reggie”), the sixth of eight children, was born in Akron, Ohio to Booker & Delores Brooks. Reggie graduated from Buchtel High, continued his

BY KENNETH D. MILLER SPECIAL TO THE NNPA FROM THE LOS ANGELES SENTINEL For anyone who has ever seen Marcos Maidana fight you know that he is wild

All of us have experienced painful and hurtful situations in our lives. We may have felt as though all hope was gone. That nothing could be done about

Months after I began music director for the Cherup Choir at Greater New Zion Baptist Church, Mable Chandler introduced me to Mrs. Maurine F. Bailey (1901 – 2000),

One of the best Christological verses in the bible is found in St. John 1:1, which says: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with