All results / Stories / Style Magazine Newswire
Black and Hispanic Homeownership Rates in Texas Still Lag Behind White Families, Study Finds
Black families in Texas own homes at a rate far below that of white families, a new study from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) finds.
9-Year Old Won First Place in Art Competition
She's telling the story of America with her art!
Gabrielle Faisal, 9, won first place in the White House Historical Association’s National Student Art Competition by telling the story of African-Americans in her drawing.
Governor Abbott Statement On Shooting At West Freeway Church Of Christ In White Settlement
Governor Greg Abbott today issued the following statement regarding the shooting at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas.
Betty White to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Annual ICG Publicists Awards
Betty White, legendary actress and producer, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 55th Annual International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) Publicists Awards Luncheon to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 2, 2018.
Alice Allison Dunnigan, 1st Black Woman Journalist to Cover the White House, to be Honored with Statue in D.C.
According to the Associated Press, Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African-American woman journalist credentialed to cover the White House, will be honored with a life-sized statue to be erected next month in Washington D.C.
White Rage
LBJ was right, but wrong. When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he said of the Democratic Party, “We have lost the South for a generation.” However, President Johnson’s estimate of the damage done to his party in the eyes of white America was too optimistic. No Democratic candidate for president of the United States has won a majority of the white vote in the North or the South since 1964.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to White Nationalists: ‘There is No Place for You in America… Shame on You… You Are Anything But A Patriot’
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe condemned the white supremacists whose rally in Charlottesville, Va. led to clashes and at least one death, telling the Nazi marchers that “there is no place for you here. There is no place for you in America… Shame on you. You pretend that you are patriots, but you are anything but a patriot,” he said.
TSU President Joins Collegiate Leadership at White House
Dr. Austin Lane participates in session seeking support for HBCUs
Texas Southern University President Dr. Austin A. Lane was among 64 presidents and chancellors of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who attended the White House Domestic Policy Council listening session in Washington, DC. The gathering – dubbed the ‘HBCU Fly-In’ – was held amid reports of an executive order to move the initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities out of the Department of Education and into the White House.
Two PVAMU students announced as 2022 HBCU Scholars by White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Two Prairie View A&M University students have been announced as scholars a part of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The ninth cohort of HBCU Scholars recognizes 86 undergraduate, graduate and professional students for their accomplishments in academics, leadership, civic engagement and much more, according to a press release.
Cops Who Hate
America can no longer stick its head in the sand to avoid seeing the serious flaws in the culture of American policing.
After New Jazz Sitcom Goes Live, White College Students Rant Saying “Jazz Was Saved By White People” and “Black People Don’t Listen to it Anymore”
A controversy arose on social media following a recent BlackNews.com story entitled, “Giant Steps TV Show — America’s First Jazz Sitcom Launches on Amazon” which was published on October, 31, 2017. Apparently, three white students at The New School School in New York posted that the show “sucked” and was “bad for jazz”, “not remotely funny or interesting”, and then followed with a claim that “whites saved jazz because Black people don’t listen to it anymore” and that “whites have evolved the music to be more intellectually engaging”. They further offered anecdotal proof claiming that booking agents nationwide hire more white artists than black artists.
Hispanics Set to Replace Whites as Largest Group in Texas By 2022: Census
Hispanics are poised to become the largest segment of the Texas population in the next three years, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bur.
Texas Democrats on the One Year Anniversary of the El Paso Shooting
Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement:
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Commemorates the 55th Anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech
Jackson Lee—“By many critical metrics, as a result of slavery—America’s Original Sin—African Americans continue to lag behind their white counterparts. Dr. King’s dream cannot be fully realized until this is no longer so.”
Southern Black Law Makers Approve Jim Crow Segregation
Across the Southern states in the deep South, black law makers moved with haste to pass Jim Crow legislation to insure legal and enforceable separation of the races. Motivated by personal biases and political ambition, it is expected that Jim Crow segregation to remain in full force for years to come.
From the NAACP President to Teaching Racism
The University Press of Kentucky has just released paperback editions of two books that are instrumental to our understanding of civil rights history and how racism is perpetuated. Roy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP, by Yvonne Ryan is part of the Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century series, and Raising Racists: The Socialization of White Children in the Jim Crow South by Kristina DuRocher is in the New Directions in Southern History series.
A Black Life: Daniel Penny's Marine Training Taught Him That Jordan Neely Would Die
The recent death of a New York homeless person, Jordan Neely, is not merely a reflection of two individuals caught in a Shakespearian tragedy - one, the victim, Mr. Neely and the other, Daniel Penny, the perpetrator of the crime. Rather, this incident is a microcosmic reflection of many White Americans’ view of Black lives. The “Black Lives Matter” slogan was prompted by the realization that George Floyd’s horrific death by a White policeman was a stark representation of many Americans subconscious lack of value for the life of a Black American.
Starting at a Black Newspaper, Dana W. White Is the First Black Woman to Run Communications at a Major Automaker
As Hyundai North America’s first black chief communications officer, Dana W. White knows what it is like to have two feet in two worlds.
Vice President Kamala Harris to Announce Reforms to Ease the Burden of Medical Debt
One-in-three adults in the United States are saddled with medical debt, which now counts as the largest source of debt in collections – more than credit cards, utilities, and auto loans combined. According to a White House fact sheet, Black and Hispanic households are more likely to hold medical debt than white households.
New Bill Preventing Firing Employees For Political Expression
A bill proposed in the Texas Legislature on Friday would prevent employers from firing off-the-clock employees who express their political views.
