Nashville’s historic Fifth Avenue, the site of numerous lunch counter sit-ins in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, has been renamed Rep. John Lewis Way at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Jefferson Street. Rep. Lewis began his…
The Rev. Raphael Warnock, 51, pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church once led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become the first Black U. S. senator elected from the state of Georgia. As votes were still being counted,…
The legendary Ebony magazine is being revived. Former NBA star Junior Bridgeman reportedly has anted-up $14 million for the famed Black media publication. The magazine, which was founded by John H. Johnson in 1945, was forced into bankruptcy earlier this…
Nashville marked Tennessee’s second annual Rosa Parks Day on Tuesday with memorials commemorating the anniversary of Parks’ refusal to comply with a segregated seating on city buses. “We honor her bravery in refusing to be treated as a second-class citizen…
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — The late Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an intellectual giant with a righteous spirit. She used her brilliant mind and steely determination to protect the gains of the civil rights movement and advance the values of freedom, equality, justice,…
California Sen. Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president. Following months of speculation and debate over whether Biden should pick a Black woman as his running mate, Harris was named Tuesday as Biden’s choice. Biden reportedly had called…
