By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, October 25, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBkX8U8oy9E Donnie Swaggart is the son of Jimmy Swaggart, a popular Pentecostal televangelist with a significant following among black Americans. Evangelist Donnie Swaggart, the only son of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, is now coming under fire from black Christians after he delivered a scathing […]
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‘Lock That Thug Up’: Ex-Texas Cop Who Killed Black Man While He Ate Dessert Thought She’d Get Away with Only 5 Years—Until Parole Board Shuts Her Down
Posted byBy Grace Jidoun | Published on: October 12, 2024 CommentsComments (0) Former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger was denied parole on Oct. 10 for fatally shooting her neighbor, Botham Jean, in 2018 as he was sitting in his apartment eating ice cream. After advocating against her release, Alison Jean, Botham’s mother, is finally breathing […]
Memphis State Eight Legacy Remembered
Members of the University of Memphis Black Student Body continue the courage, sacrifice and legacy of Mrs. Bertha Looney(c)and the seven others known as The Memphis State Eight. Photo by Don Mooney Sept 18, 2024 by Don Mooney Memphis, TN – – -Today the University of Memphis held a commemoratory […]
Danger South Sudan! Chinese firm sign deal to construct modern oil refinery
Sunday August 25 2024 Chinese and Sudanese workers read cartoon books in an oil field in the District 3/7, South Sudan October 27, 2010. PHOTO | POOLAdvertisement By XINHUA More by this Author Memphis, TN—First thoughts of this news revelation in the Sudan, the words from the 60s iconic show […]
From tragedy to triumph, the inspiration behind Africa’s first Olympic 200m gold
Chinedu Okafor 09 August 2024 09:05 AM Setting a new African Record (AR) of 19.46 seconds, Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo upset American track star and Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles to win the 200 meter race. Lyles had been the favorite to win the race following his equally historic 100 meter […]
Africa’s Top Countries With The Highest Diamond Production Values
Adekunle Agbetiloye 22 July 2024 04:30 PM Globally, rough diamond production is undertaken by only 22 countries extracting them from deposits within their borders. Remarkably, eight African nations have secured prestigious positions within the top ten diamond-producing countries worldwide in 2023. Top 10 African countries with the highest diamond production […]
America, Just Make Better Drones Than China…COMPETE!
Don Mooney| Jul 24 2024 – 9 PM CST Memphis, TN—Whenever you hear the tell-tale whining buzz of a drone, anywhere in the world, you’re probably hearing a sound made in China. In 2006, Chinese technology company DJI created the very first cheap, off-the shelf drones that even poorly coordinated amateurs […]
South Africa’s Ramaphosa vows to fight inequality as power-sharing begins
By Siyabonga Sishi and Thando Hlophe June 19, 20245:53 PM CDTUpdated 13 days ago PRETORIA, June 19 (Reuters) – A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday that his new multi-party government would work to improve basic living conditions for all citizens as he was sworn in for a second term in office. […]
Chet Walker, a seven-time All-Star forward who helped the 76ers win the 1967 NBA title, has died
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS June 8, 2024 at 11:12 PM Chet Walker, a seven-time All-Star forward who helped Wilt Chamberlain and the Philadelphia 76ers win the 1967 NBA title, has died. He was 84. The National Basketball Players Association confirmed Walker’s death, according to NBA.com. The 76ers, Chicago Bulls and National Basketball Retired Players Association also […]
A Reflection Of Our Future From The Jungles Of Brazil
THE PROJECT FOREST PEOPLES CONNECTION INSTALLS A STARLINK ANTENNA IN THE SÃO ROSÁRIO QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITY, MUNICIPALITY OF ACARÁ, PARÁ STATE. PHOTO: FILIPE BISPO/SUMAÚMA DIÁRIO DE GUERRA Starlink: ‘Elon Musk’s internet’ brings euphoria and fear to the Amazon Indigenous peoples and traditional communities enjoy the advantages of the technology that is […]