Category: National

Featured
Stefi Mar

Why ASALH is Going to Florida

Like many of you, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) has followed the actions that Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis and other conservative lawmakers have taken against teaching Black History and the histories of other historically marginalized communities.

African Americans
News Observer

Small Arkansas City Elects Youngest Black Mayor in U.S. History

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
At 18, Jaylen Smith recognizes the need for civic involvement. He believes his small city of Earle, Arkansas, would benefit from improved public safety measures and less blight.

National
Jovi

Nurse Who Died Saving Patients in 1953 Finally Has Headstone

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ Gertrude Warnick died 69 years ago, hailed, then questioned, then forgotten. Since 1953, her body has rested in an unmarked grave under patchy dirt and creeping weeds at Clearwater Municipal Cemetery.

Crime
Jovi

Suspect caught in fatal shooting of 3 U.Va. football players

This booking photo released by the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office shows Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., who was arrested Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in the fatal shooting of three football players at the University of Virginia. (Henrico County Sheriff’s Office via AP)