Local Voices. Statewide Impact. Stay Informed with North Florida News Nationwide — The U.S. Navy is considering changing the name of an aircraft carrier that was set to honor Black World War II hero Doris Miller. Internal discussions have reportedly included renaming the carrier after President Donald Trump. The Ford-class aircraft carrier, known as CVN-81, received the name USS Doris Miller in 2020 during Trump’s first term. The decision was historic because Miller would have been the first enlisted sailor and first African American to have an aircraft carrier named after him. Navy officials are now reviewing the name as construction…
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From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment By Staff There are art collectors, and then there are cultural stewards. Herb and Felicia Gray have transformed their Washington, D.C. home into far more than a private gallery—it has become a welcoming sanctuary where art, history, and community converge. Through thoughtfully curated gatherings, they have created an environment where collectors, artists, gallery owners, and cultural enthusiasts engage in meaningful dialogue, celebrate African American artistic excellence, and build lasting relationships. Their recent event, featuring acclaimed artist Dr. Thomas E. Lockhart III and the book signing for Painting in the Spirit, exemplified their…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education Portrait of senior black woman sitting in Church. Black middle class America family. As Black folks, we have no shortage of sayings that have been passed down as gospel—especially those we heard growing up in the church. From “God don’t like ugly” to “cleanliness is next to godliness,” these sayings were repeated so often that we never questioned their biblical origins. While these generational words of wisdom certainly put the fear of God in our hearts, the gag is, much of it isn’t actually Scripture. Many of these sayings were rooted in…
Chatham Area Transit (CAT) Update: 8/21/2026 – The Chatham Area Transit Authority (CAT) Board of Directors will hold its Regular Board Meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 4 p.m. The meeting will take place at CAT Central, located at 900 E. Gwinnett St., and will be livestreamed on CAT’s YouTube channel. Meeting Details: Regular Board Meeting: Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Agenda Review: https://chathamtransitga.iqm2.com/Citizens/Calendar.aspx To Join Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamAreaTransit Read more on the official CAT website
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment It’s back-to-school time in the Raymond household! Usher took to Instagram on Sunday to share photos of three of his children as they prepared for another school year. In one photo, Usher and his wife, Jenn Goicoechea, posed outside with their two youngest children, Sovereign Bo and Sire Castrello. The little ones smiled for the camera with their backpacks in tow, while Sovereign proudly held up her first-day-of-school board. Another snapshot featured Usher with his 17-year-old son, Naviyd Ely Raymond. The father-son duo smiled together as the teen held his own back-to-school…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights The Savannah Steel finished their inaugural season in franchise history in dramatic fashion, as they connect on a game-winner to defeat the Jacksonville Waves, the top team in the league. Read the full article on the original site
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care “Maybe he’s not the guy to go to, to get the best medical information.” — Paul Offit, MD, of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, responding to childhood immunization claims made by President Trump in a recent executive order on vaccines. “I just don’t know if it was ever a model that was going to work.” — David Fleischer, MD, of the University of Colorado Anschutz, on the discontinuation of the only FDA-approved oral immunotherapy for pediatric peanut allergies. “These data … indicate that actually a much…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward “Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it.” — Eric S. Raymond Welcome to one of programming’s oldest and most unusual families. Today, you’ll learn a language where code is data, where parentheses are pure structure, and where programs can write programs. By the end of this journey, you’ll have written your own syntax. A Brief History: From McCarthy to Modern Day Lisp was born in 1958, invented by John McCarthy at MIT. For context: it’s the second-oldest high-level language still in use…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is among 12 historically Black colleges and universities set to receive $1 million each through a new $12 million philanthropic fund announced Thursday by UNCF and The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation. The gift establishes The Dimon Fund to Advance Economic Opportunity within UNCF’s ongoing $1.5 billion capital campaign, directing permanent endowment capital to a group of HBCU member institutions. According to the release, schools were selected “for the strength of their leadership and governance and for their proven record of preparing educators, nurses, and other…
Stay Informed: Latest News from Across Georgia Atlanta Police said a 29-year-old man has died after being stabbed on the Atlanta Beltline on Sunday afternoon. According to APD Chief Darin Schierbaum, the incident took place at 725 Ponce de Leon Avenue, which is the address for the Beltline Kroger supermarket. Schierbaum said Zone 6 officers and the APD Path Force responded to the scene at 4:01 p.m. and located the victim. He was rushed to Grady Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries, the chief said. The suspect detained by officers has been identified as Jonathan Hamby, a 54-year-old…