What comes to mind when you hear “Black Panther?” It’s completely fine if Marvel’s blockbuster superhero is your answer. Our story, however, deals with a group now overshadowed by the Wakadan savior.
The...
Meilan Whitaker sat in rapt attention with her eyes glued to the screen in front of her as she watched the movie shown on Thursday evening to honor Black History Month.
Movie night was hosted by CAB,...
“Left knee in, left knee out, right knee in, right knee out.” Nishant Shrestha stood in front of the Activity Center’s multipurpose room and guided Warhawks as they did the Tootsie Roll across the...
Notes bowed on the strings of a cello can accentuate somber tragedies yet boost whimsical fairy tales. And that is exactly what Christopher Adkins did Feb. 9 as he performed a concert with pianist Richard...
Here’s an understatement: We live in crazy times. People severing family ties due to political differences. A virus depriving us of our comfy lives we took for granted. Worst of all, unarmed and innocent...
Sweat dripping from their foreheads, Mikayla Broadnax and Jala Anderson pushed their bodies to the limit at Get Fit with NAACP this past week. Every night, for one week, the National Association for the...
Let’s travel back to the 1960s. Wars in Vietnam raged with anxious eyes on televisions and anti-war protests. America was traumatized from President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The civil rights...
Compared to last year’s COVID-free Valentine’s Day, you may not feel comfortable going out to celebrate.
But, there are plenty of fun activities to do with your significant other and friends...
Raphael Akinpelu
My ideal Valentine’s Day would be filled with me showing acts of love toward my girlfriend and loved ones.
More than gifts, it is the small things and the intentions that matter...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X. Michelle Obama. Kamala Harris. These people pop up often when talking about beloved African American figures. Schools teach about King as early as elementary. It’s...
Let me tell a personal story: My older sister was born in 1985. I was born in 1999. My mother had painful C-sections for both of us–she still bears those surgical marks today. Before my birth, she had...
Black History Month is in the air. You can smell grandma’s homemade fried chicken and gumbo 100 miles away, hear your parents’ outdated funk records and see lesson plans about Martin Luther King, Jr....
