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Dianna Payton, EBRPHA Board Chair Named Commissioner of the Year by National Organization, EBRPHA

Dianna Payton, EBRPHA Board Chair Named Commissioner of the Year by National Organization, EBRPHA

East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority (EBRPHA) Chairperson Dianna Payton was named 2022 Commissioner of the Year by the National...

Introducing: Danielle Stephens Sends "FAVOR" To Gospel Radio

Introducing: Danielle Stephens Sends "FAVOR" To Gospel Radio

Singer Danielle Stephens Releases Debut Single "Favor" Baton Rouge, LA -- Gospel music is graced with a fresh new voice from a woman...

Three Emerge Louisiana Women on the Ballot in November

Three Emerge Louisiana Women on the Ballot in November

Baton Rouge, LA—Emerge Louisiana, the state’s premier organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office, announced...

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Vice President Harris Addresses NAACP Convention; Urges Black Voter Participation

Vice President Harris Addresses NAACP Convention; Urges Black Voter Participation

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the NAACP...

Democrats Demand Vote to Codify Abortion Law

Democrats Demand Vote to Codify Abortion Law

“This is as urgent and real as it gets,” By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Senate Majority...

CBC Strongly Denounces Attack on Voting Rights Act

CBC Strongly Denounces Attack on Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Chair of the 57 Member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), issued the below...

U.S. House Prepares Historic Session on Reparations Legislation

U.S. House Prepares Historic Session on Reparations Legislation

“The markup of H.R. 40 by the Judiciary Committee is a major step toward the creation of a long-overdue national commission to study and...

Biden Budget Prioritizes HBCUs and Students Most in Need

Biden Budget Prioritizes HBCUs and Students Most in Need

UNCF grateful for proposed investments to benefit one of the most important programs for HBCUs President Biden fulfills the requirement...

Possible HIV vaccine shows promise, researchers say

Possible HIV vaccine shows promise, researchers say

A technician prepares COVID-19 coronavirus patient samples for testing at a laboratory in New York's Long Island. Wide scale testing is a...

Capital City Classic: LSU Dominates SU with a 65-17 Blowout Victory

Capital City Classic: LSU Dominates SU with a 65-17 Blowout Victory

Written By: Lynwood Albert Jr. BR Weekly Press Sports BATON ROUGE, La – Southern may have won the coin toss but LSU definitely won the...

MLB Pulls All-Star Game from Atlanta Because of New Voter Suppression Law

MLB Pulls All-Star Game from Atlanta Because of New Voter Suppression Law

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Elections and the actions of lawmakers do have...

LSU Announces Plans to Welcome Ticketed Fans to the Maravich Center for 2020-21 Basketball Season

LSU Announces Plans to Welcome Ticketed Fans to the Maravich Center for 2020-21 Basketball Season

BATON ROUGE, La. - In coordination with state public health officials, the Southeastern Conference and university officials, LSU...

New Orleans Might not Host the 2020 Bayou Classic

New Orleans Might not Host the 2020 Bayou Classic

NEW ORLEANS - The Southwestern Athletics Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors will have a meeting in late June about 2020...

#SWACMD19: SWAC Releases 2019 Preseason All-SWAC Football Teams and Predicted Order of Finish

#SWACMD19: SWAC Releases 2019 Preseason All-SWAC Football Teams and Predicted Order of Finish

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2019 All-SWAC Preseason teams and Predicted Order of Finish on...

The plain sight option

The plain sight option

By Pastor Jerome Smith Brand New Life Christian Center As a theory, hiding in plain sight relies more on the limits of human perception...

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Introducing: Danielle Stephens Sends "FAVOR" To Gospel Radio

Introducing: Danielle Stephens Sends "FAVOR" To Gospel Radio

Singer Danielle Stephens Releases Debut Single "Favor" Baton Rouge, LA -- Gospel music is graced with a fresh new voice from a woman...

Impact Network Expands Into Entertainment and Lifestyles Launches Super Saturdays

Impact Network Expands Into Entertainment and Lifestyles Launches Super Saturdays

Impact Network, the largest, fastest-growing independent 100% African-American founded & operated inspirational television network, in...

“Blessing of the Elders”: Legacy Of The Black Church In America At Museum Of The Bible

“Blessing of the Elders”: Legacy Of The Black Church In America At Museum Of The Bible

Courtesy of GMA Museum of the Bible will premiere a one-night gala experience entitled “Blessing of the Elders” in the museum’s World...

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Dianna Payton, EBRPHA Board Chair Named Commissioner of the Year by National Organization, EBRPHA

East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority (EBRPHA) Chairperson Dianna Payton was named 2022 Commissioner of the Year by the National...

EBRPL Hosts Scotlandville Branch Open House

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library invites the public to an open house at the Scotlandville Branch Library on Tuesday, September 20,...

With education and support, homeownership can strengthen the fabric of our communities

It’s difficult to pay much attention to the news without running across a litany of current challenges facing families looking to...

Summer Camp for High School Students Interested in a Nursing Career

Baton Rouge, LA – Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, in partnership with Future Health Professionals, will host a Future...

Harold Mellieon Jr. Appointed Research Assistant Professor, Academic Coordinator at the SU Ag Center

Baton Rouge, La. – Dr. Harold Mellieon Jr. has been appointed the Research Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator for the Southern...

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