Here's How You Can Help Those Impacted By The Bronx Apartment Fire | The Michigan Chronicle

Wakanda News Details

Here's How You Can Help Those Impacted By The Bronx Apartment Fire | The Michigan Chronicle

Photo: Getty Images The tragic Bronx apartment fire that killed 17 people and injured 63 others is being described by officials as one of the worst fires in the city's modern history. The fire broke out Sunday morning (January 9) after a space heater malfunctioned, NYC Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro confirmed. Approximately 200 fire department … Continued

Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

You may also like

Testing where the people are –

Harper and Santiago know each other, but Santiago doesn’t represent Daytona Beach’s Black community in the Florida

fave

Source: Florida Courier

NAACP Launches #WeAreDoneDying Campaign, Empowering Black and Brown Communities to Take Action Against Senseless Killings of African Americans

The NAACP, the nation’s foremost social justice organization, has launched a campaign entitled #WeAreDoneDying, aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American healthcare system and the country at

fave

Source: Chicago Defender

Black Mentorship for Mental Health Professionals

As an early career mental health professional, I was on a quest last year as a new graduate to be linked to a mentor within the

fave

Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Knights of Pythias

The Knights of Pythias was a fraternal and benevolent order in Boston's small and growing Black community in lower Roxbury that provided effective health insurance and death benefits to widows and orphans. Anchored in its own building at the corner of Ruggles and Washington Streets, it helped

fave

Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Is There More COVID Cash Coming to Help Californians?

It has $14 billion in spending cuts, including a 10% salary reduction for state workers, that would be triggered only if the federal government does not provide funding to California to cover some of its coronavirus losses before the fiscal year begins July

fave

Source: La Focus Newspaper

News Conference: Chinese Merchants/Government Accused of Human Rights Violations: Exploitation During COVID-19 Pandemic

Chinese Merchants in Black Community Targeted for Sanctions-Boycott Nationwide on 5-19-2020

fave

Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Kenya: Nairobi Neighborhood's Residents Struggle to Make Living During COVID Lockdown

Kenyan authorities last week locked down the Nairobi neighborhood of Eastleigh because of a jump in confirmed coronavirus

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson was a highly renowned classical singer who became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. She was born on February 27, 1897 to John and Annie Anderson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father ran an ice and coal business and his mother was a babysitter. She

fave

Source: Black History Resources

Feb

27

1897

Earl Whaley Band

Earl Whaley was an alto-saxophone player and bandleader from the San Francisco Bay Area. He moved to Seattle and led one of the first swing bands on the West Coast, The Red Hot Syncopators, who started performing successfully around Seattle at the Broadway and Finnish Halls in 1932. The band never

fave

Source: Black Past

Survivor Working To Close Gap In Breast Cancer Deaths In African American Community

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A mother who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer when her sons were young is hoping her story helps empower other

fave

Source: CBS Philly

The Last Word: What Do You Have To Lose? Your Health OR YOUR JOB?

Twenty-one percent of the USPS” roughly 625,000 employees are African American, and nearly 17 percent are other people of

fave

Source: Delivering News You Can Use

McKinney, Samuel Berry (1926- )

Born on December 28, 1926 to Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and Ruth Berry McKinney in Flint, Michigan, Samuel Berry McKinney would become a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest

fave

Source: Black Past

Dec

28

1926

Black Panther Party Founder Born

Black Panther Party Founder Huey P. Newton born. An illiterate high-school graduate, Newton taught himself how to read before attending Merritt College in Oakland and the San Francisco School of Law, where he met Seale. In Oakland in 1966 they formed the Black Panther group in response to

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

17

1942

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company agreed to pump $34 million into Black businesses and the Black community, ending a national boycott called by PUSH.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Aug

10

1981

Adams, Henry [Kentucky] (1802–1872)

Henry Adams was a prominent black Baptist minister and advocate for African American education who worked in Georgia and later in Louisville, Kentucky. Adams was born in Franklin County, Georgia in 1802. He obtained a license to preach at the age of 18 and was ordained on October 29, 1825. Adams

fave

Source: Black Past

Oct

29

1825

Charles Anderson Edward Berry, better known as Chuck Berry, is popularly considered the father of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He was born on October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri to Martha and Henry Berry, who were grandchildren of slaves. His ancestors had migrated from the rural south to Missouri to look

fave

Source: Black History Resources

Oct

18

1926

Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America | Afro

On May 6, national Black civil rights leaders participated in a call with former Vice President Joe Biden, the democratic presidential nominee, a day after the release of Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black

fave

Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

E. Franklin Frazier

E. Franklin Frazier , in full Edward Franklin Frazier (born September 24, 1894, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died May 17, 1962, Washington, D.C.), American sociologist whose work on African American social structure provided insights into many of the problems affecting the black community.

fave

Source: Brittanica

May

17

1962

The Stigma of Mental Illness in the Black Community

This is when I realized the depth of mental health stigma in the African American

fave

Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Micheaux, Oscar (1884–1951)

Oscar Micheaux was the quintessential self-made man. Novelist, film-maker and relentless self-promoter, Micheaux was born on a farm near Murphysboro, Illinois. He worked briefly as a Pullman porter and then in 1904 homesteaded nearly 500 acres of land near the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in

fave

Source: Black Past

5 Moments From The Virtual HBCU Commencement Ceremony That Will Have You Relishing In Being Young, Black And Gifted - Blavity

While former President Barack Obama’s White House occupancy has ended, his role as a source of national leadership and inspiration has

fave

Source: Blavity News

St. John A.M.E Church Topeka, Kansas (1868- )

St. John African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Topeka, Kansas was officially organized in 1877 when it was chartered by Reverend John M. Wilkerson of the Missouri African Methodist Episcopal Conference. In 1868, nine years before the charter, however, early black settlers, many of whom

fave

Source: Black Past

Schmoke, Kurt L. (1949- )

Kurt L. Schmoke, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1949, came from a middle class background. His father, Murray, a civilian chemist for the U.S. Army, was a graduate of Morehouse College, and his mother, Irene was a social worker. Schmoke attended the citys prestigious public high school, Baltimore

fave

Source: Black Past

Second Baptist Church, El Paso, Texas (1884- )

The Second Baptist Church, the oldest black Baptist church in El Paso, Texas, was established in 1884. The brick edifice that is its current home was erected between 1903 and 1907 at Second and Virginia Streets, standing at the intersection of the city’s Mexican American neighborhood, the black

fave

Source: Black Past

Aug

31

1924

Charlamagne Tha God Wants The Black Community To Own Licensed Guns In Wake of Ahmaud Arberys Shooting

On Sunday, May 10, Charlamagne Tha God had an interesting interview on MSNBC show “Weekends With Alex Witt” where he joined a discussion about the shooting and killing of Ahmaud Arbery by father and son, Gregory McMichael and Travis

fave

Source: Your Black World

Blacks face greater risk from COVID-19, health experts say

Taylor, an internist, called those conditions — diabetes, high blood pressure, respiratory diseases — “a part of the community fabric” among black residents of South Los

fave

Source: Homepage -

(1867) Rev. E. J. Adams, “These are Revolutionary Times”

On March 2, 1867, Congress overrode President Andrew Johnsons vetoes and passed a series of Reconstruction acts which would, among other things, establish new governments in the ex-Confederate states based for the first time on universal male suffrage. The first step in this process involved the

fave

Source: Black Past

Mayor Johnson accepts donations from Aga Khan Council | Dallas Weekly

The Aga Khan Council for Central United States, a social governance body of the Ismaili Muslim community, will donate 10,000 surgical masks, 10,000 pairs of gloves, and 1,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to the City of

fave

Source: Dallas Weekly

Randolph, Asa Philip

Randolph, Asa Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader, b. Crescent City, Fla., attended the College of the City of New York. As a writer and editor of the black magazine The Messenger, which he helped to found, Randolph became interested in the labor movement. In 1917 he organized a small union of

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Millennial on a mission, Dora Drake

Candidates for state offices will also reference the nation-leading Black incarceration rate, and the abysmal state of education, which some experts posit is at the root of the other social

fave

Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

More from Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

Get Ready For Sunday Brunch LIVE with Chef Max Hardy

Former Senator Morris Hood III dies at 54 from COVID-19

Princeton Announces First Black Valedictorian

Boys and Girls Club Reopens to Kids of Essential Workers

May Is Mental Health Month: Maintaining Mental Wellness During COVID-19

More City Employees Set to Return to Work, Feed The Frontlines Serves 20,000

Googles Offers Free Training For Michigan Jobseekers and Small Businesses

Industry leaders say hundreds of businesses won’t survive reopening plan, extended stay-home order

Pastor Solomon Kinloch and Triumph Church Steps Up For The Community Amidst COVID-19 Crisis

The Fight for the 2020 Vote and the March to the Ballot Box

Dad Writes Controversial “Rona” Song After His Son Was Denied a Test For Coronavirus

Tatiana Grant Opens New Marketing & Communications Firm

Small Business Survival Tips During COVID-19 and Beyond on Facebook Live

Detroit Residents Age 60 or Over Set to Test for COVID-19 Without Prescription

Governor Whitmer Implores Patience During Stay Home Order

Governor’s Shutdown of ‘Non-essential’ Health Care Prompts Lawsuit

Erykah Badu Vs Jill Scott — A Musical Open Letter To Grown Women

Mayor Duggan Appoints Former Chief Justice Conrad Mallett as Deputy Mayor

Gov. Whitmer Announces Process to Safe and Equitable Reopening of Schools

Black Girl Magic: Twins rack in $1M in scholarships and accepted to 38 colleges

Detroit Residents Age 60 or Over Set to Test for COVID-19 Without Prescription

Fix The Damn Schools!

Chicago and Detroit for the love of house music celebration

Local Entrepreneur Creates New Live Entertainment Platform; KA$H DOLL to perform

Quarantine Q & A with Detroit Lions DE Jonathan Wynn

Gov. Whitmer Partially Reopens Businesses and Limited Social Gatherings

Social Work Manager at The Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Detroit Fireworks Postponed to August, Set for TV Viewing Only

Caring for our kids during COVID-19

OP-ED: Leaders must work together to address the disparities that impact health and wellness amid the COVID-19 pandemic

How a Clinical Trial Participant Became an Advocate for the Sickle Cell Community

Clinical Research: On the Frontlines of Diversity and Inclusion

Pandemic Power: Black Female Mayors Shine During COVID-19 Crisis

Detroit Announces Everybody VS COVID-19 Digital Unity Festival

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Granted Early Release

Small Business Support During Crisis

How Businesses Can Adapt And Prosper In A Post-Pandemic Economy

Black-owned construction companies regroup as they restart amid COVID-19 Pandemic

OP-ED: Check Your Mailbox —Your Vote Will Count

Helping our small businesses, the backbone of our community

Whitmer extends stay-home order through June 12, state of emergency through June 19

Will It Be A Comeback? Kwame Kilpatrick To Be Released

Whitmer Unveils COVID-19 Dashboard, Says Boat Request Is 'Failed Attempt At Humor'

Twelve Oaks Mall and Great Lakes Crossing Set to Reopen Thursday

Detroit Pistons to launch search for new General Manager

Helping the Hurting During COVID-19: A Conversation with Byna Elliott

Reentering The Workforce

Marketing Your Business During a Crisis

Former President Barack Obama Speaks Out On George Floyd's Death

Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested

Science Facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)