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Here’s why Black History Month matters | Opinion Updated Feb 19, 2021; By Joyce M. Davis In their day, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, even the dignified Mahalia Jackson had to go through the back door to mesmerize audiences with their talents; a sign of their inferior status as Blacks in America society. Today, acclaimed tenor Christyan Seay can walk through any front door of any Opera house anywhere in America, a sign of the progress Black Americans have made in the centuries-long march f...

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson RayZaria Parker, 9, a fourth-grader at Butler Elementary School, holds her sign high and proud during a peaceful march around the school on Friday. Students in all grade levels participated in the march after students learned about Black history during the month of February. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson Brayden Weiss, 8, a third-grader, is all smiles as he jogs with a sign he made for a peaceful march at Butler Elementary School on Friday. -Mes...

Ayala: Darkness doesnt win - counter COVID stress with love, forgiveness, fortitude FacebookTwitterEmail Community advocate Queta Rodriguez waits to help Fair Avenue Apartments resident Deidra Anderson, 57, get on a VIA bus transporting residents to a downtown hotel on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The residents had been living without water and electricity since the previous Sunday. Cynthia Díaz de León, a licensed psychologist at the Clarity Child Guidance Center, says helping others is one way o...

A very cool project from our man Big E Share this story We mostly talk about him because he’s a very good wrestler and a borderline inappropriate goofball, but those aren’t the only reasons we love Big E. By all accounts, E (real name Ettore Ewen) is a good man who’s trying to make the world a better place. We’ve gotten evidence of it in the way his friends interact with him and he honors his friends. And we’ve heard it as he’s used his voice on social justice issues in the locker r...

The secret stops here: Oak Ridge schools add Oak Ridge 85 to curriculum The new courses in Oak Ridge will teach middle and high school students about desegregation and Black history in East Tennessee both in class and online. Author: Yvonne Thomas, Elizabeth Sims Published: 3:12 PM EST February 22, 2021 Updated: 9:44 AM EST February 25, 2021 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — In November, WBIR 10News helped share the story of the Oak Ridge 85, the first Black s...

Is Apple’s new exercise app enough to fend off the quarantine-induced fitness slump? With the pandemic raging on for almost a year now, the excitement of working out from home has likely worn off for a lot of people. But gyms are still unsafe, leaving most people no choice but to continue exercising under their own roofs. So in comes Fitness+, Apples $9.99 per month (or $79.99 per year) subscription service that offers a variety of different workouts (including Dance, Cycling, Core, Streng...

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Will Sandy Ground be added to school curriculum? DOE is unresponsive, petitioners say Updated Feb 22, 2021; Posted Feb 22, 2021 Books detailing the history of Sandy Ground are shown at the College of Staten Island in 2007. (Advance File Photo) Facebook Share Over half a year later, very little movement has been made toward making that a reality. Since its inception in July, the Change.org petition has garnered more than 2,800 signatures. Marhong told the Advance/SILive.com that she sent the p...

Big E And Friends Launch Kickstarter Campaign For New Project (Photo Credit: WWE) WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E is partnering with friend & longtime ring gear designer Jonathan Davenport, plus journalist & author Andreas Hale, for a new animated series that will shine a light on some of the greatest black Americans from our country’s history. “Our Heroes Rock” also features Grammy-nominated rapper Rapsody. The concept was described as a “hip-hop odyssey through black history.” B...

February is a very important month for me. It is important not because it is the month of my birthday or because it is the month of Groundhog Day or