by Good Black News | May 26, 2020 | Empowerment & Inspirational, News, State & National |
(photo of wrongfully convicted brothers Wiley Bridgeman and Kwame Ajamu via moguldom.com)Earlier this month, the city of Cleveland agreed to pay a combined $18 million to Rickey Jackson, Wiley Bridgeman and his brother Kwame Ajamu, three men who spent decades in...
by Good Black News | May 5, 2020 | Empowerment & Inspirational, Music, News, State & National |
Jericho Brown, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Colson Whitehead (photos via commons.wikipedia.org and nikolehannahjones.com)by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) The Pulitzer Prize winners for 2020 were announced yesterday. Notable among them were Colson Whitehead for...
by Good Black News | Nov 30, 2019 | Empowerment & Inspirational, News, State & National |
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove (photo via commons.wikipedia.org)Rita Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, received the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, according to jbhe.com. The award is given...
by Good Black News | Oct 12, 2019 | Empowerment & Inspirational, News, State & National |
Eliud Kipchoge wins INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria (image via twitter.com)According to bbc.com, elite Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge, 34, has become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds. Kipchoge...
by Good Black News | Oct 11, 2019 | Empowerment & Inspirational, News, Politics, State & National |
Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed Ali (photo via commons.wikipedia.org)According to the New York Times, Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his work in restarting peace talks with neighboring Eritrea and...
