Carranza Pryor, of Shreveport, has been appointed chief counsel for LSU Health Science Center Shreveport, where he provides counsel on a broad range of issues related to an academic research healthcare setting. Pryor has practiced law for 25 years specializing in complex commercial litigation, civil rights, and criminal defense. He is a graduate and former […]
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The superintendent of the East Baton Rouge Parish School system, Warren Drake, has released an updated about the school system’s reopening plan for the 2020-21 school year. On Friday a message was sent out to parents although some reported not receiving the message. It stated: Dear EBRPSS Families, As we near the midpoint of […]
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The month of June has been a time of visible pain across the world. From the swelling numbers of coronavirus cases and racial disparity in deaths to the protests against the consistent murders of unarmed Blacks by police officers, these are the times that people will be talking about for centuries to come. Like the […]
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The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated – Nu Gamma Omega Chapter proudly presented awards to the 2020 Coterie of Debutantes at the Louisiana Old State Capitol. The theme for the event was, “A Renaissance of Beauty and Elegance”. Reigning as Queen is Miss Sydney Alexandra LaFleur, daughter of Vanessa Caston LaFleur. Debutante Mykara Arie Taylor […]
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Port Allen head basketball coach Derrick Jones has been named the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches’ Coach of the Year in Class 2A. Jones has also earned coach of the year honors at the district level and by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He led the Pelicans through a historical season with 29 wins and […]
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA — Airman Octavish Morris, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sews medical-grade cloth face masks in the aviation paraloft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2020. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in U.S. 6th Fleet to support maritime security operations […]
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Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome signed an executive order Wednesday to require all commercial and nonprofit entities in the East Baton Rouge Parish providing goods or services directly to the public to implement a “No Mask, No Service” policy. As of July 1, 2020, East Baton Rouge Parish has experienced 5,350 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and […]
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Southern University Becomes First Historically Black University to Launch THC Line of Medical Cannabis Products
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The Center for Development and Learning has hired DeJunne’ Clark Jackson as the vice president of program development. Jackson, who is a mother of a “double-deficit, comorbid, bright, insightful, and kind-hearted dyslexic child,” has an in-depth knowledge of the necessary school-based solutions for students with attention and learning challenges, particularly struggling readers and students with ADHD. Jackson […]
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Life Source Hospice held an event, ‘Feeding the Frontlines’, to say thank you, and to show appreciation to all Frontline Workers, on Thursday, June 25, 2020, 3pm – 6pm at 11605 Southfork Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA. “Every day, we say thanks to Frontline workers, especially our own staff, who have not wavered in caring for […]
Read more »The Baton Rouge Area Chamber launched a survey this afternoon to assess the economic impact of the novel coronavirus on Black-owned businesses in the Capital Region and to identify barriers to recovery. Currently, data of COVID-19’s economic impact on Black-owned businesses does not exist at a regional or national level, BRAC said. It has been widely reported […]
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The community college has eliminated non-resident fees, suspend online fees this fall, and offer several institutional aid awards. There will also be changes to placement testing
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Lucius J. Barker, a Stanford University political scientist who specialized in constitutional law, civil liberties and African American politics and served as president of the American Political Science Association, has died. Among his students were politicians Cory Booker, Tony West and Julián and Joaquin Castro. Barker attended and later taught at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge.
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The Louisiana Legislature has renamed the Act 833 of 2014 as the April Dunn Act following the unexpected death the 33-year-old advocate for people with disabilities. Dunn was a dedicated staff member of the Governor’s Office of Disability Affairs. Because of Dunn, countless students with disabilities in Louisiana now have a pathway to earn a […]
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The House Judiciary Committee has introduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the law enforcement culture, empower communities, and build trust between law enforcement and minority communities by addressing systemic racism and bias. In a conference call with the Black Press […]
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Southern University Becomes First Historically Black University to Launch THC Line of Medical Cannabis Products
The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, the first boycott of the segregated southern bus system which inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott was commemorated on Juneteenth by Baker Mayor Darnell Waites and Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome at the CATS facility in Baton Rouge. The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott was a defining moment in the […]
During the June 19 meeting of the LSU Board of Supervisors, the board approved the recommendation to remove the name Troy H. Middleton from the main library at LSU. Prior to the academic committee meeting, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards spoke in support of removing the name from the library. “Obviously the Black student leaders […]
The Academy of American Poets has awarded Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith a prestigious Laureate Fellowship, given to honor poets of literary merit serving in civic positions around the country. Smith, who was named to the Poet Laureate position in 2019 by Governor John Bel Edwards, received $50,000 as part of the award to produce meaningful, impactful […]
We are the children of the sixties and we have been tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, had horses chase us, and waterhoses shot on us. We are with the protestors; we just can no longer run.