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The Scooter Scott Project GED (General Educational Development) at the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center (BLEC) is actively strong with an excellent track record of success in providing educational opportunities for the […]

A contingent from the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center (BLEC) Mental Health Awareness Training Initiative provided a remarkable and well-received presentation at the 2024 South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association (SCSHA) Annual Convention held […]

The first ten readers to request a copy of Uptown One Saturday Night, about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s attempted assassination in 1958, will receive a digital copy of the […]

Good Hope C.M.E. Church will observe Military Heritage Sunday, February 18, 2024 as part of our Black History Month Celebration. We will celebrate the service of Good Hope Members in […]

The South Carolina Athletic Administrator Association recently announced the recipients of its 2023-2024 awards. Westwood High School principal Robert Jackson is among the winners. Jackson was selected as the 4A […]

By Keith Magee COMMENTARY Historically Black fraternities and sororities – often referred to as Black Greek-letter organizations, or BGLOs – have been making a difference in the lives of Black […]

By James B. Ewers Jr. COMMENTARY What makes race one of the most talked about topics in the United States of America? Why do some let the color of one’s […]

The sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed Tony Cox in Michigan last month said had a gun. He didn’t. The deputies said Cox pointed at them with “a two-handed posture.” […]

By Thomas L. Knapp COMMENTARY According to a report issued by Special Counsel Robert K. Hur on February 8, his investigation found “evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed […]

Benedict College will compete in the National Qualifying Tournament of the 35th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America’s premier academic competition for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) students. Fourstudent […]