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The arrival in Vermont of the African American 10th Cavalry Regiment, which served honorably during its four-year stint here, initially raised concerns among white residents. Courtesy of the Fleming Museum, University of Vermont Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”  During the summer of 1909, the state’s African American population was about to triple. That wasn’t hard. At the time, Vermont was home to about 800 Black residents. That changed when the 750 members of the Army’s 10th Cavalry Regiment, nicknamed the “buffalo soldiers,” were…

By Rev. Dr. Lawrence E. VanHook As a pastor and East Bay resident, I see firsthand how my community struggles with the rising cost of everyday living. A fellow pastor in Oakland recently told me he cuts his pills in half to make them last longer because of the crushing costs of drugs. Meanwhile, community members are contending with skyrocketing grocery prices and a lack of affordable healthcare options, while businesses are being forced to close their doors. Our community is hurting. Things have to change. The most pressing issue that demands our leaders’ attention is rising healthcare costs, and…

Lifetime Achievement 2021 – Bernadine Craft, Executive Director; Priest, Sweetwater BOCES; Holy Communion Episcopal Church 2020 – Bobbie Frank, Executive Director, Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts 2019 – Elizabeth “Betty” Kail, District Judge, 9th Judicial District Court, Wyoming [awarded posthumously] 2018 – Susan McMurry Samuelson, Owner, Warren Livestock Ranch 2017 – Ann Redman, founder of the Wyoming Latina Youth Conference and a trustee for the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, Cheyenne 2016 – Ray Fleming Dinneen, Psy. D., Founder and Executive Director, Climb Wyoming 2015 – Clarene Law, CEO, Elk Country Hotels; former state legislator 2014 – Linda Fabian, Executive Secretary, Wyoming…

MILWAUKEE — Drive along Doctor M.L.K. Jr. Drive and you’ll find the first Black- and brown-owned plant shop in the city of Milwaukee. But as a centerpiece of Milwaukee’s historic Bronzeville neighborhood, Maranta Plant Shop serves a greater purpose beyond just plants. In the summer of 2021, the plant shop began hosting markets every Saturday for local businesses. Maranta manager Sinceree Dixon said this goes back to the business’ original goal: to support other Black-and-brown-owned businesses and creators. With music blasting and people dancing, Dixon said the markets were a way for them to build a sense of community and give…

Echoing well-trodden disinformation that has infected the U.S. presidential election, pop icon Janet Jackson said she has heard Vice President Kamala Harris is not Black.The remarks were published Saturday by The Guardian, granted access and interview time as Jackson promotes her latest tour’s European stops. Jackson is also promoting a residency that starts in December at Resorts World Las Vegas.Jackson’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday evening.Because Jackson sang of wanting to “break the color lines” on the 1989 single “Rhythm Nation,” the interviewer said she was inspired to ask for Jackson’s view of Harris…

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority hosts 2nd annual Black Dollars Expo to support local businesses KSHB 41 Kansas City Source link

On a recent evening in Detroit’s Mexicantown neighborhood, notes from a guitar played by a busker on the sidewalk reverberated off the walls of the mural-covered buildings. The smells of Mexican street food filled the air, and Valeria Lopez was bent over a clipboard at a booth inside Taqueria Lupita’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant. Regulars just call it Lupita’s.Lopez runs the place now. She took over the business from her parents, who decided to retire when the pandemic hit. Her plan was to get a forgivable loan for small businesses from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help pay…

This is the first story in Capital B’s “Disconnected: Rural Black America and the Digital Divide” project, which explores the disparate effects of broadband accessibility on Black Americans in the rural South. This project is made possible by a grant from The Center for Rural Strategies and Grist. Aaron Sankin, investigative reporter for The Markup, contributed to the reporting. PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — Military veteran Obbie Riley is “sad, angry, and all of the above” as he thinks about the high cost and lack of broadband access in his rural Mississippi hometown. He became a Neshoba County supervisor in 2008 in…

Owner Joyce Sanders Credit: Submitted photo Up from the ashes: clothing store opens storefront at MOA Local entrepreneur Joyce Sanders recently opened her Urban 29 clothing store at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. She describes it as “a premium, luxury streetwear brand” that caters to men and women, ages 18-35 years old.  The U29 brand offers more than unique fashion. There’s also an inspiring backstory.  She shared, “I had a mentor [that] I had about maybe 10 years now. I used to do a lot of vendor shows; I used to do some Sister Spokesman stuff.”  The Sister…

(CBS DETROIT) – The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Detroit-based Rocket Mortgage, alleging that the company canceled a Black homeowner’s refinance application after she reported that her home was undervalued due to racial bias.The federal lawsuit was filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the company and two appraisers, Solidifi U.S. Inc. and Maverick Appraisal Group Inc., and Maverick’s CEO, Maksym Mykhailyna.The woman lives in Denver, Colorado, where the home was previously appraised at $860,000, according to the complaint. According to the lawsuit, the woman contacted Rocket Mortgage to refinance her home. The…