Students in Dana Hayes’ Baton Rouge-based Junior Cosmetology classes learn how to be confident in the skin they are in. They learn how to take care and manage their natural hair and appreciate its beauty. […]
This issue was disheartening, but it provided an opportunity for us to demonstrate the strength of our collective voice […]
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2018 Angel Award® through Friday, March 13, 2020. The Angel Award® program recognizes Louisiananians who have dedicated themselves to improving life […]
The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and Gov. John Bel Edwards today called on 23rd Judicial Judge Jessie LeBlanc to resign after she admitted to using racial slurs in reference to an Ascension parish deputy and […]
A smiling, happy crowd of senior adults dressed in their best (some ladies with hats) recently met at the Ponchatoula Community Center earlier than the regular lunchtime to enjoy the fellowship and food of a […]
Tonya Mabry of Amite, La., has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the Southwest Regional Council of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Mabry is the executive director of […]
Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation is accepting applications for the College & Career Ready Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Institute, which is available to high school students in greater Baton Rouge with a GPA of 2.5 of higher […]
Lt. j.g. Monique Jefferson earned the Ship Handler of the Year award, which is given to Surface Warfare Officers who demonstrate superior performance while standing Officer of The Deck Underway onboard the Navy’s newest platform, […]
Applications are being accepted for the 2019-2020 Young Leaders’ Academy of Baton Rouge, Inc. The Young Leaders’ Academy of Baton Rouge, Inc. (YLA), is a program of academic excellence, leadership skill development and personal development […]
ExxonMobil employee volunteers today welcomed 140 middle-school girls from 14 schools in both East and West Baton Rouge Parish to the Louisiana Arts & Sciences Museum for Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, a program designed […]
For a decade, the Southern University Ag Center’s Louisiana Small Farmers Conference has provided the state’s small agricultural producers with strategies and information on the latest educational tools and resources to help them stay in […]
She uses her art in the way protesters use their voice, leaders use their influence, and nations use their power. […]
Antoinette Harrell, known as the “Slavery Detective of the South,” is on a mission to interview and document the oral histories of people who still live on plantations to this very day. Deangelo Manuel and […]
Historian Karlos K. Hill, Ph.D., a native of Bastrop, recently visited Centenary College of Louisiana as a part of the College’s Black History Month programming. Hill visited several classes and delivered a public lecture, “The […]
Orlando F. McMeans, Ph.D., Chancellor-Dean of the Southern University Ag Center and the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences spoke to members of the Baton Rouge Press Club during the club’s weekly meeting on […]
The Southern University Law Center continues to be a champion for innovation and access for all. Recently, the Law Center was selected to receive funding through a United States Department of Agriculture Distance Learning and […]
Grambling State University announced Grammy Award-winning music producer, recording artist, philanthropist, civic activist, and actor David Banner will keynote the University’s Black History Convocation in the Frederick C. Hobdy Assembly Center on February 20, 2020, […]
The City of Baton Rouge, Division of Human Development and Services, Office of Social Services will host free tax preparation through its VITA Program. Certified tax preparers will provide free tax preparation in four locations […]
In 1977, Vonda Lanell Harris was raped and murdered. In a bumbled investigation, Monroe Police pinned the crime on a Wossman High School student who spent 40 years of his life in prison before being […]
Governor John Bel Edwards issued a statement today on the guilty plea of Holden Matthews on six state charges and six federal charges, including six total hate crime charges, for setting three historic African-American churches […]
The Emerge Center will give away a free pair of hearing aids to two people in need through their Gift of Hearing contest. Imagine a world filled with silence, being unable to share a laugh […]
Esprit de Femme award is an annual acknowledgement of a person who has made exceptional efforts toward the advancement of women in Louisiana. […]
Seventeen years ago on January 18, Frances Seymore opened the doors to House Serenity to provide temporary shelter for homeless citizens in Tangipahoa. Friends, family and other supporters joined current and past residents in celebrating the shelter’s anniversary. “I do not have the space […]
Baton Rouge Community College has named Donavan L. Johnson, EdD as the dean of students. In this role, he will provide leadership, organization, supervision, and evaluation for the Office of the Dean of Students and […]
For a decade, the Southern University Ag Center’s Louisiana Small Farmers Conference has provided the state’s small agricultural producers with strategies and information on the latest educational tools and resources to help them stay in […]
Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation, in partnership with Southern University Law Center recently announced the 2020 College & Career Ready Pre-Law Institute scholars. Established in 2017, the Pre-Law Institute introduces high school students to civics, law and […]
Meat purchases are available Nearly 120 youth from 26 parishes will come to the Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Arena with the hopes of having their animals named state champion during the Southern University Ag Center’s […]
The Caddo Parish Commission approved the appointment of Patrick F. Wesley as the new director of parks and recreation during a unanimous vote Oct. 17, 2019. Wesley served as the assistant director of Shreveport Public […]
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