*The California Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (CA/HI NAACP) held its 11th annual Legacy Hall of Fame...

California Government

California Black Media Political Playback: News You Might Have Missed

*Here's your California Black Media Political Playback of stories you might have missed last week. First up: Black Caucus Members Sen. Steven Bradford and Sen....

Reparations

Reparations Task Force to Recommend ‘Genealogy Branch’ to Prove Eligibility

*The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans is recommending that the State Legislature fund a governmental department dedicated...

California Government

California Black Media Political Playback: Black Candidates Are Queuing Up for Intense Political Battles Ahead

*Darryn Harris, former chief of staff to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass while she served in the United States Congress, announced that he is...

Basketball

HBCU Black College Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Inaugural Class | WATCH

*The HBCU Black College Basketball Hall of Fame board of directors announced its inaugural class of 12 inductees from Historically Black Colleges and Universities....

Events

The Black Excellence Brunch was Lit with Athletic Greens, Savage Fenty & Zerina Akers | PICs

*The Black Excellence Brunch held another installment of their iconic event on Sunday, March 26, 2023, with sponsors Athletic Greens and Savage Fenty. The brunch...

California Government

The California Black Media Political Playback – Assemblymember McKinnor ‘is Not Here for the BS’

Assemblymember Tina Mckinnor (D-Inglewood) says she is “not here for the B.S.” “I’m here to build houses,” McKinnor said to rounds of applause from members...

Reparations

S.F. NAACP Clarifies Statement on $5M Payouts: Reparations Should Be Cash Payments, Plus ‘Investments’ | VIDEOs

*The San Francisco Branch of the NAACP is engaged in a public information blitz to clarify a press release it sent out urging the...

Black Excellence

Women’s History Month: Meet the Black Women Legislators Shaping California Policy

*Since Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly in 1966, 20 other African women have...

Docuseries

OWN Announces ‘Time of Essence’: A 5-part Docuseries

*OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announces the imaginative new original docuseries, “Time of Essence,” a celebration of the trailblazing magazine that reaches a global community...

Steven Ivory

Steven Ivory: The Case For Optimism

*If you take nothing else from what you read here--if you get no further than this sentence--know that everything is going to be all...

Black Excellence

California Black Media Political Playback: Black Advocates Celebrate Women’s History Month

*March is Women's History Month, and several California organizations are celebrating trailblazing women making history in our state -- whether it’s recognizing the record-setting...

Local Government