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Black History Behind Labor Day
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Recognized in 1882, Labor Day was created to honor the struggles and victories of American workers who fought for fair wages, safe conditions, and dignity on the job. For Black workers, the holiday carries even deeper meaning. From enslaved labor that built the foundation of this country, to the Pullman porters, domestic workers, and agricultural laborers who organized against exploitation, Black workers have long been at the forefront of the fight for economic justice. Though many early unions excluded them, Black workers created their own organizations and coalitions, connecting the struggle for labor rights to the broader fight for civil rights. Leaders like A. Philip Randolph, along with countless unsung organizers, helped expand protections and opportunities that benefit all workers today. |
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| With News about the Planned Roadblocks in Advance of the November 2026 Midterm Elections, Here’s How to Check Your Voting Status
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You can verify your current voter registration status online to ensure your profile is active and up to date.
To check your status, you can use your state portal, provided by your Secretary of State’s Office.
If your status requires an update, there are official websites that provide the necessary guidelines and regional contact details to ensure your information is correctly recorded.
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Diesel Prices Hit Record High
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The average price of diesel hit an all-time high Friday in the U.S., as the conflict with Iran puts more strain on the global energy supply.
The average cost of a gallon of diesel in the U.S. was up to around $5.85 on Friday morning, according to AAA. This is a 58 percent cost increase from a year ago, when a gallon of diesel was around $3.71 on average, and nearly a 9 percent increase from last month, when a gallon was about $5.37 on average.
In addition to higher transportation costs, rising diesel prices are likely to push up the price of everyday goods, since the fuel is commonly used by commercial delivery trucks.
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GOOD NEWS | MINISTRY MONDAY |
The Bible describes jealousy as a negative, sinful emotion that can lead to harmful actions and destructive behavior. Now, the Bible also talks about a “divine jealousy.” That’s the kind of jealousy that God has for His people or a healthy, protective jealousy that can be found in relationships. But for the most part, jealousy is thought of as a negative emotion, so let’s tackle that interpretation first.
When most people think about jealousy, they think of a destructive force that can lead to anger, rage and violence. Proverbs 14:30 reads, “A peaceful mind gives life to the body, but jealousy rots the bones.” |
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| 6 Yoga Poses for Your Post Walk/Run
A relieving stretch after a good, long walk or run can be great for the body. Yoga can help the muscles and joints recover from the impact of exercise.
Try these yoga moves to wind down and recover.
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Black America-Know Our History: September 7, 1954: Public schools in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, officially began their integration following the landmark Supreme Court ruling
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In an excerpt from his 2014 memoir This African-American Life, former president of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price describes his elementary and secondary education in Washington, D.C. Mr. Price focused on his studies and dreamed of playing major-league baseball—all while he and his schoolmates made history in some of the city’s first integrated classrooms after the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.
The nation’s capital of my youth mirrored America’s schizophrenia about race. In contrast to the ostensibly integrated schools north of the Mason-Dixon line, the city’s public schools were rigidly segregated until the celebrated Brown v. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court in 1954, which declared school segregation unconstitutional.
My elementary school, the Blanche Kelso Bruce School, was all-black during the segregation era. We had our high schools—Cardozo, Armstrong, Dunbar, and Spingarn. Whites had theirs—Coolidge, Bell, Wilson, McKinley, Roosevelt, and Western.
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Why HBCU Live Matters More Than Ever at the US Open
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Tennis has never had an easy relationship with access, and Sean Holcomb-Jones has spent years trying to change that from inside the sport’s biggest stage. As the USTA’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Holcomb-Jones has pushed to grow tennis beyond its traditional audience since 2021. He’s not an outsider doing this work either. He’s a former head tennis coach at Morgan State and an HBCU alum himself, which makes his fingerprints on HBCU Live feel less like a corporate initiative and more like something personal.
Holcomb-Jones was central to one of the more meaningful moves the USTA has made in recent years: an official partnership with the American Tennis Association, the oldest Black athletic organization in the country. That partnership didn’t happen in a vacuum. It sits alongside HBCU Live, the marching bands at Arthur Ashe Stadium, and a broader effort to remove barriers that have kept tennis feeling closed off to Black communities for generations. When someone who coached at an HBCU is the one shaping these programs, the difference shows up in the details, not just the headlines.
This year’s HBCU Live landed on September 2, with Morgan State’s Magnificent Marching Machine performing and President David K. Wilson tossing the ceremonial coin to open the tournament’s first match. That kind of visibility doesn’t happen by accident at a Grand Slam. It happens because people like Holcomb-Jones spent years building the infrastructure that makes an HBCU president’s coin toss feel natural instead of novel.
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Happy Birthday to: Comedian, Actress, TV Host Leslie Jones
Actor Jonathan Majors
Comedian, Actor Don “D.C.” Curry
Boxing Champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley
NBA Guard Donovan Mitchell
The man who never left a stranger in his wake, business executive, Steve Pamon!
Happy 7th Birthday Sweet Luna!
We Remember:
Jazz Tenor Saxophone Legend Walter “Sonny” Rollins, born 1930
Artist Jacob Lawrence,born 1917
President of Howard University, Dean of Howard Law School, James Nabrit, Jr., born 1900
Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, born 1961
Poet, Folklorist Louise Bennett Coverley, born 1919
Rapper, Producer Eazy-E, born Eric Wright, born 1964
Singer Jermaine Stewart, born 1957 |
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