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Larissa Lane named ‘Educator of the Year’ by Mid-Atlantic Association of Career Schools 

LARISSA LANE, second from left, with Mid-Atlantic Association of Career Schools executive director Aaron Shenck, Empire Beauty Schools divisional vice president Janette Zellers and...

What is ‘Afrobeats?’…The music genre is quickly becoming embraced by Black America

OBI ASIKA AND SMADE are the founders of “Afro Nation,” the world’s largest Afrobeats festival. The festival is coming to Detroit on Aug. 19-20. In...

Jerome Jackson lauded for 13 years at Operation Better Block

REVEREND JOHN WALLACE CONGRATULATES JEROME JACKSON, RIGHT, DURING A CELEBRATION FOR JACKSON ACKNOWLEDGING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATION BETTER BLOCK. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) The New...

A new day is dawning for New Granada Theater

THE GROUNDBREAKING TO THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC NEW GRANADA THEATER, MAY 25, IN THE HILL DISTRICT. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) Sooner than you think,...

‘A quiet giant’…Ulish Carter, longtime Courier managing editor, passes

ULISH CARTER Simply put, Ulish Carter was a man of the Black Press. In his own words, Carter wrote in the New Pittsburgh Courier in 2011...

Sam Clancy Sr. gets his flowers…Honored with street renaming in the Hill District

SAM CLANCY SR., center, at a ceremony renaming a street, “SAM CLANCY WAY,” in the Hill District, June 24. Among those pictured is PITTSBURGH...

Ozanam Inc.—55 years strong…It’s more than basketball; youth are learning important life lessons

OZANAM INC. ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DR. KAREN HALL, HOLDING THE BASKETBALL, WITH MEMBERS OF OZANAM. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) For something to be alive and...

Courier photos from Juneteenth 2023 in Pittsburgh! (Point State Park)

PITTSBURGH’S JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT POINT STATE PARK, JUNE 16-19, 2023.    TWO LEGENDS IN HIP-HOP—KRS ONE, PARADISE GRAY (PHOTO BY CHIEF IKHANA)   MAYOR ED GAINEY, THE...

St. James AME Church ‘Women’s Day’ 2023 – Windy Taylor named Woman of the Year

WOMAN OF THE YEAR—WINDY TAYLOR, CENTER, WITH MONICA JACKSON AND SONYA NELSON. THE ANNUAL EVENT WAS HELD AT ST. JAMES AME CHURCH, LINCOLN AVENUE,...

Why aren’t more Black women valued in the workplace?

MAISHA HOWZE SPEAKS ABOUT HER NEW BOOK, “HIDDEN GEMS: BLACK WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE.” (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) Maisha Howze’s latest book is ‘a call...

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