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May 15, 2010 / Front Page

Legendary Lena Horne dead at 92

By Pharoh Martin NNPA National Correspondent (NNPA) -

Legendary singer, actress and dancer Lena Horne died on Sunday night at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center at the age of 92. More...

“Increase the Peace” campaign underway

The Avondale Concerned Clergy’s “Increase the Peace” campaign to work toward peace and heal the community began May 6 at the Avondale Town Center on Reading Road. More...

Meeting addresses city’s food desert

A meeting to discuss ideas to bring a full-service grocery store to the Bond, Hill, Roselawn and Avondale area following the recent closing of a Kroger store in Roselawn, will be at 6 p.m. More...

Events

A Celebration of Black Music 2010

Black Music Month was founded in 1978 by Kenny Gamble of the famed songwriting duo, Gamble and Huff, and Ed Wright, a broadcast executive and native Cincinnatian. More...

Jazz Jam Session May 16 to benefit children of Haiti

ballet tech cincinnati has hosted monthly Jazz Jam Sessions on the third Sunday of each month since January 2008 at its Kennedy Heights World Headquarters facility. On Sunday, May 16, from 6 p.m. More...

Poor Peoples March to hit Cincinnati May 20

Contact Center, along with other community organizations and churches, will be welcoming the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Marchers to Ohio when they arrive at the Purple People’s Bridge on Thursday, May 20 around noon. More...

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NAACP says few Black contractors, workers building riverfront community

Minority inclusion in the massive riverfront The Banks construction project is the next target in the line of sights of the Cincinnati NAACP Branch, which over the last months has forced Cincinnati Public Schools District officials to develop policie More...

David A. Singleton recognized as national champion of social justice

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, DOhio, presented David A. Singleton, executive director of the Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC) with the first annual Canary Award, which honors a person championing social and economic justice in the United States. More...