MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer As a little girl, Sandra Evers-Manly would complain about not seeing people who looked like her on […]
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This Week in Black History
October 24, 1935 Langston Hughes’ play “Mulatto” opens in New York, becoming the first black-authored play to become a long-running Broadway hit. It holds the […]
Dodgers three wins away from elusive World Series title
SPORTS DIGEST By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer Will the third time be the charm for the Dodgers and their fans? After one game in the […]
Raising Compassionate Leaders is goal of nonprofit
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Last year, Denica Gordon-Mandel and her three sisters were sitting around talking about what it was like […]
This Week in Black History
October 16, 1968 San Jose State track stars Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists during a medal ceremony at the Summer Olympics in […]
A crowning achievement for King James, Lakers
SPORTS DIGEST By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer I’m not the first person to underestimate LeBron James and I probably won’t be the last. I did […]
LAPD arrests 76 celebrating Lakers fans
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Extensive cleanup work Oct. 12 in downtown Los Angeles following a wave of destruction that accompanied an impromptu mass […]
Lakers win record-tying 17th NBA championship
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The Lakers flew to Los Angeles Oct. 12 as the NBA champions for the first time since 2010. The […]
Dodgers’ 1965 World Series star Lou Johnson dies
Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — “Sweet” Lou Johnson, who hit a key home run in game 7 of the 1965 World Series to […]
Living Legends Foundation takes care of its own
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Right around this time, David Linton, the chairman of the Living Legends Foundation, Jackie Rhinehart, the vice […]