The African American Male Wellness Walk
On Saturday, August 20, the tenth annual African American Male Wellness 5K Walk/Run started at the Warren AME Church at 9:30 a.m. but, as always, the walk was not the only important feature of this […]
Month: August 2022
African American Legacy in Law Enforcement
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The Toledo Opera, The African American Police League and the Toledo Police Museum held a reception, “Preserving the African American Legacy in Law Enforcement,” at the Toledo Police Museum […]
OP-ED: Biden Deserves Credit Not Complacency
By Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC), House Majority Whip Guest Column NNPA NEWSWIRE — When President Biden took office, the country was in the grip of a global pandemic. Businesses were shuttering, schools were closing, […]
Violence Interrupters Move into the Lagrange Neighborhood
The Truth Staff The City of Toledo’s Violence Interrupters program is ready to take the next step in an effort to tamp down the incidents of violent crime in the city’s neighborhoods. After focusing their […]
Our Vote: Our Weapon Against Racism
By John E. Warren, Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper The recent electoral primaries are giving us important insight into the future politics of our country. All one has to do is look at […]
School Is Back in Session for the 2022-2023 Academic Year
Sojourner’s Truth Staff On Monday, August 22, dozens of prominent community men greeted students of the Martin Luther King Jr Academy for Boys on the first day of school and, minutes later, a few blocks […]
Kenneth Kellogg – Singer, Performer, Artist, Father
By Fletcher Word Sojourner’s Truth Editor The Toledo Opera presents a new opera this week from Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori and NAACP Theatre Award-winning librettist Tazewell Thompson. The new opera, Blue, centers on an […]
Education at Risk
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Dictators know an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; thus, the history of reading is replete with book bannings and burnings. – Laurien Alexandre Teachers […]
Trump Just Got Nuked
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column If you look out your window and see a huge orange mushrooming cloud about 1000 feet high, relax…it is just Herr Donald Trump being nuked. Nothing to see there. […]
OPEN ARMS JAZZ FESTIVAL
August 27, 2022 1pm – 7pm Walbridge Park 2761 Broadway Street, Toledo, OH 43609 Music, Food, Vendors, Children’s Activities FREE ADMISSION Doc’s Productions and The Open Arms Group are organizing a free Jazz festival. The […]