Free to Be Me
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor A ‘formed’ personality operates like a straitjacket. We stiffen over time into our repetitive, ‘regular’ selves. Unless and until we make changes, we are obliged to […]
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Toledo League of Champions End Season with Championship Game
The Truth Staff This past weekend, the sixth through eighth grade girls of the Toledo League of Champions ended their inaugural season with playoffs and championship game at Leverette Elementary School. The five-team basketball league, […]
Toledo Corvette-Club’s Annual Parade
The Truth Staff A sure sign that the seasonal glorious weather has arrived in northwest Ohio is when the members of the Toledo Corvette-Club unwrap those beautiful vehicles that have been in storage during the […]
MLK Academy Holds Mother/Son Dance
By Sheila Annette Cook, MLK Academy Community /Family Resource & Outreach Special to The Truth This is eighth Annual Mother/Son Dance at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy for Boys, titled “Pastels and Pearls.” Each […]
The Legacy and Retirement of Bishop Robert A. Culp
By Fletcher Word The Truth Editor In 1961, Robert Culp, a native of Sharon, Pennsylvania, was called to be senior pastor of the First Church of God. On Saturday, May, 20, 2023, hundreds of congregants, […]
The African American Festival: “Celebrating Our History, Health and Education”
The Truth Staff Now in its 18th year, the annual African American Festival is still going strong … much stronger in fact after all these years. Last Thursday, Siuzette Cowell, founder of the Festival and […]
Sisters Raise Awareness and Honor Sister with Lupus Luncheon
By Tricia Hall The Truth Reporter Throngs of people came out for the second annual Lupus Awareness Luncheon on Saturday, May 20. The Scott Park Banquet Hall was filled to capacity with people who are […]
Toledo’s Lupus Awareness Weekend
The Truth Staff Joyce Goings has been a lupus sufferer and survivor for decades but until a year ago, she had not realized that there were so many others in the area, particularly Black women, […]
Living with Lupus Weekend 2023
By Tricia Hall The Truth Reporter “Living with Lupus Weekend 2023,” organized by Rachelle Roy, helped raise awareness and funds for a worthy cause. The weekend activities were dedicated to her lupus sister, Schatzia Depp […]
Hicks-Hudson Condemns Passage of Senate Bill 83
Last week, state Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) issued the following statement after the Ohio Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 83, the highly controversial “Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act.” “We must call this legislation out […]