This historic federal decree, made by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, officially declared the four million enslaved Black Americans living in the United States at the time legally free. News of the proclamation […]
By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter Greater Toledo celebrated Juneteenth this past weekend with an array of community events organized and led by our own prominent Black community leaders. It was a beautiful sight to […]
Fact #1: Following the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, not all enslaved people immediately found freedom. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in states then in rebellion against the United States. Union troops operating […]
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19 that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with […]
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter Trey Murrell has experienced a lot at 19 years of age — two months ago he became a father. He named his newborn daughter after his mother Tracy Anne […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget these. […]
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The Lucas County Fatherhood Coalition is proclaiming June 2022 as Fatherhood month! The coalition, in conjunction with five area organizations, held a special press conference Wednesday June 1 at […]
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The local Beta Gamma Chapter of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. held a pre-conference community event at the Monroe Street United Methodist Church as part of […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor One of the prices that we paid for integration was the disintegration of the black community. – Ed Smith Black Republicans are running for public office […]
The Truth Staff Thirty-three fifth and sixth graders from MLK Jr. Academy for Boys and their five adult chaperones left Toledo by chartered bus on May 23 for Washington, D.C. and experienced the trip of […]