Community Mourns The Loss Of A Giant Henry Beauchamp, Jr.
17 Arrested, Jailed During NAACP ‘Pray In’ Protest
Smooth Jazz Returning To Seattle/Tacoma On 1560 KZIZ
Racially Insensitive Game Finds New Home On Amazon
Rosa Parks Honored by Congress with Full-Length Statue
Local Business Owner Named Woman Of The Year
Special to The Medium from Blackpast.org When Jackie Robinson took the field on April 15, 1947 wearing a Brooklyn Dodger’s uniform, he became the first African American in over fifty years to play on a major league baseball team. In the process, he broke through baseball’s color line that had relegated...
Kenny G Last Friday, Chris H. Bennett, Chairman of Kris Bennett Broadcasting (KBB), announced a major format change with Bennett’s Broadcast stations. “I’m proud to announce that we have acquired the exclusive rights to the Smooth Jazz format, and will be the officially licensed Pacific Northwest affiliate for the Smooth Jazz Network effective May 1, 2013,” said Bennett. ...
By Ben Wrobel Special to The Seattle Medium RALEIGH, N.C. – Seventeen people, including eight ministers, civil rights leaders, and students, were arrested during a prayerful protest at the state legislature in Raleigh, North Carolina on Monday. The activists were handcuffed and taken to jail while they sang and prayed in front of the locked doors of the North Carolina Senate. The nonviolent civil...
Chris B. Bennett This weekend we were once again confronted with deadly violence. This time in Auburn, yes Auburn. It appears that violence will follow crowds no matter where they go in the Greater Seattle Area. The Count: Three Dead, One Seriously Wounded. For years, I’ve been advocating for policy-makers in this city, county and state to address this issue head-on and not just applying band-aids...
Henry Beauchamp, Jr. By Chris H. Bennett, Chair, The Seattle Medium Group The State of Washington lost one of its truly great Citizens and the State’s African American Community lost a truly great icon and leader with the passing of community activist and former Yakima mayor, Henry Beauchamp, Jr. Mr. Beauchamp was born in Clinton, Louisiana on November 9, 1933 to Henry Beauchamp, Sr. and Cornelia...
