He’s just 27 years old, and now he’s the youngest mayor ever elected in Greenbelt. Colin Byrd, a Democrat and lifelong Greenbelter, was elected Tuesday, receiving a total of 1,769 votes. Byrd defeated incumbent three-term mayor Emmett V. Jordan by just 95 votes.
Category: Politics
Black Owned Security Firm Opens $5.5 Million Headquarters In Black Neighborhood
AGB Investigative Services was founded in 2001 as an investigation firm but today it exists as a full-service security provider. The firm’s corporate clients include the likes of ComEd, Nicor and Walmart. AGB started in Illinois but today has a presence in California, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Philadelphia, Denver and the District of Columbia….
Kentucky elects first African American attorney general
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Daniel Cameron made history in a resounding win in the race for Kentucky attorney general, becoming the first African American in state history to win the office.
Black And Hispanic Neighbors Arrested For ‘Standing’ In Public
A Sacramento sheriff arrested an Army veteran and a business man because they were standing in their own neighborhood.
Stacey Abrams launches multi-million dollar voter protection initiative in 20 states; rules out run for president
After spending the beginning of 2019 mulling a presidential run and ruling out a run for Senate, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams announced a new multi-million dollar initiative on Tuesday that’s aimed at beefing up voter protection operations in 20 battleground states throughout the 2020 election cycle. “There are only two things stopping us in 2020,…
Kamala Harris and Cory Booker blast Comcast in $20B Byron Allen civil rights lawsuit
The Congressional Black Caucus has weighed in on the $20B lawsuit between Byron Allen‘s Entertainment Studios and the media companies, Comcast and Charter. Just in the nick of time, hours before the deadline for amicus briefs were to be filed in the highest court of the land, CBC members added their political voices to the…
