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BCN Staff – April 30, 2022 – Mosaic Templars Cultural Center on Friday unveiled its upcoming list of activities for its Juneteenth in Da Rock celebrations across the city nearly a year after the African American observance became a national holiday. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on June 17, 2021, signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law establishing June 19 as a legal public holiday starting in 2022. Juneteenth marks the day the last enslaved people were freed in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. BlackConsumerNews.com…

BCN Staff – March 30, 2022 — Over 3-1/2 years after becoming the city’s first Black mayor, Mayor Frank Scott. Jr. is taking over leadership of the nation’s largest organization that represents the top African American city leaders across the U.S. On Friday, Scott was sworn in as the new President of the African American Mayors Association (AAMA), replacing the outgoing AAMA President Sylvester Turner, who has been the current executive officer of Houston since 2020. Scott, who is running for reelection in November after his historic victory in the fall of 2018, said he was honored to elected as…

By BCN Executive Editor Wesley Brown — April 8, 2022 — After recent depressing news that Black homeowners get raw deals on mortgage financing and property appraisals, a new Zillow report now reveals that Black renters also face discrimination when trying to find a new place to live. According to results from Zillow’s Consumer Housing Trends Report, renters of color typically submit more applications and pay more in application fees that white counterparts before they secure a place to live than white renters do. Renters of color also typically pay a higher security deposit when they move in. “Rents grew more last year than…