Smart Tiles 8 Arkansas PoliticsLittle Rock News January 23, 2022 Longtime Little Rock Housing Authority chairman jumps into Ward I race seat formerly held by the late Erma Hendrix Local banker Virgil Miller chosen by City Board of Directors to serve out term through end of 2022 BCN Staff... Black CultureBlack History January 23, 2022 National Geographic debuts new podcast series of the Transatlantic slave trade on Jan. 17 Black Explorer Tara Roberts follows Black scuba divers search for slave shipwrecks across the globe Ahead of Black History Month,... Black HistoryNational News January 19, 2022 BCN Obit: Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee Dies at 102 (Story provided by U.S. Department of Defense) -- Jan. 19, 2022 -- Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee died peacefully in his... Arkansas PoliticsBCN Arkansas January 18, 2022 Huckabee Sanders smashes Arkansas fundraising record again with nearly $13 million raised for 2022 governor’s race Sanders' 4Q campaign haul comes one day after father, former Gov. Mike Huckabee', gave controversial keynote speech at MLK Commission... Black BusinessBlack Culture January 17, 2022 United States Mint begins shipping American Women Quarters program coins, first series honors Maya Angelou By BCN Staff -- Jan. 17, 2022 -- The United States Mint (has begun shipping the first coins in the... BCN ArkansasBlack Culture January 16, 2022 Arkansas Symphony Orchestra unveils plans for new 20,000 square foot, $9.5 million music center in in Little Rock’s East Village BCN Staff - Jan. 16, 2022 -- On Jan. 12, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) unveiled architectural plans for the... Black BusinessBlack Economy January 15, 2022 President Biden nominates first Black woman economist, fourth Black man to serve on powerful Federal Reserve Board BCN Staff – Jan. 15, 2022 -- President Joe Biden then week announced the unprecedented nomination of two Black economists... Black BusinessBlack Entertainment January 15, 2022 Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Marj J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar to headline upcoming Super Bowl LVI halftime show BCN Staff – Jan 15, 2022 – Pepsi, the NFL and Roc Nation have assembled a powerful lineup of Black... BCN ArkansasBlack Culture January 14, 2022 Host of MLK Day activities scheduled for next week, festivities kick off with Little Rock’s annual Marade BCN Staff – Jan. 14, 2022 -- Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston announced today (Jan. 13) that the State...
