Category Archives: Black History

SELMA and LBJ Spinners

Posted on February 9, 2015 by blackinformationhighway

By Arelya J. Mitchell, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief The Mid-South Tribune and the Black Information Highway In the last century, an elderly African American gentleman, who was also an activist, political advisor, businessman, and historian, said to me that if Black people did … Continue reading →

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President Obama, Sergeant Cory Remsburg and Col. Charles Young

Posted on February 21, 2014 by blackinformationhighway

By Arelya J. Mitchell, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief The Mid-South Tribune and the Black Information Highway “Cory is here tonight. And like the Army he loves, like the America he serves, Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg never gives up, and he does not … Continue reading →

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NFL Bullying, the N-Word and Common Sense

Posted on November 8, 2013 by blackinformationhighway

By Arelya J. Mitchell, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief The Mid-South Tribune and the Black Information Highway I had another column I was going to run which this one could have served as a companion piece, but this Sit-U-Ation with the NFL African American … Continue reading →

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Let Bells Ring on August 28, 2013 to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Posted on August 23, 2013 by blackinformationhighway

Editorial   By Arelya J. Mitchell, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief            The Mid-South Tribune and the Black Information Highway   The King Center and other civil rights organizations are asking citizens of these United States of America to ring bells on Wednesday, August … Continue reading →

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Center for Military History Answers with Gobbledygook on Col. Charles Young Honorary Promotion

Posted on August 7, 2013 by blackinformationhighway

By Arelya J. Mitchell, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief The Mid-South Tribune and the Black Information Highway The U.S. Center for Military History (CMH) responded to our editorial entitled “Col. Charles Young Denied by the Center for Military History”* (July 26, 2013). But we’ll … Continue reading →

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The History of Black History

Posted on February 22, 2013 by blackinformationhighway

Editor’s Note:  “The History of Black History” was originally published in The Mid-South Tribune and on Black Information Highway on March 9, 1996. The late Vernon E. Ash was a Senior Correspondent, columnist, and historian for The Mid-South Tribune and … Continue reading →

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