Africans and other world travelers during the 17th and 18th centuries brought with them or were introduced to Freemasonry within the Western Hemisphere (North and south America) and came to share these secrets and symbols with inhabitants of the Caribbean and adjacent areas. There is general agreement that Freemasonry already was well established as the …
‘A great opportunity for Black banks across the country’ By Angela Swinson Lee Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Washington Informer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The year 2022 has proven to be a big year for B. Doyle Mitchell Jr., president and CEO of Industrial Bank, based in the nation’s capital. Not only has he celebrated a …
Bloomfield, CT – (Joe Morelli, CT Insider) – The Bloomfield boys basketball coach Kevin Moses died on Monday. Facebook tributes began to pour in later on Mon- day in honor of the coach who had a GoFundMe Page was established on Sunday revealing he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. Moses’ death comes …
WINDSOR LOCKS, CT – (Inquiring News Report) – State Representative Bobby Gibson Thursday was joined by Governor Ned Lamont, the Connecticut Airport Authority and Spirit Airlines to announce that the airline will be adding new, nonstop service from Bradley International Airport to Montego Bay, Jamaica. The announcement caps an effort from state officials – like …
CT. to JA. Long Awaited Endeavor Finally Takes Place Read More »
By Dwight Bachman, Public Information Officer, Eastern Connecticut State University “Simply put, Art Johnson was a brilliant, renaissance man.” That is how legendary radio/television news reporter Lew Brown described the late Arthur Johnson, who was an exemplary orator, author, educator, Tuskegee Airman, journalist and civil rights icon. Johnson was 81 when he died on Sept. …
Dr. Arthur Johnson: Remembering “The Conscience of the Community” Read More »
Aug. 15, 2022 (GIN) – A U.N.-chartered vessel has been loaded with humanitarian food grain for Africa, in a first step toward releasing much needed food aid that had been trapped in the Ukraine. The vessel will carry 23,000 tons of grain for Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya as part of a U.N.-backed plan to move the …
Aug. 22, 2022 (GIN) – Government forces say they have put down a siege at the popular Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu that began Friday and has reportedly left over 20 casualties. It is the largest siege in the country since Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected president in May. The Hayat is an upscale hotel frequented …
MILITANTS TAKE LIVES AT SOMALI HOTEL AS U.S. SPECIAL OPS DEPLOY IN SOMALIA Read More »
By Dwight Bachman, Public Relations Officer, Eastern Connecticut State University Aiyanna Ward, a Biology major from Waterbury who graduated in May from Eastern Connecticut State University, is headed to the University of Miami to pursue a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences. Ward, daughter of Derek and Danay Ward, was an outstanding scholar-athlete in high school and college …
Waterbury Native to Study Biomedical Sciences at the University of Miami Read More »
Today we commemorate the day our tribe was acknowledged by the federal government after a long tedious journey which started in 1978. We acknowledge the work, time, and effort it took to obtain Federal Acknowledgement. The same year the Office of Federal Acknowledgment was created is the same year we submitted our letter of intent …
Bloomfield, CT – Can resident of Bloomfield trust that the Town Councilors and Administration will support projects that are in the best interests of their residents with respect to town-owned property on 15 Douglas Street?A obtained a study entitled Bloomfield’s Market Rate Housing that suggested Bloomfield is (1) currently experiencing significant gentrification and (2) an …
Bloomfield Being Forced to Accept a Housing Proposal Without Due Process Read More »
Inquiring News began 50 years ago with one goal in mind, to provide the African American community in the Northeast with news that’s specifically for them. After all, there’s a bustling community of African Americans in New England, Connecticut, and Springfield.
