SOUL Newspaper

12/01/2025

11/01/2025

Big loss!

24/10/2024

have been one of the earliest supporters of my journey with SOUL. They recently published their first book Blk Mkt Vintage and I got to finally meet them in person at .club They have always seen what I see and when they told me they were publishing a book I jumped out of my seat. I've never read or flipped through a blacker book made by and for black historians. This is a treasure. Pick up a copy!!! Thank you for letting me and my family's legacy be a part of it.

13/10/2024

12/10/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!

Happy Birthday, Soul Man!

07/10/2024

In our time of deep sorrow, we announce the passing of Emily “Cissy” Houston, who transitioned today, Monday, October 7, at
CISSY HOUSTON R.I.P.

10:30 a.m. ET, at her home in Newark, New Jersey, while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. Houston, who recently turned 91 years old on September 30, 2024, was surrounded by her family.
“Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We loss the matriarch of our family,” says Pat Houston, the daughter-in-law of Cissy Houston. “Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our lives. A woman of deep faith and conviction, who cared greatly about family, ministry, and community. Her more than seven-decade career in music and entertainment will remain at the forefront of our hearts. Her contributions to popular music and culture are unparalleled. We are blessed and grateful that God allowed her to spend so many years with us and we are thankful for all the many valuable life lessons that she taught us. May she rest in peace, alongside her daughter, Whitney and granddaughter Bobbi Kristina and other cherished family members.”
On behalf of The Houston Family, we are touched by your generous support, and your outpouring of love during our profound time of grief. We respectfully request our privacy during this difficult time.

PR Contact:
The Estate of Whitney E. Houston
Gwendolyn Quinn
[email protected]
917-769-7808

19/09/2024

Allways an enjoyable event.

17/09/2024

Sweet memories! Thanks Tom! Gladys looks like a baby. Well, see was and so was I. Most of you seeing this were not even a notion when Gladys Knight & The Pips rocked Midnight Special. Enjoy!

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06/09/2024

Please support The Living Legends Foundation!

19/07/2024

Leonard Pitts, Jr., will be in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 25th, for a book signing at Book Soup in West Hollywood. I plan to be there and hope to see other friends of Leonard there as well. Leonard began his professional writing career at SOUL Newspaper about 50 years ago and continues a most prestigious writing career and is now fulfilling his passion to write novels. Let's show our Los Angeles, Fremont High School, USC Alum, our love and support.

The free-standing successor and next novel by the author of the critically acclaimed The Last Thing You Surrender, Leonard Pitts, Jr.'s 54 Miles launches forward twenty years to the fateful weeks of March 1965--from the infamous "Bloody Sunday" march at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on the 7t...

17/07/2024

STAX: SOULSVILLE U.S.A. has been nominated for TWO EMMY Awards in the “Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series” and “Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Series” categories!

20/06/2024

Links Inc. Present Sandra Evers-Manly with Co-Founders Award for the Arts

Sandra Evers-Manly will receive the 2024 Co-Founders Award for The Arts from The Links, Inc., an international nonprofit volunteer service organization with a membership of more than 17,000 women.

The award will be presented on June 20 by Links National President Ethel Isaacs Williams, J.D., during the 44th Links National Assembly at the Ga***rd Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. Recipients of the award are individuals who have made a significant impact on the lives of others and society as a whole by being standard bearers of truth and equality.

Evers-Manly is president and founder of the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC), former president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). She is an Emmy-winning executive producer for the Best Science and Technology Documentary “Into the Unknown,” executive producer of “Deep Sky,” and the author of a children’s book, “Raised Up By Mrs. Manly and Her L’s”

According to President Williams, “Evers-Manly continues to chart a most distinguished career, with achievements that extend well beyond the corporate arena and into the realm of film and media. Her passion for the arts and storytelling, the commitment to amplify youth and diverse voices, and her keen understanding of the power of film to shape perceptions and inspire change, has made her a driving force and an undeniably deserving recipient of this award.”

As part of the award, Evers-Manly will receive a commissioned Elizabeth Catlett bronze sculpture and will be allowed to designate a charity to receive a monetary donation from the Links in her name.

“I am truly honored and humbled to receive this amazing recognition by Links, Inc., one of the most distinguished and cherished organizations in our country. The work of the Links has impacted and changed so many lives and to be honored with the Co-Founders Award For The Arts, my heart is full of gratitude,” said Evers-Manly.

“It comes with even more responsibility to continue the work to ensure Black representation in films and television, equity and equality while supporting the Arts.”

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18/05/2024

So very grateful to have known Dr. Portia Maultsby for several decades and the privilege of witnessing her contributions to the documentation of Black music.

By Dr. Portia Maultsby ✊🏾