Lottie Joiner

Sep 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lottie Joiner

Lottie JoinerSeptember 19, 2024 at 6:02 AM·2 min readCredit - Photo-Illustration by TIME; Sarah L. Voisin—The Washington Post/Getty ImagesIn 1964, Courtland Cox was among hundreds of college students who traveled to Mississippi to help register Black people to vote, drawing strong opposition from the state's segregationists. The project, known as Freedom Summer, was a turning point in the civil rights movement.

Jun 10, 2024 | veritenews.org | Lottie Joiner

Verite News is partnering with New Orleans & Company to host a hospitality health fair for opportunities to get free health screenings and vaccinations on Wednesday, June 12 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information, click here. In 2018, Olivia Scott was living in a small apartment in Harlem and was dealing with what she described as a challenging relationship. She attended a yoga festival in July 2018 and had an “aha” moment.

Apr 29, 2024 | thegrio.com | Christy Oglesby |Lottie Joiner

Health NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana and Ochsner Health leaders signed a legal agreement today to create the nation’s fifth HBCU allopathic medical school, a move that physicians assert can mitigate disparities that kill Black people with some diseases two times more often than others.

Apr 13, 2024 | theguardian.com | Lottie Joiner

April Reign watched all 50 parts of the viral TikTok series, Who TF Did I Marry? Reign, creator of the 2015 viral social media campaign, #OscarSoWhite, was among the millions and counting who tuned in to see Reesa Teesa, whose real name is Tareasa Johnson, talk about how she “met, dated, married and divorced” a man who she described as “a real pathological liar”. Johnson told TikTok viewers she met the man, who she called “Legion”, in early March 2020 on a dating app.

Mar 19, 2024 | makers.com | Lottie Joiner

Jo Banner and Joy Banner, founders of The Descendants Project, acquired Woodland Plantation in LaPlace, Louisiana, with an unwavering commitment to preserving its historical legacy. Growing up in Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, Jocyntia “Jo” Banner and her sister Joyceia “Joy” Banner learned about the 1811 revolt by enslaved people from their grandmother.