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A Sermon of Restitution: Senate Chaplain’s Message to the Next Generation

by Jada Ingleton September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

Rear Adm. Barry C. Black (Ret.), the 62nd chaplain of the United States Senate, delivered an inspiring sermon to the youth at Howard University’s Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, encouraging them to trust in God and strive to be their best selves in the face of challenges.

**FILE** African American sailors of an ordnance battalion prepare 5-inch shells for packing at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in 1943. (U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons)

U.S. Navy Exonerates Black WWII Sailors Convicted After Port Chicago Explosion

by Stacy M. Brown July 18, 2024July 18, 2024

Robert Jackson, a former network audio engineer, overcame obstacles such as poverty and drug addiction in Washington, D.C., but managed to work for top media companies and later started his own for young people. (Courtesy photo)

‘Frame of Hope’ Offers Inspiring Tale of Perseverance, Overcoming Odds

by Eden Harris May 13, 2024May 13, 2024

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class James Owen, from Tobyhanna, Pa., administers the Pfizer vaccine to a Sailor onboard Naval Air Facility Atsugi Sept. 8, 2021. COVID-19 vaccination is now mandatory for Active Duty and Ready Reserve Department Of Defense service members who are not medically or administratively exempt. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rafael Avelar)

Navy to Begin Discharging Sailors Who Refuse COVID Vaccine

by WI Guest Author October 15, 2021December 21, 2021

Daisy Mae Morgan (Courtesy photo)

Black History, Hamil R. Harris, Obituary

Daisy Mae Morgan, 1st Black Woman to Serve on Naval Aircraft Carrier, Dies at 67

by Hamil R. Harris June 19, 2019December 21, 2021