In celebration of Black Music Appreciation Month, we present Jody Watley! Watley, whose first stage appearance at age 8 with family friend and godfather Jackie Wilson,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Motlow State College, the fastest growing college in Tennessee, has worked with leaders from both companies for the past year to develop a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Between 2013 and 2019, police in the United States killed 7,666 people according to data provided by Mapping Police Violence, a research and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For the last 400 years in America, Black people have been considered to be a second-class citizen because of the color of their...
In the 11th livestream in the series, Stacy Brown discusses the unique relationship that exists between the Black Press of America and the communities that we...
Dr. Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D interviews Dr. David A. Thomas, Ph.D, the twelfth president of Morehouse College. The pandemic has affected HBCUs, both large and small....
“The murder of George Floyd was the result of inhumane police brutality that is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy,” a recent post from Ben...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Since 2017, they have contributed $44 million from sources including social justice grants approved by the league's players and owner's workgroup; the NFL...
ROLLING OUT — Now fast-forward 100 years to folks like Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Sarah Silverman, Ted Danson and a host of political figures still feeling...
ROLLINGOUT — Before unveiling their proposed police reform bill, the Justice in Policing Act, the politicians, each wearing a kente cloth stole, took a knee, a...
Not one to bite his tongue on social issues, the Mavs owner re-tweeted an open letter by Emerson College President M. Lee Pelton. The 61-year-old billionaire...
The Black Press Celebrates New Music From New Artists. In his 2016 proclamation, Obama noted that African-American music and musicians have helped the country “to dance,...
How many times per day/week/month/year do you encounter the expression, “…the leading cause of death…?” Those words are usually preceded by a health status, living condition,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Williams' journey from Texarkana, Texas to Motown and eventual global superstardom, is chronicled in his acclaimed autobiography, "Temptations," written with The New York...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The leads are magnetic: Stephen Odubola as the African/English Timmy has a gentleness about him that makes you gasp when his behavior becomes...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — How do we put on spiritual armor? We do so by daily absorbing scripture as truth, living in obedience to God, sharing the...
MINNESOTA — “I just want to let everyone know that we’re going to bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "It was so traumatizing to me as an individual, as a Black man. You almost want to... Your heart and spirit are crying,...
"My Girl," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "I Wish It Would Rain," "Cloud Nine," and "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)." IT'S BLACK...
NNPA — In a CNN interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar attributed the high coronavirus death rate to unhealthy African Americans. Azar claimed that...
The NNPA's Stacy Brown interviews 4 iconic Black Press Publishers: Nab'a Muhammad of The Final Call; Dr. R.B. Holmes, Jr. of Capital Outlook Newspaper; Trennie Williams...
"Democracy doesn't work for us," says Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) of Black Americans. "We are last hired, first fired. We have a different set of expectations from...
