NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When They See Us” relays a jarring miscarriage of justice of five teens — Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and...
CHEVROLET DTU JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM — “…One of my favorite parts during boot camp was being able to sit down at dinner and talk with Fonzworth...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson were Black female mathematicians at NASA, the U.S. space agency. They faced incredible adversity and defied...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — As a nation conceptualized and founded “under God,” but that also served as a haven for those persecuted for their beliefs in other...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — As the International African American Museum (IAAM) looks toward its groundbreaking later this year, Michael Boulware Moore, president and CEO, has announced his...
NNPA — “One of the reasons that I don’t think it’s an individual problem is that these folks are talking to each other. There are a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Video of Noel Carter’s arrest, which was captured by a resident in an Orange Avenue apartment and by security cameras outside the Orlando...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…I couldn't stop thinking about what happens to the young man or women who's not a lawyer or a county councilmember, hasn't honed...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — On May 23, the ACLU of Louisiana honored longtime civil rights activist and community leader Sybil Haydel Morial with the organization’s Benjamin E....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It is not just that the DJ Pryor and son video is adorable. It reminds the viewer of the components of love that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “During my recent trip to Haiti, I was shocked and appalled to learn of the massacre and the burning of homes in La...
NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER — Magic is defined as “the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.” But in Pittsburgh,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There are so many people in silos doing this work, but there hasn’t been a space where people can all come together and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — …but his work will live on. Filmmaker John Hubbell’s documentary, which includes new music from John Gary Williams, is expected to be released...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Jeri Green’s passion for the census is still sunrise bright. An outspoken champion of the concerns of African Africans and any people who...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By erasing Tubman, the Trump forces again deploy their most effective weapon in the quest to maintain power— the unholy alliance of racism and...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A report released Sunday shows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not the scourge that Republicans make it out to be. In...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg May 26 in recognition of her service to the community as a business owner and for her civic engagement...
Ten-year-old Jayla Davis is being heralded a hero for her quick-thinking actions that saved her 3-year-old sister from drowning.
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — Last year, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Slave Wrecks Project (SWP) joined the effort to help involve the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the history of Juneteenth, on June 19th, 1865 and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children – or NCMEC – said the number of reports of missing children made to law...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Earlier Monday morning, the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office positively made the identification of the remains as belonging to little Maleah, although no...
The Dallas Weekly sat with Venita Benitez, self-proclaimed modern-day abolitionist and descendant of British royalty. Learn about …
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![“Her daily joy was not simply cooking but preparing meals to bring people together. One of her most prized contributions was advocating for the Civil Rights Movement through feeding those on the front lines of the struggle for human dignity,” Chase’s family said in a statement announcing her death. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Blake Nelson Boyd, [GFDL (https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/leah-chase-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Her daily joy was not simply cooking but preparing meals to bring people together. One of her most prized contributions was advocating for...
