LIVESTREAM - Join Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and Congresswoman Karen Bass, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Congressman Bobby Scott, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — For Black History Month, visit the art galleries at one of the world’s greatest educational institutions, Nashville’s own historic Fisk University.
Dr. Sheila Brooks, the founder, president and CEO of SRB Communications, a full service Washington, D.C.-based advertising and marketing agency, has earned an Image Award nomination...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Wearing a purple suit and hat and seated in the front row at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, Lee...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — In 1802, George Bonga’s birth marked the beginning of Minnesota’s freed Black experience.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “America has an ugly history of racism,” Senator Elizabeth Warren said after addressing Democrats at an annual state dinner in New Hampshire, according...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a member of the Memphis Branch NAACP, Mr. Sugarmon was instrumental in using the law to fight legal battles to desegregate public...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — This year marks the 400th year that enslaved Africans arrived in the United States.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — There is a visceral disregard and aggressive muting of the African-American presence in Old Georgetown.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…there is this misguided group of Afrodescendants, who are throwing shade at those who are not ‘American descendants of slaves’ ADOS. Their shade...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — The historic Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, will celebrate 153 years of ministry and service to the community
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With each masterful stroke of her pen, typewriter or (later) her computer keyboard, Legendary author, Toni Morrison keeps readers of her works and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The names of Echol Cole and Robert Walker are not as widely known as Rosa Parks, James Meredith or any others — and...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — This January 12, 2019 marked the 208th Anniversary of Louisiana’s Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — How is it that the NFL was intentionally tone deaf to the dissonance of rightfully honoring revolutionaries of the past while wrongfully castigating...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — In September, 1997, Dr. Michael Blakey, former Howard University archaeology professor visited New Orleans.
By Ken Foxworth “I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humanity and his integrity.” — Dr. Frank Wilderson, University of...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Today, while we live in a society that has passed a litany of civil rights bills and other legal protections, rampant social inequality continues...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — Both candidates have been watched by political observers for years.
MILWAUKEE COURIER — The Wisconsin Black Caucus is standing its ground.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Had there been no May 17, 1954 (the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown V. Board of Education), I’m not sure there...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — GMAAN held its 13th Annual Black History Month Celebration.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the course of February (and maybe beyond), we’ll bring you short video clips of historic places you drive or walk by every...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our history didn’t begin in slavery,” said National Newspaper Publishers Association President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. “We were kings and queens. We...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — In New Orleans, there is always something to celebrate.
