NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rita Perry was known to be an extraordinary woman who had a heart for service and understood the importance of making a difference...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The world is mourning the loss of legendary choreographer Arthur Mitchell. Mitchell, who danced with the New York City Ballet from 1956-1968 and...
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE — On Saturday, August 11, 2018 a “Celebration of Life” event was held to honor the 80th birthday of Mrs. Janie Baker Bruen. The...
“Yes, I believe these people deserve a memorial, but there is so much more to it than that. I have a duty to be an advocate...
The NNPA Every Student Succeeds Act Public Awareness Campaign presents a reading list for African American children to promote literacy.
HUDSON VALLEY PRESS — First created by the Army Reorganization Act of 1866, the Buffalo Soldiers’ early service was on the Western Frontier, engaging in 11...
BLACKVOICE NEWS — No one with any idea of the cultural importance of Black Music, American Music, can deny the impact of the Queen of Soul...
Eddie “Chank” Willis, a member of the famed Motown session group known as “The Funk Brothers,” died at his home in Gore Springs, Mississippi.
On Friday, Sept. 21, a new sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African American woman to receive press credentials to cover the White House and...
Global music icon B.B. King is buried at the museum that bears his name in Indianola, Miss.
The recipient of the 2015 National Medal of Freedom, and a 2016 People Magazine honoree as being among the 25 Women Changing the World, Johnson enjoyed...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — Although poll taxes and literacy tests have been illegal for many decades, Blacks are still being denied their rights to fully participate...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — “Streetlight Harmonies,” by Brent Wilson and the documentary “Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World,” count among the highlights of...
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin died on August 16, 2018. The Grammy Award-winning artist was 76.
Aretha Franklin, an 18-time Grammy Award Winner, died on August 16, 2018 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Julianne Malveaux says that electing progressive prosecutors, like Wesley Bell from Ferguson, Mo., is a great strategy for criminal justice reform.
“Respect” singer Aretha Franklin is gravely ill.
In this episode of "Meet The Black Press," NNPA Podcast Host Lauren Poteat talks to Dorothy Leavell, the publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago and...
“Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World” will be one of the highlights of the 12th annual African Diaspora International Film Festival in Washington,...
Panelists and civil rights leaders encouraged people of color and millennials, in particular, to Stop Hate and Vote, during the 109th NAACP annual convention.
Ron Dellums, the former California Congressman and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died on July 30, 2018. He was 82.
Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi of Nigeria makes historic visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C./NNPANewswirePR/July 30,...
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum tells the stories of Mississippi residents that made extraordinary contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
The Justice Department recently reopened the 1955 Emmett Till case.
NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., delivered inspirational remarks during the 109th NAACP Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
