Today, there are more than 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, including 400,000 here in Texas. As the size of the U.S. population age 65 and...
Did you know that mental health is more than the presence or absence of mental conditions? Did you know that mental health is a central part...
ABOVE: Aretha Franklin Berry Gordy June is Black Music Month and many of the most notable cultural hitmakers are being recognized for their timeless contributions. Listed...
ABOVE: (top left) Anthony Hall, (top right) Kai Hicks, (bottom left) Jennie P, (bottom right) Matthew Hartnett & The Gumbo Allstars Houston First Corporation is proud...
By Chuck Finnie Celebrated annually on June 19, Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day, is an observance of the effective end of slavery...
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of 250 years of legalized enslavement of Africans in the United States. Long before the federal government...
Berkeley’s 36th Annual Juneteenth Festival on Sunday June 18 commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Family entertainment is the focus of all Berkeley Juneteenth cultural...
Juanita J. Craft was an activist, former Democratic Precinct Chair, NAACP leader and former Dallas City Council member. Her work helped advance desegregation and racial equality...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Renowned scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West declared his candidacy for the upcoming presidential race under the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Last year President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law — legislation that had previously been killed more than 200...
NNPA NEWSIRE — “Education should be the space where you can learn about everything and anything that you want. There should be no limits to the...
THE AFRO — The Negro League Family Alliance (NLFA) is calling on Major League Baseball (MLB) to establish May 2 as annual “Negro League Day” in...
SAN DIEGO VOICE & VIEWPOINT — …because so many Black journalists were afraid of going on the record, I got to thinking about what Black-led newsrooms...
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Excerpt: Greenville Mayor Errick D. Simmons released a statement, expressing the city’s shock and sadness shortly after Johnson’s death. Simmons said hearts...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the...
By Black Information Network | Chicago Defender Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has introduced a bill calling for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans to...
By Aziah Siid, Word in Black Every spring, students who withstood the test and rigor of their studies cross the stage to receive degrees of honor....
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TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Jones, who was expelled from it by the Tennessee General Assembly before being reappointed to it by the Metro Nashville Council three days...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The United States bears the worrying distinction as “deadliest nation” in the industrialized or “developed world” to be pregnant,” said Dr. Michele Bratcher...
Tributes are pouring in for legendary singer, songwriter and actress Tina Turner, who died last Wednesday. She was 83. “Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll’...
By Jeffrey L. Boney, Associate Editor On June 17, 2021, the Forward Times reported that the Texas Southern University (TSU) Board of Regents had unanimously selected...
ABOVE: Dignitaries and Family of George Floyd at documentary screening On Memorial Day—May 25, 2020—the whole world was forced to witness the heartless and cold-blooded murder...
“There’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent threat of a changing climate.”...
