Panel Discusses Supreme Court Case Threatening End of Affirmative Action

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A webinar hosted by ChangeLawyers, the American Constitution Society (ACS) Bay Area, and Equal Justice Society was held...

A Sampling of Dining Out Options for Thanksgiving Soul Food Around California

By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Thanksgiving is around the corner, and with that comes greens, beans, candied yams, turkey (roasted and deep-fried), dressing,...

Our Commitment to Historically Black Colleges & Universities

NNPA NEWSWIRE — For more than 15 years, Ford has strived to empower African American students by supporting HBCUs, including donating millions in scholarships and contributions...

November 23 | Building Wealth & Community | The Conversation with Al McFarlane

November 25 | Healing Circle | The Conversation with Al McFarlane

November 24 | Companions | The Conversation with Al McFarlane

IN MEMORIAM: A National Memorial Service will accent a farewell salute to Evangelist Louise D. Patterson

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Mother Patterson, as she was widely known, “passed away just as she wanted to, at home,” said niece Mia Vickers. “She told...

Smithsonian African American Museum Honors Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther Costume in New Exhibit

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” opens on March 24, 2023, and features the late actor’s iconic gear. Black Panther counts as the...

PRESS ROOM: PGA TOUR and United Airlines Announce Multi-Year Extension

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Developed in early 2021 by the TOUR’s HBCU task force, the HBCU grant program aims to leverage the TOUR’s partner network in order...

Rep. Karen Bass Proclaimed First Black Female Mayor of Los Angeles

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Wednesday, Nov. 16, more than a week after voting closed in the City of Angels, Bass was declared the winner in a...

United Travel Credits Giving HBCU Golf Programs Wings

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Wednesday, some 23 years later, and on her 41st birthday, no less, Levister was at Memorial Park Golf Course to watch three...

Walter Lincoln Hawkins, A Modern-Day Inventor

By Tamara Shiloh During his early years, Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911–1992) would disassemble and then reassemble several toys to create new ones. He built spring-driven toy...

Philippa Duke Schuyler: Pianist Received National Prominence at Young Age

By Tamara Shiloh African American author and journalist George Schuyler and white artist and journalist Josephine Cogdell’s marriage was dubbed “the most celebrated interracial marriage of...

California ’22 Mid-Term: Historic Wave of Black Candidates Set to Win Election

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media A wave of Black candidates in California are expected to win after Tuesday’s general election. Among them are...

COMMENTARY: Tell the Supreme Court: We Still Need Affirmative Action

By Ben Jealous One of the great joys of my life is teaching. I’m fortunate to teach classes on social justice at the University of Pennsylvania,...

November 15 | Our Culture, Our World | The Conversation with Al McFarlane

Join Al McFarlane and Brenda Lyle-Gray for “Our Culture, Our World.” This is a weekly dive into music, arts, lifestyle,

November 11 | Healing Circle | The Conversation with Al McFarlane

Theatre Icon Sheldon Epps talks with Dallas Weekly

Chuck D on Death of Takeoff: ‘When Corporations Show Up God Leaves the Room’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I don’t blame the youth. You’ve got to blame some adults hiding behind the scenes, pied piping and pied papering all of this...

No Red Wave but Election Night Results Could Still Leave Democrats Feeling Blue

NNPA NEWSWIRE — While crucial races like the Georgia Senate race between Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock remained too close to call,...

Russia Transfers Brittney Griner to Dreaded Penal Colony

NNPA NEWSWIRE — A court convicted Griner in August of trying to smuggle narcotics. She received a nine-year sentence, which an appeals court upheld last month....

November 9 | Building Wealth & Community | The Conversation with Al McFarlane

COMMENTARY: Time’s Up for Clarence Thomas Being on the Supreme Court

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to dozens of messages to Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Ginni Thomas worked tirelessly after the presidential election in 2020...

OP-ED: 3 Ways to Be a Reproductive Justice Voter on Election Day

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Election Day, Black women will be voting for candidates who address all our issues — not just reproductive rights. I invite every...

Tiffany Cross Show “Cross Connection” on MSNBC Unexpectedly Ends

The sudden end to Cross’ time at MSNBC is another moment in a string of examples of MSNBC parting ways with Black women who were either...