NNPA NEWSWIRE — AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins announced that she has promoted Edna Kane-Williams into the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Shalanda Young moved to Washington 20 years ago to serve as a Presidential Management Fellow at the National Institute of Health. She holds...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act would provide $5 billion to America’s Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and farmers of color who have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The commissary at Tyler Perry’s studios must have been packed during the shoot. Hefty main cast. Lots of supporting roles. Extras in abundance....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the run-up to the Chauvin trial, it appears the City has prepared for every possible contingency. Preparations include barricades, barbed wire, moats...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When she takes the field in September, Maia Chaka, a Norfolk State University graduate and health and physical education teacher, will do so...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A United States Navy Messman, French courageously acted after the Japanese Navy struck a U.S. ship in the South Pacific during the conflict....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — NAACP President Derrick Johnson said the world lost an influential figure in the fight for civil rights and American politics. “An icon to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Led by a diverse group of Black CEOs, this initiative gathers resources from respected and trusted community and business leaders, health professionals and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Morgan is so proud to call this son and daughter of the great City of Baltimore our own, and through their historic giving,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’m fortunate that I had Black books in my home. It really shaped me and the ideas I want to put across. I...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The nonprofit legal organization committed to exonerating wrongly convicted individuals also noted that Black people are more likely to be wrongly convicted of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “To have Dr. Chavis come here to Liberty City and to honor him like this is a dream,” stated Broadway Harewood, a majority...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Talented Florida artist Broadway Harewood, a majority owner of commercial real estate in Liberty City, has used the arts to reduce crime in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “During Black History Month, myself and other leaders across black and brown communities have come together to discuss how we can better support...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The MSI initiative’s mission is to develop and promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the natural gas and oil industry workforce by providing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Wells Fargo said it is also supporting each MDI’s development through a banking relationship in the form of a single touchpoint coverage model...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is a diversity explosion taking place across the country, in the White House, in Congress, with women and with people of color....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Slavery may have ended in 1865, but a slaveholder mentality persisted, shaping the contours of American life for decades to come. This legacy...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Still, those names come with a price because many agree that hate is as American as Apple Pie and baseball. And, victims of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I hear time and time again from black Americans who traveled to Africa about how connected they felt and how different they found...
In 2016, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. offered a public apology after acknowledging that 188 years prior, Jesuit priests sold 272 slaves to save the school...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has launched a global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities and implications of the transatlantic...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the end of the Civil War and passing of the 13th amendment, but America found what many...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With President Donald Trump castigating the science of global warming, it’s little wonder that today’s environmental policies not only target people of color...
