By Godfrey Lee Valencia Burton Horton, a real estate agent and broker living and working in Oakland, recently gave a reading on her book “Buddha International...
By Roohee Marshall Upon meeting Mr. Wilfred Ussery, the former national Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality who had gained the reputation of being an...
By Tamara Shiloh Winemaking is a centuries-old profession originating in Old World France. Socioeconomics, however, has played a role in the lack of Black connoisseurs and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Although I have no personal knowledge of when Dr. King died, I fully support the research of Dr. William Pepper, who has established...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sometimes called “Mustafa Zemmouri,” “Black Stephen,” “Esteban the Moor” or “Steven Dorantes” (after his owner Andres Dorantes, a Spanish nobleman), Estevanico was a...
By Ben Jealous Truth is a threat to authoritarianism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’re celebrating 110 years of Poetry magazine this year and approaching 20 years of the Poetry Foundation in 2023. We wanted to do...
By Tamara Shiloh It was the spring of 1964. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were preparing to launch a campaign...
By Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black Media Nationwide, book banning is on the rise. It’s reached a 20-year high, according to the American Library Association and...
By Tamara Shiloh The minstrel shows of the early 19th century are believed by some to be the roots of Black theatre. However, they were written,...
By Godfrey Lee Marin County District Attorney Lori E. Frugoli recently distributed an informational booklet “Let’s Start Talking – A Parent’s Toolkit for Understanding Substance Use...
Night Out for Safety and Liberation Events Held in More Than 50 Communities Across the Country Photos courtesy of Ella Baker Center, photography by Brooke Anderson...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jeremiah Josey is quickly becoming the face of autistic young adulthood. At just 22, he is already a baker, model, author, and motivational...
By Tamara Shiloh Cornelius Vanderbilt, a steamship owner, sat in the dining room of Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a high-end restaurant that catered...
By Tamara Shiloh It was the early summer of 1980. More than 100 artists converged on an abandoned four-story building at Seventh Avenue and 41st Street...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Enriched with hauntingly beautiful photographs and poetic stories, Ewaso Village provides a richly detailed portrait of a nomadic society known for their centuries-old...
By Tamara Shiloh Birdwatching is the observation of live birds in their natural habitat. It’s a popular pastime and scientific sport developed almost entirely in the...
By Tamara Shiloh The craft of shoemaking was at one time difficult and manual work. But with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, cobblers and cordwainers...
The City of Sausalito commemorates Juneteenth with a production of “Words That Made the Difference: Brown v. Board of Education,” a play written and directed by...
By Brandon Patterson In February, Hope Chicago, a Chicago scholarship program, made headlines for surprising students at five public high schools in Chicago with full college...
By Tamara Shiloh Some 63 years before Jackie Robinson is credited as the first African American in Major League Baseball (April 15, 1947), Moses Fleetwood Walker...
By Tamara Shiloh Black classical music artists have been performing publicly for more than 500 years. England’s King Henry VII and King Henry VIII were entertained...
By Tamara Shiloh It was during a health careers summer program at the University of Michigan that Alexa Irene Canady (b. 1950) decided to pursue medicine....
By Makiah Hiley Known as “the hood alchemist,” Lilly Ayers founded and runs Oakland’s first Black woman owned crystal botanica, Queen Hippie Gypsy. Located in Downtown...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I couldn't be more humbled or excited to be the new editor of Poetry. The 19-year-old version of me, thumbing through the magazine’s...
