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VIDEO: #LET IT BE KNOWN — 2.15.2022 The Cash Bail System and Poor Black Single Mothers

#LET IT BE KNOWN — The United States has one of the highest rates of female incarceration in the world. Of the more than 115,000 women...

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VIDEO: #LET IT BE KNOWN — 2.18.2022 ITS BEEN 2 YEARS….WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that is reviewing its mask guidance, shifting its focus to Covid hospitalizations as a key measure of...

President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. Image Serial Number: A1030-17a. https://www.lbjlibrary.net/collections/photo-archive/photolab-detail.html?id=222 / Wikimedia Commons)

Atlanta Voice5 years ago

VIDEO: Civil Rights Leader opens up about the only time he saw MLK cry

ATLANTA VOICE — In the wake of Bloody Sunday, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered a speech urging voting rights legislation get passed. Hear the reaction of...

Black History5 years ago

INTERVIEW: The “Mother of Black Hollywood” Actress Jenifer Lewis Joins the Truth Check Campaign to Promote Social Media Literacy

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition to her screen presence, Lewis is also lauded for using social media to entertain, educate and inform. On Lewis’ social media...

Deion Sanders, who is better known as “Coach Prime,” is lifting as he climbs, and for this and so many other reasons, he is our Person of the Year. (Photo: https://gojsutigers.com)

Black History5 years ago

COMMENTARY: Committed and Making a Difference

NNPA NEWSWIRE — HBCU presidents are praising Coach Prime, and rightfully so. In conversations with several presidents, I have yet to hear a negative comment. Those...

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LIVE! — HE SAID… HE SAID… HE SAID…: w/ Author, Dwayne Vernon — FRI. 2.18.22

Barry Bonds’ Career Statistics: 2,986 games played; 2,227 runs scored; 2,935 hits; 601 doubles; 77 triples; 762 home runs; 514 stolen bases; 2,558 walks; 688 intentional walks; .298 batting average; .444 on base percentage; .607 slugging percentage; 1.051 OPS. (Photo: Barry heads to left field after driving in 2 with a single in the 3rd, July 21, 2007. Wikimedia Commons / flickr)

Black History5 years ago

COMMENTARY: Baseball’s Greatest Player Snubbed for Hall of Fame

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In December 2022, baseball’s “Today’s Game Committee” will consider Bonds’ candidacy. That committee consists of 16 members from the National Baseball Hall of...

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Season 2, Episode 46

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OP-ED: When it Comes to COVID-19, Consider the Messenger

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Research shows that men are more likely to die of Covid-19 and, in particular, Black men aged 35 to 44 are dying at...

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

#FIYAH! LIVE — TAYLOR THOMAS: "LIVING OUT YOUR DREAMS" — FRI. 2.17.22 7PM ET

More than 40 years later, journalist and broadcaster Askia Muhammad’s show on WPFW-Radio remained vital, and Washington, D.C.’s City Council enacted a resolution commemorating that achievement.

Black History5 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Renowned Black Journalist, Radio Personality Askia Muhammad Dies

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “With deep sadness, the family of Askia Muhammad announces his passing of natural causes today at the age of 76,” WPFW-Radio in Washington,...

Under Robert Sarver, the NBA’s Phoenix Suns have won a Western Conference title and have advanced to the conference finals four times.

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

NNPA Exclusive: Phoenix Suns Owner Robert Sarver Opens up to Black Press

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Under Sarver, the Suns have won a Western Conference title and have advanced to the conference finals four times. For Sarver, it’s been...