PRESS ROOM: Cox and Former NFL Star Partner on Digital Equity Initiative

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Malcolm Mitchell, an author, Super Bowl-champion and founder of the Share the Magic Foundation, will partner with Cox to amplify the need for...

Howard University Students React to Crippling Cyberattack

HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE — A three-day holiday weekend has turned into a week off from school for Howard University, after it was targeted by a...

Chronicling Hearing Impaired Golfer Langston Frazier’s Path to the PGA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This membership is much more than an ID number, membership card, a lapel pin, and a fancy piece of paper,” Frazier wrote on...

Howard University Closed After Ransomware Attack

NNPA NEWSWIRE — University officials said Howard’s Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) became aware Friday of a potential cyberattack. In response, ETS shutdown all the university’s networks...

COMMENTARY: Time to Engage in Our History

SPEAKING OUT WEEKLY NEWS — I can’t say that I am surprised by the situation in general, because except for February we (including me) generally don’t...

PRESS ROOM: Zillow, United Negro College Fund and Black Tech Ventures to Host Hackathon for Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Zillow, in collaboration with United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Black Tech Ventures (BTV), will host the HBCU Housing Hackathon to help HBCU students further develop...

PRESS ROOM: New Podcast, St. Jude Mission of A Lifetime, Launches to Document World’s First All-Civilian Mission to Orbit

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are writing the narrative of human spaceflight right now, as we go to the moon, and we go on to Mars,” said...

Things Parents Should Know Sending Their Kids Back to School

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The unanimous opinion among our doctors was if your child can get vaccinated, they should. The only thing that has proven to be...

Enrollment Increases for HBCUs

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Some observers believe the calls for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd and the global awareness of the Black Lives Matter...

PRESS ROOM: Poetry Foundation Announces Virtual Lineup and Outdoor Installation this Fall

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are excited to begin reactivating the Poetry Foundation building by illuminating its exterior with a bold, interactive installation,” said Michelle T. Boone,...

2022 DTU Recruitment Video

U.S. Supreme Court Sounds Ready to Pay Student Athletes

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The business of college sports, which includes millions in television contracts and sponsorships, resulting in a world of lucrative payouts for everyone other...

Broward County Public Schools Allows Teacher Who Used Racial Slurs to Return to the Classroom

THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE - In November of 2020, a Caucasian teacher at Cross Creek School – a specialized school for students with emotional disabilities, in Pompano...

Cal State Dominguez Hills Names Dena Freeman-Patton Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — “I am more than enthusiastic to welcome Dena to the Toro community, and I cannot wait for all of our student-athletes to...

INTERVIEW: Dr. Alexa Canady teaches us to remain calm in the face of obstacles

ROLLINGOUT.COM — You have parents who are just good. And you can recognize that right away, you will have other parents who let their anxiety overtake...

PRESS ROOM: TWENTY PEARLS Documentary Film about First Black-Greek Letter Organization Now Available Nationwide

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Narrated by Phylicia Rashād, TWENTY PEARLS journeys through 113 provocative years. Only 40 years past the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, nine Black...

PRESS ROOM: Bimbo Bakeries USA Pledges $1 Million Commitment to Minority Equity Organizations in Addition to Internal Focus on Diversity, Equity and Belonging

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Last year, the U.S. experienced a reckoning moment with racial equity and injustice,” said Fred Penny, president of Bimbo Bakeries USA. “BBU acknowledged...

PRESS ROOM: Kwame Dawes and the Poetry Foundation Reintroduce American Life in Poetry

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Award-winning poet, author, and editor Kwame Dawes, PhD hopes new readers will connect with American Life in Poetry by finding columns that are...

National Museum of African American Music Opens in Nashville

NNPA NEWSWIRE — From rock and roll to blues, jazz, and hip-hop, music is as much the African American way of life as the afro was...

BOOKS: Author Jerald L. Hoover Releases Part II of the “Hero” Book Series for Young Adults

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Spurred in part by the success of general audience titles like, “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” by Lemony Snicket and “A Wrinkle in...

The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Day of Remembrance

NNPA NEWSWIRE — "It is important to recognize the International Decade for People of African Descent as an international corrective to combat the systematic indoctrination of...

Morgan State Alum Dropped Out, Drove for UPS, Presents University with $20 Million Endowment

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,...

PRESS ROOM: LMOGA, API Launch New Educational Partnership in Support of Workforce Development and Diversity

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...

The ‘Roots’ of Slavery and its Lasting Effects

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...

The Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later the Diaspora Still Suffers

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The fact that slavery was underway for a century in South America before introduction in North America is not widely taught nor commonly...