By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Love it or hate it, 2017 will be a year not soon forgotten. Barack Obama, a constitutional law professor,...
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By Erick Johnson (Chicago Crusader/NNPA Member) Fifty years ago, a tragic accident ended the groundbreaking career of Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., a Chicago native and...
By Howard Campbell (Westside Gazette/NNPA Member) The funeral service for Lowell Hawthorne, the CEO of the iconic Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill will be held...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A heavy African American turnout in Alabama’s special election propelled underdog Democratic candidate Doug Jones to victory, in a...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Editor-In-Chief) When it comes to preparing the next generation for careers in science, technology engineering and mathematics, also known at “STEM,”...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Simeon Booker, a trailblazing Black journalist, who covered the Civil Rights Movement for the iconic African American magazines EBONY...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) FBI Director Christopher A. Wray failed to explain why the agency he leads changed the name of a domestic...
By Royston Maxwell Lyttle (Principal, Eagle Academy Public Charter School/Grades 1-3) As educators, we have an obligation to give our students every opportunity to succeed. Parents...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Parkinson’s disease diagnosis caught many by surprise, but those who know him said they’re confident that...
From Crusader Staff Report (Crusader Newspaper Group/NNPA Member) The Black Press lost one of its most devoted freedom warriors, last week. Walter “Ball” Smith, the publisher...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor Law enforcement officials and community leaders will band together to host a solution seeking bridge forum with high school...
By Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02) (Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus) If you’ve been to a Black Lives Matter rally or tweeted the related hashtag recently, then...
By Lynette Monroe (Program Assistant, NNPA ESSA Media Campaign) In my role as the program assistant for the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Every Student Succeeds...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Newspaper Publishers Association lost one of its own this week. Bernal E. Smith II, the president and...
By Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, II (President, Repairers of the Breach) Jeremiah 22:1-3,4-5 The Message (MSG) “Walking Out on the Covenant of God” 22 1-3...
By Dr. Elizabeth V. Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Public Awareness Campaign) I was recently approached by a father of a student from Ann Arundel County, Maryland...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Chevrolet recently recognized the achievements of eight students from Historically Black Colleges...
By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (President and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) Last month, after speaking with the White House about a few calls, we had...
