By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When James McGrath Morris set out to write his latest book, he didn’t know how timely it...
(USA Today) – Retired U.S. Army Gen. Russel Honoré, Louisiana’s most well-known 21st century military hero, said America is mired in a state of denial about its...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A silent march and a day of civil disobedience are among the events being...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times It is still unknown whether 28-year-old Sandra Bland was murdered by Waller County...
(CNN) – Baltimore officials knew protests could erupt the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral but were overwhelmed by the riots that followed. Those are some of...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Recognizing that a college degree is one of the surest paths to a job and economic security,...
Sam Roberts, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCADIA, Calif. (The New York Times) — Claudia Alexander, who played a pioneering role in NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter...
Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY ATLANTA (USA Today) — Bill Cosby’s influence has ended at Spelman College in Atlanta. The historically black college, which has had...
Martha Waggoner, ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. William Barber walks gingerly with a cane, in a hunched-over posture, yet here he is...
Nicole Hensley, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS CLEVELAND (The New York Daily News) — About a dozen people leaving the first-ever Black Lives Matter conference...
Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY HEMPSTEAD, Texas (USA Today) — Mourners gathered on Saturday to lay Sandra Bland to rest, as questions about the circumstances of...
Kindra Chapman found dead in a jail cell. Right after Sandra Bland’s death. pic.twitter.com/h1rPr1cCOF — Yaphet Kotto (@Darius34092338) July 25, 2015 By Christina Coleman Special to...
Mangum, Edward Waters research director among honorees at Hampton Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier Two of Florida’s Black universities were honored last week...
(Salon) – Last week, the Center for Medical Progress released a nine-minute video clip, followed by another video clip a few days later, which purport to...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Five days after South Carolina retired the Confederate flag with much fanfare, a small group of protesters...
MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press JASON KEYSER, Associated Press HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — The autopsy of a black woman who was found dead in a Texas jail...
(Salon) – At age sixteen, I went to a high school dance with a white male friend. When we pulled up to the gym, music blaring...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks after nine people were slain at a black Charleston church, federal authorities have...
(New York Daily News) – Rachel Dolezal is braiding hair to make ends meet after her racial identity controversy put her in the crosshairs. The ex-NAACP...
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BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A former Baltimore police officer said Wednesday that he plans to perform an Al Jolson routine in blackface...
For more than a century, descendants of enslaved Africans could be punished or put to death for learning to read or arming themselves. The strategy: Keep...
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By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – These days, all Narene Stokes wants to do is clear her son’s name and gain some closure....
