(USA Today) – The family of a Louisiana man who police say shot himself while handcuffed in the back of a squad car wants the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A few weeks before thousands of Black college students returned to college campuses to begin...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This September marks the 10th anniversary for National Preparedness Month. And when it comes to emergency...
JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lamont Jones and Keith Stephens stood 60 feet from each other, separated by four lanes of pavement...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – During a rousing, standing-room only town hall discussion dedicated to the shooting death of Michael...
by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A new law for special education students in Louisiana is making waves among parents, education officials,...
Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Small communities like Bogalusa, La., often are overlooked in histories of the civil rights movement, but...
Kimberly Kindy and Carol D. Leonnig, THE WASHINGTON POST FERGUSON, Mo. (The Washington Post)—Federal investigators are focused on one Ferguson, Mo., police officer who fatally...
By Hanqing Chen Special to the NNPA from ProPublica Protests have continued for more than a week since the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors are recommending at least 17 years in prison for a Detroit-area man who killed an unarmed woman on...
by Saeed Shabazz Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) – Including Michael Brown, five unarmed Black men have been killed...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – At noon on Saturday, August 9, Michael Brown, 18, and his friend, Dorian Johnson, crossed paths with...
CLAYTON, Mo. (USA Today) – St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar defended his department’s use of tear gas, smoke, batons, rifles and armored trucks in...
(CNN) — Could a newly released audio provide more clues on what led up to Michael Brown’s shooting death? The FBI has questioned a man who says he...
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “There is a passage in the scripture that says what the devil meant...
by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call ST. LOUIS – Black leaders took their demands to the office of county prosecutor...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the nation’s families head back to school, they may notice that for the first time,...
by Ishmael Sistrunk Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American In the world of sports, big, strong black Americans are cheered, celebrated and...
ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer Stepping to the pulpit at Greater Grace Church — minutes from where a suburban St. Louis police officer shot and killed...
by Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Overwhelmed is a word that was repeatedly uttered by the family members...
Local unarmed man fatally shot by LAPD by Kenneth D. Miller Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel It was moments past seven...
Sara Burnett, ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS (AP) — Since Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer, protesters have taken to the streets of...
KELLY P. KISSEL, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge Thursday ended a large part of an Arkansas desegregation case rooted in the...
(NBC News) – A crowdfunding site created this week to support Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson and his family continues to grow, despite a considerable...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Terrence Morgan has heard the stories over and over. Black men are absent from...
