by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Spelman College, the liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, was named the nation’s...
DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prolific writer J. California Cooper, who was writing plays until Alice Walker suggested she switch to short stories...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black-White income gap narrowed in 2013 with Black men who worked full-time, year-round experiencing...
Highway shutdown, raucous city council meeting signals the struggle for justice is far from over in Ferguson, Mo. by Dr. J. A. Salaam Special to the...
by Sue Sturgis Special to the NNPA from The Louisiana Weekly (Special from Facing South) — When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug....
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Lauren Raab, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times)—The retrial of Michael Dunn, a Florida man who shot an unarmed teenager to death after asking...
Joby Warrick and Steven Mufson, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK (The Washington Post)—For 140 years, the Rockefellers were the oil industry’s first family, scions of...
José Patiño Girona, THE TAMPA TRIBUNE TAMPA, Fla. (The Tampa Tribune) — The last time Jerlean Moore talked to her daughter on the phone, she sang...
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (New York Times) — A gated community of regal brick homes with impeccable landscaping and $450,000 price tags might seem an unlikely place for...
(BBC) – At the turn of the 20th Century, life was incredibly difficult for the African-American community in the southern states of the US. But...
Dallas Weekly African-Caribbean Correspondent Agness Nkhata interviews Actress Juliet Ibrahim ( Afrimma Host ). Brought to …
Special to the NNPA from the Chicago Crusader CHICAGO – Chicago Crusader columnist Elaine Hegwood Bowen has written her first book, Old School Adventures from Englewood—South Side of...
(Houston Chronicle) – Seated on a couch at her home overlooking a golf course in Spring, Bonita Jackson dabbed her eyes with a tissue as she...
MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman convicted of the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend’s 9-year-old son a decade ago...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act, the Library of Congress has...
Special to the NNPA from The Louisiana Weekly NEW ORLEANS (The Louisiana Weekly)— ‘Nothing has brought me greater joy than participating in the growth experiences...
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from The Afro-American Newspaper A Black family taking pictures of their son – who has Down’s syndrome –...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Just before Labor Day 2005, the world was stunned as images of Gulf Coast citizens, trudged through chaos...
by Nayaba Arinde Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News “It is all overwhelming and bitter sweet,” Yusef Salaam told the Amsterdam...
by Charlene Muhammad and Walter Umrani Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW ORLEANS – The family of a 22-year-old Black man,...
(Los Angeles Times) – A proposal for greater citizen oversight of the Ferguson Police Department has been criticized as “weak” and “insulting” by police experts...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As middle-aged parents, Norma Richards, a veteran science teacher, and her husband were only halfway through...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California Highway Patrol officer videotaped repeatedly punching a woman on the side of a Los Angeles freeway...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Command of the Army’s main combat units — its pipeline to top leadership — is virtually devoid of black officers, according...
