THE AFRO — Luwanda Jenkins is transferring years of civic service for the State of Maryland to a new role in advancing women’s leadership
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In explaining the reasons why she wrote her thesis in her mother tongue, Kapa said isiXhosa had become stifled as a result of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Trump presidency has repeatedly undermined the Affordable Care Act and other health programs that benefit the health of Black women. Black women...
NORTH DALLAS GAZETTE — “Black women should come out and vote because we were the last to get to vote,” Wooten said. “I never thought I’d...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — We hope our coverage improves your mind or at least expands your reading choices. Here are The Defender Network's choices for the best...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rita Perry was known to be an extraordinary woman who had a heart for service and understood the importance of making a difference...
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE — On Saturday, August 11, 2018 a “Celebration of Life” event was held to honor the 80th birthday of Mrs. Janie Baker Bruen. The...
On Friday, Sept. 21, a new sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African American woman to receive press credentials to cover the White House and...
The recipient of the 2015 National Medal of Freedom, and a 2016 People Magazine honoree as being among the 25 Women Changing the World, Johnson enjoyed...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — “Streetlight Harmonies,” by Brent Wilson and the documentary “Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World,” count among the highlights of...
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin died on August 16, 2018. The Grammy Award-winning artist was 76.
Aretha Franklin, an 18-time Grammy Award Winner, died on August 16, 2018 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
“Respect” singer Aretha Franklin is gravely ill.
In this episode of "Meet The Black Press," NNPA Podcast Host Lauren Poteat talks to Dorothy Leavell, the publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago and...
“Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World” will be one of the highlights of the 12th annual African Diaspora International Film Festival in Washington,...
NNPA Newswire Political Analyst Jeffrey Boney says that London Breed’s historic win in San Francisco’s recent mayoral election speaks to the power of establishing a broad...
Karen Carter Richards is the publisher of the award-winning Houston Forward Times and the 1st Vice Chair of the NNPA.
NNPA Chairman Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the Chicago and Gary Crusader newspapers, led a group that purchased the Chicago Reader.
London Breed made history to become the first African American woman mayor of San Francisco, Calif.
Some political analysts say that London Breed has a good chance of winning on June 5 to become San Francisco’s first Black female mayor.
Dorothy Leavell, chairman of the NNPA and publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago and Gary, Ind., recently celebrated her 50th anniversary as a Black publisher.
Alonda Thomas, the director of public relations in Howard University’s Office of Communications, was named one of the “Top 25 African American PR Millennials to Watch.”
On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Kay Coles James calls on the nation to rise up and recommit to King’s...
Political analyst Donna Brazile delivered a keynote address on “The State of the Black Press in 2018” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., during...
Third Baptist Church Pastor Amos C. Brown, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and James Farmer, a senior consultant with General Motors and advocate for the Black Press,...
