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The lawsuit was filed by a “Jane Doe” complainant who alleged that back in May of 2013, Snoop Dogg and Bishop Don “Magic” Juan, whose real name is Donald Campbell, 71, sexually assaulted her. (Photo: Jørund Føreland Pedersen, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Mysterious Multi-Million MeToo Lawsuits Against Snoop Dogg, Trey Songz and Chris Brown End

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On August 19, 2020, Trey Songz’s Twitter account read, “I usually stay quiet on this, but I feel that in many ways the...

Black History4 years ago

Harvard Releases Report Detailing Connections to Slavery

NNPA NEWSWIRE — At minimum, 41 prominent individuals connected to Harvard University were connected to slavery. This includes four past presidents of Harvard University. The report...

Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Black History4 years ago

DNC Chairman Jamie Harrison Addresses African American Mayors Association

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because the midterm elections are occurring two years after the last CENSUS count, redistricting is still being decided in several states. Harrison is...

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the Chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection.

BlackPressUSA4 years ago

As Midterms Get Closer, January 6 Committee Chair Talks Next Steps

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Chairman Thompson told reporters on April 29 that were members of Congress the committee has reached out to already but there will be...

The lawsuit also alleges that Wells Fargo denies home loans to Black borrowers at a higher rate and charges higher interest rates to Black borrowers. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

BlackPressUSA4 years ago

Wells Fargo Accused of Discrimination in Lending

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are deeply disturbed by allegations of discrimination that we believe do not stand up to scrutiny,” Wells Fargo said in a news...

On April 26, President Joe Biden used his pardon powers as President for the first time.

BlackPressUSA4 years ago

President Biden Issues First Pardons, Including First Black to Serve on a Presidential Detail

NNPA NEWSWIRE The White House announced three pardons and the commuted sentences of 75 nonviolent drug offenders. The move by President Biden follows calls by justice...

Photo: Aerial view of North Carolina University’s campus. The university was one of at least seven bomb threats reported in early January at Historically Black Colleges and Universities around the country.

Black History5 years ago

Biden Administration Focuses Money on HBCUs After Bomb Threats

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On March 16, in a small auditorium at the Old Executive Office Building next door to The White House, Vice President Kamala Harris,...

Black History5 years ago

Confirmation Hearings for Historic Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Featured Tense Exchanges

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The “soft on crime” strategy wasn’t a new way of weakening the power of Black public officials, but what was new was the...

Hannah-Jones’s book “The 1619 Project” has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 14 weeks. (Photo: Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo / Wikimedia Commons)

Black History5 years ago

Nikole Hannah-Jones Wins Social Justice Award at NAACP Image Awards, Speaks on CRT

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hannah-Jones, creator of “The 1619 Project,” told the audience, “As a student of history, I know that the work that I do and the life I...

A jury convicted Tou Thao, 36; Alex Kueng, 28; and Thomas Lane, 38 of violating the constitutional rights of George Floyd.

Black History5 years ago

Three Former Minnesota Officers Who Watched George Floyd Die are Convicted

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd's killing was captured on video by a...

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. That federal court is seen as a feeder for nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Black History5 years ago

President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court

NNPA NEWSWIRE — A Black woman has never served on the U.S. Supreme Court since it was created in 1789 — over 232 years ago. Since...

The review of the historical coverage of Blacks by many large newspapers also highlights the lack of diversity that continues to persist even in newsrooms in cities with large Black populations.

Black History5 years ago

“Ashamed”: Newspapers Apologize for Decades of Negative Coverage on Black Communities

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In at least three instances, an analysis of historical behavior by the newspapers themselves has been followed by an apology. The papers in...

In addition to Roland Martin Unfiltered, the premiere news show on the network, Black Star will now feature several new shows.

Black History5 years ago

Black Star Network Announces Launch of New Shows

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black Star Network was launched by veteran journalist Roland Martin on September 2, 2021. Watching the content on the network is free on...

On February 25, 2020, as Biden’s campaign for the presidency was in serious trouble, he said during a debate that “I’m looking forward to making sure there’s a Black woman on the Supreme Court, to make sure we in fact get every representation.” (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Black History5 years ago

President Biden Confirms he Will Select a Black Woman for the U.S. Supreme Court

NNPA NEWSWIRE — At the White House before Breyer spoke, the President said, “I have made no decision except one. The person I will nominate will...

Brenda Lee Rawls (Courtesy Dorothy Rawls) and Lauren Smith-Fields (Courtesy Darnell Crosland)

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

Unsolved Deaths of Two Black Women, Two Bridgeport Police Detectives Placed on Leave

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The two Black women, Brenda Lee Rawls, 53, and Lauren Smith-Fields, 23, died on the same day: Dec. 12, 2021, in separate incidents....

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

Talk of the Justin Fairfax Case and Modern Journalism Featured on Black Press USA’s “Let It Be Known”

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On "Let It Be Known" on January 27, four Black journalists, including this writer who served as Fairfax’s communications consultant, had an hour-long...

Christopher and Maxine McNair, whose 11-year-old Denise McNair, was murdered along with three other young girls on Sunday, September 15, 1963, hold a press conference on Sept. 20, 1963.

Black History5 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Maxine McNair, 93, the Last Living Parent of the 1963 Birmingham Bombing Victims, Dies

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Also murdered in the bombing were Addie Mae Collins, Carole Rosamond Robertson and Cynthia Dionne Wesley. All three were 14 years old. The...

"We have significant testimony that leads us to believe that the White House had been told to do something. We want to verify all of it," Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said on CNN.

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

U.S. House January 6 Attack Chairman Bennie Thompson Lays Out the Investigation Ahead

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s supporters violently attacked the Capitol shortly after Trump’s speech, over-running entrances, assaulting police officers and breaking glass doors as Vice President Michael...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene official photo, 117th Congress, United States Congress

Uncategorized5 years ago

Twitter Finally Shuts Down Account of Racist Congresswoman from Georgia

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Greene has repeatedly been the instigator of derisive rhetoric and blatantly false information. She once referred to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as a...

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

Officials Open 1887 Time Capsule Found at Former Site of General Lee Statue

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sue Donovan, conservationist of University of Virginia told the reporters that the items, which included books and newspapers, had to be frozen and...

The battle over voting rights is very likely to come to a head before March 2022.

Black History5 years ago

Voting Rights Battle Ahead in Early 2022

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Advocates to protect the vote have been pushing Biden and Congress to move ahead affirmatively for months. On December 21, officials in Lincoln...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling, which was 6-1, found that Cosby relied on his deal with Castor that he would not prosecute.

Black History5 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Flip Decision and Put Bill Cosby Back in Jail

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Unwilling to accept its epic loss in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Montgomery County District Attorney has now filed a Petition for a...

The state chapter of Moms for Liberty added a cash reward of $500 for those reporting violations. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Black History5 years ago

First Anti-Critical Race Theory Complaint in Tennessee Targets Martin Luther King, Jr. Book

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though “critical race theory” is a part of college level curriculum at law schools, the term has become a wide-ranging catch all in...

Donovan Lynch’s death re-ignited debate around the policy question of qualified immunity and how liable police officers should be for death and injury they may cause while on duty.

BlackPressUSA5 years ago

Virginia Police Officer Who Shot Donovon Lynch Will Not Be Charged

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the last ten years there have been several deaths in police custody shootings that have gained national attention. Most of them have...

Talks around details on language in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in Congress ended in late September after a dispute between Republican Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) over what Scott defined as “defunding police.” (Photo: Philadelphia, PA USA - November 24, 2014; A young protester and his mother are seen holding signs at Dillworth Park at Philadelphia City Hall. [photo by Bas Slabbers] / iStockphoto / NNPA)

Black History5 years ago

Study Shows Police Killings in U.S. Have Been Widely Undercounted

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Last summer, after the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, there were protests in the...

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Mysterious Multi-Million MeToo Lawsuits Against Snoop Dogg, Trey Songz and Chris Brown End

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As Midterms Get Closer, January 6 Committee Chair Talks Next Steps

Wells Fargo Accused of Discrimination in Lending

President Biden Issues First Pardons, Including First Black to Serve on a Presidential Detail

Biden Administration Focuses Money on HBCUs After Bomb Threats

Confirmation Hearings for Historic Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Featured Tense Exchanges

Nikole Hannah-Jones Wins Social Justice Award at NAACP Image Awards, Speaks on CRT

Three Former Minnesota Officers Who Watched George Floyd Die are Convicted

President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court

“Ashamed”: Newspapers Apologize for Decades of Negative Coverage on Black Communities

Black Star Network Announces Launch of New Shows

President Biden Confirms he Will Select a Black Woman for the U.S. Supreme Court

Unsolved Deaths of Two Black Women, Two Bridgeport Police Detectives Placed on Leave

Talk of the Justin Fairfax Case and Modern Journalism Featured on Black Press USA’s “Let It Be Known”

IN MEMORIAM: Maxine McNair, 93, the Last Living Parent of the 1963 Birmingham Bombing Victims, Dies

U.S. House January 6 Attack Chairman Bennie Thompson Lays Out the Investigation Ahead

Twitter Finally Shuts Down Account of Racist Congresswoman from Georgia

Officials Open 1887 Time Capsule Found at Former Site of General Lee Statue

Voting Rights Battle Ahead in Early 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Flip Decision and Put Bill Cosby Back in Jail

First Anti-Critical Race Theory Complaint in Tennessee Targets Martin Luther King, Jr. Book

Virginia Police Officer Who Shot Donovon Lynch Will Not Be Charged

Study Shows Police Killings in U.S. Have Been Widely Undercounted

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