NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Fifty-five years ago, a few of our children attempted to march across this bridge. We were beaten, we were tear gassed. I thought...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On June 25, the New York Times published a deep dive into Biden’s views on justice reform and his involvement on the 1994...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When Raheem and Pookie get caught up in our criminal justice system, they get the book thrown at them, even for civil offenses...
THE AFRO — Over a hundred activists from around the country convened for the conference where politicians discussed the midterm elections, issues plaguing America and a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Fifty-five years after the March on Washington, we know the Dream still demands that we march and shout for justice. Let’s be clear,...
AFRO — The funerals for two towering American icons, The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin and American hero Arizona Sen. John McCain, happened within days of...
(Yahoo) – Reverend Al Sharpton, who has hosted an early-evening program on MSNBC for four years, is moving to a once-a-week perch at the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news network as it...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Writing has been a catharsis for me since my “angry days” in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. I used...
by Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Along with invitations to the White House and other prestigious addresses, the Rev....
Yamiche Alchidor, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Protests against police treatment of black people have laid bare growing tensions between longstanding civil rights groups that have battled...
by Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News In no way should the names of Michael Brown and Eric Garner be...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Remember these names: Ashley Yates, Johnetta Elzie, and Deray McKesson. They could get an invite to meet President Obama...
(The Grio)—Actor James Woods appears to have gone full crackpot on Twitter this morning, blaming the shooting deaths of two NYPD officers on Al Sharpton...
by Nayaba Arinde and Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News News broke Wednesday that the Rev. Al Sharpton would...
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...
HARLEM (Politico) — For decades, they’ve battled for supremacy atop Harlem’s political order: Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel, the polished committee chairman and power broker, and the...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist ...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after hailing the Civil Rights Act as a lasting legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, President Barack...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis, Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson looking on, President...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton said Tuesday that a report that he spied on New York Mafia figures for...
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights leaders and representatives from the retail industry met Thursday with New York...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist William Thomas and Bruce Harris are two very successful judges who most people don’t know. Thomas is from Miami and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Five years ago, Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Organizers of the two recent marches on Washington – one called by Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King, III...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Hold the presses! Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, those bad “Black militant” leaders who all these years have exercised a...
