BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — He rejected the narrative of “fake news” and “alternative truths,” pledging that Black-owned media would persist in exposing lies and amplifying the voices...
Pastors and elected officials join Pastor Sylvester Rutledge of North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church on Monday to pray, support and present checks for the Alameda County...
By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media The St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Commission on Social Action held a community meeting on aging last Thursday...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Blacks in the U.S. have been disproportionately affected during the pandemic. Although African Americans only compose 6 percent of the population in the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many Black churches are using conference calls, Facebook Live, Instagram, YouTube and other video conferencing technologies to hold services. A serious complicating factor...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “All we want is a fair trial. That’s all we’re asking for,” Rodney Reed’s brother, Roderick, told The Final Call. “We want to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The NAACP stands at a significant moment in time when racial subordination and racial hierarchy is being reinforced at the highest level of...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Los Angeles Division opened up a forum at Holman United Methodist Church March 26, to...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Why are we consistently faced with only being able to choose between the lesser of two evils each election cycle?
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — African Americans, on many important levels, seem to be falling behind other groups
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Flanked by images of the nine men and women at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., and...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the last week of June, as the nation was still mourning and mulling over the massacre...
By Bethania Palma Markus Special to the NNPA from The Westside Gazette At least five Black churches burned overnight recently and three have been attributed to arson....
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press RAY HENRY, Associated Press GREELEYVILLE, South Carolina (AP) — As social media buzzed about church fires in the South, investigators announced Thursday...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press GREELEYVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Preliminary indications suggest arson was not the cause of a fire that destroyed a...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle Dylann Storm Roof on June 17 walked into Emanuel AME Church through a side door...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For many outside the Black community, they had never seen anything like it. Though suffering and deep in...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal authorities say they are investigating recent fires at predominantly black churches, though the blazes do not appear...
Sam Sanders, NPR (NPR.com) — Glover Grove Baptist Church is nestled in a woody, quiet part of Warrenville, South Carolina, surrounded by trailer homes...
(NBC News) – A predominantly black church in North Carolina was intentionally set ablaze, authorities said. Charlotte fire officials are looking into whether Wednesday morning’s...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Norvel Goff will walk into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church for Bible study keenly aware...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent THIRD IN A SERIES WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Simone Oliver had always been called, as they say in the religious community....
By Pastor-Teacher Julius R. Malone Special to the NNPA from the Milwaukee Courier Julius R. Malone “ In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct...
