By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist Black History Month is over, but we should move past the standardized foci and platitudes that mark our commemoration....
Richard Goldstein, THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT (The New York Times)—Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday celebrated what he called “the central role that African-Americans have played in every...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist We gather together this month to lift up the names that have been frequently lifted, to call the roll...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist In observance of Black History Month, I believe it is important to highlight some of those long lasting...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Olivia Juliet Hooker celebrated her 100th birthday on February 12. In 1944, she was among the first five African...
ATLANTA, February 11, 2015 – In celebration of Black History Month, Cricket Wireless encourages its employees, customers, fans and followers to engage on social media via Twitter to...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The racial differential in the poverty rate is staggering. Last time I checked, about 12 percent people in the United...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The best way to celebrate Black History Month is to make more Black history. Black History Month is...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “There is no more powerful force than a people steeped in their history. And there is no higher cause...
CONCORD, California (AP) — Officials at a Northern California private school are apologizing after a lunch menu option to celebrate Black History Month angered some parents...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Carter G. Woodson, son of former slaves, pioneering Harvard-trained historian, founder of the Association for the Study of African...
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — PBS will commemorate Black History Month with shows including a profile of “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker. The public television service...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist On March 4 Oberlin College in Ohio, which has always had an outsized role in the history of Black...
by Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent Rosa Parks Lives on in the Capitol WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Black History Month came to a close last week,...
Ryann Roberts sees value of Black History Month by Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although born long after the 1963 March on Washington...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Yes, I said, “Reclaiming,” which obviously means doing it again. There was a time in this nation when Black people...
