BLACKPRESSUSA—Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson, Bishop William J. Barber II, and a coalition of congressional, faith, and civil rights leaders gather Tuesday outside the National Museum of...
HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — Pat Stevenson, Publisher of Harlem Community Newspapers, Inc., reflects on 34 years of publishing community newspapers in Harlem. Stevenson began with a...
BLACKPRESSUSA OP-ED : Leatha Davis was a teenager when she marched in Selma, survived violent attacks and testified in a federal case that helped clear the...
WAVE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — LOS ANGELES WAVE — Despite its unflinching truths, “Roots” was an instant success — both the book and the miniseries that aired...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE As America turns 250, civil rights veteran Rev. Peter Johnson reflects on the power of hope, the black American struggle for justice, and why true...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The education system in the U.S. literally opened the door for this discussion. Not so much for how it is being taught in...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Our mission and goals include removing barriers and racial compensation gaps between Black educators and their counterparts, ensuring that Black early educators are...
THE ATLANTA VOICE — Discover "W.E.B. Du Bois Revisited: Reimagining Du Bois’ Exhibit of American Negroes" at ADAMA, an exhibit pairing historical photos by Thomas E....
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — He hoped they would remember that the Black Press was not a charity case but a lifeline. Two months later, the silence has...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “I always tell people,” he said quietly, “the day the Latino, African American, Asian, and other communities realize they share the same oppressor...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — You can pass laws that punish truth-tellers and silence teachers who dare speak the name of freedom. But you cannot silence color. You...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In Donald Trump’s America, they are no longer whispering their love for slavery; they are preaching it from the pulpit.
Death threats and burnout nearly ended Jessica Byrd's career in 2020. Instead, she built Black Camp on Alex Haley's former land, a sanctuary where exhausted organizers...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., pulsed with history and urgency as the Black Press of America gathered for its Annual National...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — For 54 years, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference has taken place in Washington, DC. This year, there’s a more urgent...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trump administration has intensified its campaign to rewrite how America tells its history, ordering federal agencies to remove exhibits and materials that...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — It is 62 years later after the death of the four little girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In 2021, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) launched a global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities, and implications of the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — President Donald Trump’s recent social media post complaining about how the Smithsonian Institution museums portray slavery is inaccurate, insulting, and a national embarrassment.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In these punishing times under Donald Trump’s authoritarian rule, even rest has become an act of resistance. For Black Americans and other marginalized...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Slavery, and the global political, socio-economic, and banking systems that supported it, constitute one of the greatest tragedies in the history of humanity,...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Catholic Church played a vital role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, according to historians and several published theses on the topic.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The night of Aug. 22 to Aug. 23, 1791, in Santo Domingo – today Haiti and the Dominican Republic – saw the beginning...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Transatlantic Slave Trade is not just Black history—it is American history, and Black Americans lived it.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the administration blasted the Smithsonian Institution for telling the truth about slavery, systemic racism, and inequality in America.
