CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s home in the historic Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, will be made accessible to the public.
THE WEEKLY CHALLENGER — The City of St. Petersburg plans to declare Feb. 15 “Ray Charles Day,” with a proclamation and a musical evening at The...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — The Defender sought out four millennial members of the clergy to get their take on the big issues of the day, and...
By PR Newswire. The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate issued a call to artists across the country to design a chair for...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Prince fans can catch a glimpse inside the Purple One’s pre-stardom promotional materials, as the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) recently announced the acquisition...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — The Library of Congress announced in November that it has acquired the original manuscripts documenting the work of composer, arranger and pianist Billy...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden recently announced the annual selection of 25 of America’s most influential motion pictures to be inducted into the...
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE — “Celebrating 30 Years of Black History, Culture and Art” is the central theme of the Savannah Black Heritage Festival scheduled for February 1-21,...
HUDSON VALLEY PRESS — Funeral services were held for the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S Coast Guard Wednesday, at White Plains Rural Cemetery,...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — The physical remnants of Black Bottom Detroit are almost non-existent, but the mental memories are forever embedded into the mind of those who...
OKLAHOMA EAGLE — On November 25, 2018, I was a invited to see a special screening of the film “Green Book” at the Circle Cinema.
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — One of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riot, one of the worst race riots in U.S. history, has died...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — Nearly all early Africans brought to French Louisiana came from Senegambia.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…what is wrong with being “politically correct” if it means being perfectly civil, informed, and mindful of others. If African American people say...
THE AFRO — After more than four decades since leading the Bears to the historic milestone, Marvin Webster is finally being recognized for his impact on...
Global music icon B.B. King is buried at the museum that bears his name in Indianola, Miss.
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin died on August 16, 2018. The Grammy Award-winning artist was 76.
Aretha Franklin, an 18-time Grammy Award Winner, died on August 16, 2018 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. accepts the 2018 NNPA Lifetime Legacy Award during the 2018 NNPA Lifetime Legacy Award Black Tie Gala in Norfolk, Va.
Norfolk’s first Black mayor, Kenneth Alexander, declared June 26-June 30 “Black Press of America Week” during the NNPA’s annual convention in Norfolk.
Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family of superstars, has died.
London Breed made history to become the first African American woman mayor of San Francisco, Calif.
Dorothy Leavell, chairman of the NNPA and publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago and Gary, Ind., recently celebrated her 50th anniversary as a Black publisher.
Alonda Thomas, the director of public relations in Howard University’s Office of Communications, was named one of the “Top 25 African American PR Millennials to Watch.”
The Historic Madam Walker Theatre Center will get a much needed makeover, thanks to a $15 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. The site will...
