By Lauren Poteat (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In her historic role as Bowie State University’s first female president, Dr. Aminta Hawkins Breaux said that she’s ready to...
Activities Include a Little Rock Nine Panel Discussion Sept. 26 With the Students Who Integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 The Smithsonian’s National Museum...
By Stacy M Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Legendary civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory died on Saturday. He was 84. Friends, family and celebrities took...
By Erick Johnson (Chicago Crusader/NNPA Member) Gwendolyn Brooks’ apartment was dark on May 1, 1950. The brilliant, award-winning Black poet, who wrote about life on Chicago’s...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The NAACP has named Derrick Johnson, the vice chairman of their board of directors, the organization’s interim president. The...
By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) Family and friends from across the globe, gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Martha Rivera Chavis in...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) honored Martin Luther King III with the 2017 Lifetime Legacy Award, as the...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In a rare display of bipartisanship in Congress, the United States House of Representatives voted to establish a commission...
By Erick Johnson (Chicago Crusader/NNPA Member) The Black Press celebrated the life and legacy John B. Smith, Sr., the publisher and CEO of The Atlanta Inquirer...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Cecilia Marshall never imagined that the battle for equal rights in schools and elsewhere would still be as vital...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Carol H. Williams has been quite busy. The advertising legend and owner of the agency that bears her name,...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) For 190 years, the Black Press has chronicled the spirit and resilience of the African-American community. “You can see...
Carter Enshrined in the NNPA Gallery of Distinguished Newspaper Publishers By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Black Press Week ceremony dedicated to the late...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) At first glance, King Whetstone might present an unusual visual. First, he appears younger than his 40 years—but that’s...
By Darcy Kohn In celebration of the contributions of African Americans in auto racing, the Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) welcomed the Black American Racers (BAR)...
By Stacy M. Brown (The Washington Informer/NNPA Member) Joni Sledge, the second eldest sister in the hit pop group Sister Sledge, died of a preexisting medical...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) The oldest Black business industry in America began 190 years ago today. On March 16, 1827, the first...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Pete Taney knew this day would come. “I’ve been looking over my shoulders all of my life, so this...
By Erick Johnson (Chicago Crusader/NNPA Member) Two historic events that changed America occurred 50 years ago. While many will remember the 50th anniversary of the failed...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) It’s forever a burning question, particularly as many African-Americans soul search, reminisce and speculate during Black History Month. “What...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During an unexpected made-for-Hollyood moment, “Moonlight,” a film directed by African American Director Barry Jenkins, took the award for...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Alan “AP” Powell is one of the nation’s greatest unsung African-American heroes. Powell is a member of the Phoenix...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In her book, “Hidden Figures,” author Margot Lee Shetterly pays homage to the African-American women who worked as human...
By Lisette Gushiniere (Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, NNPA Member) William Garth, Sr., the CEO of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc., (CCNG) and Chairman of the...
By Marian Wright-Edelman (President, Children’s Defense Fund) “In the shadow of the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the King Memorial, and the front yard of the...
