NBC News Referred to by a colleague as a ‘calm force in troubled waters,’ Temple University Acting President suddenly died Tuesday after falling ill at a...
By Tamara Shiloh The year was 1619. A Portuguese slave ship, the São João Bautista, made its way across the Atlantic Ocean filled with human cargo:...
By Tamara Shiloh John Wesley Gilbert, a trailblazing figure, broke barriers as an educator, missionary, and the first African American archaeologist. Notably, he was the inaugural...
By Tamara Shiloh Peter Hill, a skilled clockmaker, was born on July 19, 1767, in Burlington Township, New Jersey. Peter’s journey unfolded against the backdrop of...
By Kristin Phillips National Archives News Hyde Park, NY — The opening of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum’s feature exhibit, “Black Americans, Civil Rights, and the Roosevelts,...
By Gay Elizabeth Plair Cobb Gay Plair Cobb Editor’s note: The “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” brought an unprecedented throng to the National Mall...
By Jennifer Levasseur, Vickie Lindsey, and Amy Stamm Forty years ago, on Aug. 30, 1983, Guy Bluford flew into history as the first Black American in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Since 2019, nearly 2,000 black Americans have packed their bags and embarked on a new life in Ghana. This movement was ignited by...
By Joe W. Bowers Jr. and Edward Henderson California Black Media Two Black Americans are members of the class of California’s 2023 Hall of Fame inductees....
By Tamieka Atkins Sixty years ago, more than 200,000 people descended upon the National Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, making a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The original March on Washington, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement, drew approximately 250,000 participants in 1963. Its influence paved the way...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The silence from Republicans and others in the face of such egregious statements is deafening,” said Louisiana’s Representative Troy Carter (D-La.). “We will...
Charles W. “Chuck’’ Cherry II of Daytona Beach, a fierce advocate of the Black Press and a longtime warrior for social justice, died on Saturday, July...
By Tamara Shiloh Paul Laurence Dunbar, born on June 27, 1872, emerged as one of the most influential Black poets in American literature. His powerful dialect...
By Niara Savage, published in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, an NNPA member The promise of 40 acres and a mule An ambitious wealth-building initiative will provide 800...
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The California Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (CA/HI NAACP) held its...
By Tamara Shiloh In 1934, New York City’s King’s Terrace nightclub faced closure after complaints about its “dirty songs.” The venue had been hosting a troupe...
By Emil Guillermo On Juneteenth, there was a lesson for everyone in America when pro-slavery forces couldn’t prevent all of the U.S. from getting the truth....
By Post Staff Characterized as a “Roaring Lion ‘of progressive politics in the 20th century, former Berkeley Mayor Eugene ‘Gus’ Newport worked without pause on humanitarian...
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on...
By Godfrey Lee Arif Khatib and Pete Elman are promoting and selling their book “Remember Their Sacrifice – Stories of Unheralded Athletes of Color.” They hosted...
By Chuck Finnie Celebrated annually on June 19, Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day, is an observance of the effective end of slavery...
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of 250 years of legalized enslavement of Africans in the United States. Long before the federal government...
Berkeley’s 36th Annual Juneteenth Festival on Sunday June 18 commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Family entertainment is the focus of all Berkeley Juneteenth cultural...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Renowned scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West declared his candidacy for the upcoming presidential race under the...
