BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Large-scale protests with scores of demonstrators took to the streets in cities like Washington, D.C., and Chicago over the weekend in efforts to...
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Amid the fight over potentially placing the National Guard in cities with diverse populations where Black mayors lead, the governors have the right...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller visited Washington, DC’s Union Station on...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The 700,000 residents of the capital are as entitled to self-government as other Americans are and will hopefully eventually achieve statehood. We do...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police force and his threats to extend the same approach to other Black-led cities are being denounced...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Black mayors are proving that talent, vision, and a relentless focus on evidence-based policy—not tokenism—are transforming communities.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Now, with immigration raids sparking protest in majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles like Compton and Paramount, Trump has again used federal...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hundreds of city leaders are expected to attend, representing more than 500 African American mayors who serve over 25 million Americans in large...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because the midterm elections are occurring two years after the last CENSUS count, redistricting is still being decided in several states. Harrison is...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The International Association of Mayors of African Descent is visionary mayors and leaders united for the purpose and vision of establishing the platform...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — More than 500 African-American Mayors from large cities and fast-growing communities will converge on Houston for the African Americans Mayors Association (AAMA)...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Friday that she will not seek re-election next year, nearly five months after the...
(Sacramento Bee) – Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s takeover of an embattled black mayors group in 2013 succeeded largely on the backs of city staff and...
(Deadspin) – The African American Mayors Association, led by Kevin Johnson, opens its annual meeting today in Washington, D.C. The former NBA star and current mayor of...
(The Washington Post) – In a recent post at Pacific Standard, I examined the relationship between the percent of African Americans in a city population and the...
[Sacramento Bee] Kevin Johnson on Wednesday was installed as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, becoming the first Sacramento mayor to lead the organization in...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After intense internal fighting, court battles and competing board of directors that have characterized Sacramento, Calif. Kevin...
