NNPA NEWSWIRE — Spurred in part by the success of general audience titles like, “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” by Lemony Snicket and “A Wrinkle in...
THE AFRO — It was twenty-five years ago this week that I stood outside of the Elmina Castle in Ghana with a small group of friends and...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — The 16th annual Texas Black Expo was held from June 6th to the 9th, and as one would expect, it was absolutely filled...
(Newsweek) – Eric Garner’s last known words were “I can’t breathe.” He said it 11 times before he passed out on a Staten Island sidewalk while...
Fewer African-Americans since Civil Rights Era By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Last week, The Huffington Post offered this bold...
By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK (NNPA) – “Mine was a simple hunger,” John A. Williams said of his early desire to become...
Meadhbh McHugh, THE IRISH TIMES NEW YORK (The Irish Times) — ‘No one asked Tolstoy, ‘Will you ever write about a 12-year-old girl in Lorain, Ohio?’...
David Sharp, ASSOCIATED PRESS FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — A former teacher who travels the country to document the final resting places of poets is looking...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The dominance of social media and our never-ending thirst for faster ways to communicate have relegated many of our people...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Longtime journalist and educator Charles Sumner “Chuck” Stone Jr, one of the founders of the National Association of Black Journalists, has...
