BIRMINGHAM TIMES — James Weldon Johnson, known for writing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," married Grace Nail Johnson in 1910. Johnson was an educator, journalist, diplomat,...
TEXAS METRO NEWS — Reverend Peter Johnson reflects on a recent Dallas Morning News article reporting on proposals by Texas Republicans and activists to ban hijabs...
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — A group of boys from Jacksonville recently traveled to Atlanta as part of the Men of Valor Young Men’s Mentoring Program. This...
BLACKPRESSUSA OP-ED : Leatha Davis was a teenager when she marched in Selma, survived violent attacks and testified in a federal case that helped clear the...
THE CAROLINIAN — Clara Ester, an activist who witnessed the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 78. Ester was a 20-year-old...
TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Rosetta Miller-Perry, a prominent newspaper publisher, entrepreneur, and civil rights advocate, died on Friday, June 26, at the age of 91. Miller-Perry received...
THE POSITIVE COMMUNITY — Julia Perry was an accomplished American composer of the twentieth century, recognized for her originality, technical mastery, and emotional depth despite limited...
AFRO-AMERICAN – WASHINGTON — THE AFRO — The Voting Rights Act understood that racial discrimination in voting would not simply disappear because Congress passed legislation or...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE As America turns 250, civil rights veteran Rev. Peter Johnson reflects on the power of hope, the black American struggle for justice, and why true...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Several sources have confirmed that former President Barack Obama phoned Reverend Jesse Jackson over the weekend, who is in Stable Condition at a...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “I always tell people,” he said quietly, “the day the Latino, African American, Asian, and other communities realize they share the same oppressor...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a case that could decide the future of voting rights in America.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — It is 62 years later after the death of the four little girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In noting that Environmental Justice is an important part of the struggle to improve and maintain a clean and healthful environment – particularly...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The night of Aug. 22 to Aug. 23, 1791, in Santo Domingo – today Haiti and the Dominican Republic – saw the beginning...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The book is an unapologetic examination of how the horrors of the past—rooted in slavery—continue to manifest in present-day America through police brutality,...
No weapon formed against our democracy shall prosper. We’ve crossed bridges before—we’ll cross this one too. #VotingRightsAct #GoodTrouble
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Updating the Black Press USA exclusive on the lunch counter exhibit at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — According to Levy Armstrong, Target made a $2 billion pledge in 2021 to support Black-owned businesses, improve the Black shopper experience, and invest...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Scholars warn that without context, such revelations could be easily misinterpreted or manipulated.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The museum's slavery facts and substantiating artifacts of the 250 years of the enslavement of Africans in America, curated by historians, are the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The executive order is chillingly titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” It declares that the Smithsonian, once a symbol of “American...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — According to Bryant, the boycott has mobilized over 150,000 participants and persuaded over 100 Black vendors to withdraw their products from Target.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Biden’s broad act of clemency also included others like Don Scott, the current Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, who transformed a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE - If we have learned anything, it’s that actual change begins at the local level. We need to engage with our city councils, our...
