THE AFRO — Gloria Richardson might be better know by her photograph than by her name. A sequence of photographs captured her in Cambridge, 1963, forcing a...
THE AFRO — Beatrice Portia Robinson Yoes was born April 23, 1917 in Chester, Maryland on the Eastern Shore. She came to Baltimore when she was a...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Make no mistake, Black History Month educates, honors, and acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of people of African descent.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’m [was] born and raised in this segregated city without any Home Rule rights and no equal rights when the city was segregated,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Had there been no May 17, 1954 (the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown V. Board of Education), I’m not sure there...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — That day at the Lorraine Motel shaped her ministry.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Black Press of America stands for racial justice and empowerment, and we note with appreciation the support of the UAW in our...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…Dr. King selflessly came to Memphis to be a supporter and a voice for the sanitation workers, as well as he was a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King’s tragic death here in Memphis on April 4, 1968 came when he was 39. He died as he lived: Absolutely committed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lauterbach’s book attempts a balanced and unbiased perspective on what Withers’ legacy will be: a traitorous informant who spied for the FBI or...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — The separation between church and the state of your health may be narrowing, according to a new study released in the journal...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Vernon Tyson was like a father and bishop to me and the Moral Monday movement,” said the Rev. Dr. William Barber, the architect...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Paulette Patterson Dilworth, PhD, is the vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Alabama...
NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — "Not only do we have to support parents as they navigate the college-going process, but we also have to highlight the...
CINCINNATI HERALD — Civil Rights icon and Congressman John Lewis (GA) and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY) visited the greater Cincinnati area on Sunday, Oct. 15 to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The UAW has remained vital because right-to-work initiatives and anti-worker legislation have often threatened to undermine labor unions’ efforts to secure negotiation rights...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. (NNPA Newswire Contributor) As teams gear up for the NFL season, President Trump is reviving his destructive and diversionary attacks aimed...
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum tells the stories of Mississippi residents that made extraordinary contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
Each year, on Aug. 23, the United Nations hosts an International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition to remind the world...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Is it still 2016? This really seems like the year that never ends. So much has happened of historical import...
By Todd Luck Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Winston-Salem Chronicle WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Carl Wesley Matthews, the leader of the local lunch counter...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist There is no debate concerning the irrefutable fact that The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was...
(New York Times) – For as long as I can remember, certain relatives of mine were always dismayed and often enraged by the daily headlines and...
Darlene Superville, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — To President Barack Obama, women of the civil rights movement were “the thinkers and the doers” whose...
Weekend of activities connects generations active in the struggle to protect Black lives by Ashahed M. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call CHICAGO...
