THE POSITIVE COMMUNITY — Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American civil rights scholar, lawyer, and professor known for developing the concept of intersectionality. This framework explains how...
BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER — When a landowner dies without a will, state law typically divides ownership among all legal heirs, creating "heirs' property" where no single...
BLACKPRESSUSA OP ED—" Our people did not stumble into the voting booth. We marched there. We prayed there. We bled there." Drawing on a lifetime of...
DATA NEWS WEEKLY — James J. Carter was installed as the 84th President of the National Bar Association on July 30, 2026, following an introduction by...
AFRO-AMERICAN – WASHINGTON — Beloved Community Services Corp. (BCSC) recently hosted a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony for the restored law office of civil rights trailblazer Juanita...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Vernon Hawkins, a veteran organizer and public servant, died on July 2 at age 87. For over 50 years, Hawkins significantly influenced Washington...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Vernon Hawkins, a veteran organizer and public servant, died on July 2 at age 87. For over 50 years, Hawkins significantly influenced Washington...
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — With federal and state governments aligning with what the article describes as an “anti-Black program,” the article questions the efficacy of traditional...
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — Florida’s 20th Congressional District represents a civil rights victory born from immense struggle and sacrifice. The first Black Congressman from Florida, Josiah...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — Tony Brown, a pioneering journalist, broadcaster, educator, and civil rights advocate, died on June 17, 2026, at his home in Newport News, Virginia,...
TRI-STATE DEFENDER — This Sunday, July 5, marks the inaugural national observance of Martyrs Day, an initiative created by author and legal historian Gloria J. Browne-Marshall....
WAVE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — LOS ANGELES WAVE — Despite its unflinching truths, “Roots” was an instant success — both the book and the miniseries that aired...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE: Gerald E. Rose is building a national civil rights network through NOHRO, expanding grassroots advocacy to fight systemic barriers and support underserved communities across...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE—While Black History Month calls us to honor generations of resilience, the Trump administration has spent its first year dismantling the very pathways those generations...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — These are ideas my colleagues and I believe are very appropriate for preschoolers to explore and revisit often.
By Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer In our workplaces, in our communities and in our government, the right to vote is how working people make our voices...
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — H. Rap Brown did not wait for permission to define himself. Long before federal agents called him a menace and politicians wrote laws...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president/CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), was celebrated as the father of the environmental justice movement at the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — They said it would never happen here. Yet here we are. Forty-eight percent of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s fascist playbook for dismantling...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A year after its release, The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Overcoming the 500-Year Legacy stands not only as a record of history but as...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Russell Vought wakes each morning with the cold precision of a man who has learned to confuse faith with power. His pen is...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Twenty-five attorneys general across the country and three governors have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Secretary, Brooke...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “Fear is the tool that people use when they don’t really stand for anything. That is what they use,” said LaTosha Brown, the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “Democrats are going to take back control of the United States House of Representatives. It’s the reason why we see Republicans in full-blown...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Tish James, the New York Attorney General, will be arraigned in Norfolk, Virginia, today on one count of bank fraud. Advocacy groups are...
