NNPA NEWSWIRE — “She began as a pioneer in the industry, and she’s been speaking the truth no matter what,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper stated. “That’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The symbolism was stunning, but it was far more critical that President Biden hit the ground running, and he did. He signed 17...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — So, for me, 2021 is about hope and about working for a better life for all and a better nation together as we...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 1965 Selma march was led by John Lewis. Lewis was perhaps the last remaining voice of moral authority from the civil rights...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On what would be called Bloody Sunday, Lewis, who at the time was Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) along with...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my primary interest is the economic part of the system—the creation and growth of Black-owned...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now is also a time to remember that regardless of race or ethnicity, our history chronicles the range of hate crimes that have...
![“Her daily joy was not simply cooking but preparing meals to bring people together. One of her most prized contributions was advocating for the Civil Rights Movement through feeding those on the front lines of the struggle for human dignity,” Chase’s family said in a statement announcing her death. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Blake Nelson Boyd, [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/leah-chase-featured-web-400x240.jpg)
![“Her daily joy was not simply cooking but preparing meals to bring people together. One of her most prized contributions was advocating for the Civil Rights Movement through feeding those on the front lines of the struggle for human dignity,” Chase’s family said in a statement announcing her death. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Blake Nelson Boyd, [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/leah-chase-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Food and Beverage Foundation President Brent Rosen launched the petition. The petition says the cost of installation of a statue of Leah...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Plan a late April or early May vacation to New Orleans around the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and your opportunities...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — On Sunday, April 14, 2019, the Theta Beta Sigma Chapter held a public program honoring 93 Minority Males from all over...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The names of Echol Cole and Robert Walker are not as widely known as Rosa Parks, James Meredith or any others — and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our world is melting. Glaciers are disappearing. Oceans are rising. Lowlands (mostly populated by low income and Black people) are disappearing. And, before...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The “Women in Power Town Hall” series provides a platform for leading women in policy and activism to engage listeners in a critical...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Little children in this other America are forced to grow up with clouds of inferiority forming every day in their little mental skies....
By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. (Founder, Rainbow PUSH Coalition) Donald Trump’s first three weeks in office have left Americans reeling from what Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The daughter of the slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. exhorted the nation on King’s...
ST. LOUIS (ST. Louis Post-Dispatch) – In the latest echo from last year’s Ferguson unrest, protesters invoking Michael Brown’s name burst into an auditorium at Harris-Stowe State...
(Los Angeles Times) – Nearly 50 years ago, a series of events involving sex, official corruption and a most unlikely ending began unraveling in Washington....
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Singer and activist Harry Belafonte will get to keep three of Martin Luther King’s documents that the King...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist This month will mark the 85th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Across the nation and throughout the...
by LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte sued the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Tuesday over the fate of three documents...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Selma, Ala., the county seat of Dallas County, was a bastion of White supremacy in 1965. At the time,...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wasn’t there by himself. On that sweltering sunlit day of August 28, 1963, King and...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist This weekend, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, best known...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist As the country and the world begin to focus on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, this is...
