CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — As Charleston approaches the fourth anniversary of the June 17, 2015 shooting massacre at Emanuel AME Church, in the wake of the shooting...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dylann Roof, the unrepentant racist who killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. is,...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (The Washington Post) — Joey Meek, a friend of admitted Charleston shooter Dylann Roof, pleaded not guilty Friday to two federal charges related to...
(NBC News) – In a matter of seconds, a moment of quiet prayer turned into a massacre. “We were just about to say the prayer to...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Flanked by images of the nine men and women at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., and...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The state prosecutor in charge of trying Dylann Roof in what authorities have said...
By Brian E. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call COLUMBIA, S.C. (FinalCall.com) – A federal grand jury in South Carolina returned a 33-count...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks after nine people were slain at a black Charleston church, federal authorities have...
by Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle It’s been some three weeks since nine worshippers at Emanuel AME Church were gunned down...
(Reuters) – A South Carolina judge on Thursday extended for another week a temporary order sealing court documents and silencing lawyers and others involved in...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the last week of June, as the nation was still mourning and mulling over the massacre...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey says the gunman charged in the Charleston church massacre should not have been allowed to...
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The recent massacre of nine congregants in an African-American church in Charleston, S.C., by a...
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Confederate flag was lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse to...
(Los Angeles Times) – Dylann Roof faces three new attempted murder charges after a grand jury indicted him Tuesday on suspicion of carrying out the...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle The search for a new Charleston County schools superintendent has been an ongoing controversy. Last...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “They were still living by faith when they died, Scripture tells us. They did not receive the things promised;...
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “His sacrifice must lead to reconciliation,” said U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC). Rev. Clementa...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle The heinous June 17 massacre of nine African American worshippers at Mother Emanuel AME Church...
By Barney Blakeney Special to the NNPA from The Charleston Chronicle Dylann Storm Roof on June 17 walked into Emanuel AME Church through a side door...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For many outside the Black community, they had never seen anything like it. Though suffering and deep in...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (The Washington Post) — What finally opened Paul Thurmond’s eyes and changed his heart was in the Gospel of Mark — the very New...
JOHN MORITZ, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The day she was killed along with eight others during Bible study at a South Carolina church, Myra...
