BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Trust in America’s mainstream media has fallen to its lowest level on record. Gallup reports that only 28 percent of adults say they...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Black voters, the backbone of the party, walked away in numbers unseen in modern times.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Black Press is two years away from its 200th anniversary. Two centuries of carrying our story when others denied us a voice.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This historic event marks the beginning of coalescing The Descendants’ families and like-minded leaders and organizations to catalyze transformative positive societal change amongst...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ernestine “Tina” Martin Wyatt, a great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, was among those to express excitement about meeting the descendants of fellow freedom fighters....
State Rep. Kimberly du Buclet, D-Chicago, is applauding President Joe Biden’s announcement this week that new national monuments will honor the lives of Emmett Till and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The new monument will protect places that tell the story of Emmett Till’s too-short life and racially motivated murder, the unjust acquittal of...
By Tanu Henry and Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Your roundup of news stories you might have missed last week. Assemblymember Mike Gipson Demands Sac...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Roy Bryant, the husband of the woman who claimed she was whistled at and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam kidnapped and brutally murdered Emmett Till....
THE AFRO — The Emmett till Anti-Lynching Act, passed by Congress on March 7, brings a 21 st century lens to the historic terrorism of lynching....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The House has sent a resounding message that our nation is finally reckoning with one of the darkest and most horrific periods of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The series of stories in “Printing Hate” resulted from a multifaceted investigation by 58 student journalists from the University of Maryland, the University...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Many say Charles’ body resembles 14-year-old Emmett Till who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Dear World, the entire planet is feeling the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic,” Cheryl Smith of Texas Metro News wrote to her readers....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) called lynchings racially-motivated acts of violence and terror that represent a dark and despicable chapter of our nation's history....
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A memorial has been rededicated to Emmett Till just outside of Glendora, Miss. The new marker was dedicated Saturday to the slain 14-year-old Black...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The statistics confirm that sexual harassment is alive and well across all industries and women of color working low-wage jobs are facing the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jackson’s family has absolutely no idea what exactly happened to him. Interestingly, apparently neither does the Burleson County Sheriff’s Department. Well…at least that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — ESSA represents an opportunity to establish a more equitable playing field but the Trump administration’s 2019 federal budget proposes cutting $3 billion from...
Civil Rights leaders and others reacted with a sense of relief – if only temporary – after a Texas jury sentenced a former police officer to...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Last week, the nation was shocked to learn that the jury for the trial of Michael Slager, the North...
By Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire from HU News Service WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered at an inaugural event for the Smithsonian’s...
By Erick Johnson Special to the NNPA from Chicago Crusader CHICAGO (NNPA) – It was Geneva Reed-Veal’s turn to speak about her life after the death of...
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...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The more things change, the more they stay the same. Racially motivated murder of young Black Americans across...
