BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A disturbing discovery in Maryland has reignited calls for urgent reform to the state’s youth justice system, one that critics say still reflects...
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Three years after hearing George Floyd cry “Mama” so desperately that it brought a country out of quarantine, Canadian-American journalist Sam Forster donned a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This story of trials and tribulations teaches us, as only a few stories can, about the essential wisdom of pushing through when times...
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — October is National Family History month. The observance of Family History Month has grown greatly in popularity since it was first observed in 2001....
Danica Smithwick, THE JACKSON SUN (The Jackson Sun) — To commemorate the 150th anniversary of “Juneteenth,” African-American Freedom Day, the Freedmen’s Bureau will launch...
(Hollywood Reporter) – Ben Affleck has responded to the controversy surrounding his episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots. In a Facebook post Tuesday, the actor-director wrote that...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — When Nas became the first rapper invited to trace his family tree through the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” he...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For African Americans, the quest to trace one’s origins is fraught with mystery and dead-ends. But with time...
