By James Clingman NNPA Columnist I am now doing what I said I would not. I am writing a column in which I mention the items...
To Be Equal By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” — President Barack Obama In the weeks since the...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Even though I am broken hearted my faith is unshattered.” Tracy Martin, father of Trayvon Martin We were stunned by the outrageous...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist What has become our mantra in this post-George Zimmerman are U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder’s words to the NAACP last week;...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist No matter how much some commentators try to spin the not guilty verdict of George Zimmerman as an example that...
by Courtney Jacobs and Blair Adams Special to the NNPA from The Afro-American Congregation – Pastor John R. Jenkins preaches about the Zimmerman verdict to congregation...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Trayvon Benjamin Martin was found guilty of being...
George Zimmerman gets away from justice By Akwasi Evans Special to NNPA from NOKOA “Knock, knock, who’s there? George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman who? Congratulations (your skin...
[The Washington Post] The not-guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman has produced dramatically different reactions among blacks and whites, with African Americans overwhelmingly disapproving...
Lil’ Wayne by Truth Minista Paul Scott Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly ‘There’s a chain of command/I’m the missing link” – God...
[The Washington Post] President Obama’s history with the politics of race — his own, and the way it is lived in this country — has been...
Sanford, Fla. residents are worried about impact of George Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict on their city (Photo by Duane Fernandez for the Florida Courier). By James...
by James Harper Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier Like millions around the world, I’m still numb after learning a jury of six women –...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Watching television Saturday night, I sat in stunned silence as the jury returned its not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, is as important as the killing of White mothers’ sons,...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Trayvon Martin might not be dead except for the fact that George Zimmerman carried a gun and acted as a wanna-be...
[Miami Herald] SANFORD — Saying Trayvon Martin had every right to walk home that rainy night in February 2012, a prosecutor asked jurors to find George Zimmerman...
[Orlando Sentinel] When jurors begin deliberating Friday in the George Zimmerman case, they will decide if he should be convicted of second-degree murder or the lesser offense of...
by Truth Minista Paul Scott Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly Lil’ Wayne ‘There’s a chain of command/I’m the missing link” – God Bless...
[The Miami Herald] SANFORD — George Zimmerman’s fate could be in jurors’ hands by Friday, after the defense rested its case Wednesday with Zimmerman declining to...
Pastors leading weekly vigil at Sanford Church By James Harper Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier SANFORD, Fla. – Driving up to the Seminole County...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “I believe that’s Trayvon Martin, that’s my baby’s voice. Every mother knows their child, and that’s his voice.” – Sybrina Fulton, mother...
[New York Times] SANFORD, Fla. — Within days of becoming the police chief in this small city outside Orlando, Cecil E. Smith began to see clearly...
[USA Today] SANFORD, Fla. — In its opening statement in the Travyon Martin murder trial, the prosecution Monday portrayed defendant George Zimmerman as a trigger-happy, policeman...
by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Whether George Zimmerman goes on trial as scheduled June 10 for killing Trayvon Martin or he gets...
