BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE - A ceremony in Accra honored Reverend Jesse L. Jackson and reflected on the deep ties he built between Ghana, Africa, and the diaspora.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to unfold across North America, with 11 host cities throughout Canada, Mexico, and the United States welcoming matches during...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Juneteenth, America’s newest federal holiday, was meant to symbolize a national reckoning with history and a celebration of freedom when President Joe Biden...
By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last three survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 102 on...
By Post Staff On the heels of a groundbreaking trip to the United Kingdom, Oakland Post Ambassador Jonathan Fitness Jones, a member of the African American...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When I was asked by then-Charleston Mayor Joe Riley 23 years ago to chair the steering committee to develop his vision of establishing...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic trip to Africa continued with the launch of global initiatives on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to Dr. King, the creation of a beloved community would require the American people to address three great evils of society: racism,...
This trip is a collaboration between the NAACP and the Mormon Church Forty-three students are in Ghana for 10 days to experience Ghanaian culture, learn about...
By Dr. Martha C. Taylor Ruth Burnet Love was born, on April 22, 1932, in Lawton, Okla., and passed away on June 2, 2022, in Oakland. As I reflect on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Du Bois Memorial Centre in Accra where Dr. Du Bois and his wife, Shirley Graham Du Bois, are buried, opened to the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I hear time and time again from black Americans who traveled to Africa about how connected they felt and how different they found...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I think if people begin to associate this legislation with what happened to the descendants of enslaved Africans as a human rights violation,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “As a leading congressional advocate of debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries and a supporter of the Jubilee movement, I am especially...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At 11:34 on Saturday morning, the good news trickled down. Biden won. Kamala Harris is Madame Vice President (MVP). People were sending funny...
TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Core Civic’s managing director of communications Steve Owen stated, “Faith-based programs like Standing With Hope serve as a wonderful outlet for inmates at...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sickle cell disease affects 20 million people worldwide, including at least 100,000 in the United States, mainly African Americans, but Hispanics and Asian-Americans,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Melanin is not Vibranium and America isn’t Wakanda even in the Marvel Universe, so why some black people, who are often disproportionately impacted...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — The first international Essence Global Black Economic Forum is being held in Accra, Ghana during the eight day Essence Full Circle Festival...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Before a packed venue of over 2,000, from various African countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, Tanzania, Liberia, Kenya, Cameroon, Somalia, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The African Union President's Office spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo has maintained that Ambassador Chihombori-Quao didn't lose her job because of France or her fiery...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The two-week-long observance included a Monday, August 19, visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture which was followed by a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On a daily basis, we grapple with domestic terrorism and state sanctioned violence in the guise of white supremacy--all under the watch of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I shook hands with a 13 year-old-boy whose mother told him to make eye contact and shake hands firmly. Even in the midst...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — African media greeted the new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, by recalling some of particularly cringe-worthy remarks made during his formative years in...
