NNPA NEWSWIRE — It’s a wonder of Montgomery Country because they wonder how we’re still here! It’s an oasis where people will be able to see...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Head Start was pivotal in preparing my twin boys for school while my wife and I regrouped financially. It’s one thing to experience...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a former history teacher and student of history, I’m deeply concerned by the dark efforts at work to silence these stories. The...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — NNPA President and CEO Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., also an SCLC youth coordinator alum back in the 1960s, concurred. “Dr. King...
By Gay Elizabeth Plair Cobb Gay Plair Cobb Editor’s note: The “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” brought an unprecedented throng to the National Mall...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Despite being born on opposite sides of one of the most heinous events of the civil rights movement, McNair and Fields shared a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As we prepare to go into 2023, disunity between Blacks and Jews is ahistorical and counterproductive. We cannot afford to be nonchalant or...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nine years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the pre-clearance protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That has led to a proliferation of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The multiracial population, which was 9 million in 2010 and grew to 33.8 million by 2020, reflects two things. First, the rate of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The special features Oprah Winfrey as she speaks separately with both acclaimed director Ava DuVernay and Rev. Al Sharpton regarding the historical context...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the summer of 1963, Reuther teamed up with Dr. King in Detroit for The Walk to Freedom, the largest Civil Rights demonstration...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Thousands attended a symbolic civil rights march and parade on Jan. 19, celebrating the 36th Annual MLK Day in Inglewood
NASHVILLE PRIDE — A young Baptist minister, Martin Luther King, Jr. rose to prominence in the 1950s as a spiritual leader of the burgeoning civil rights...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As the nation commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday, some may find interesting tidbits of little-known or talked about facts and details...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King’s tragic death here in Memphis on April 4, 1968 came when he was 39. He died as he lived: Absolutely committed...
MARTHA WAGGONER, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech to hundreds of...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will...
By Jesse Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Only a couple of weeks ago, as the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and Dr....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Now that we’ve had two events at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington,...
[CBS News] Fifty years ago, George Raveling was a 26-year-old former college basketball star who was not only one of a quarter-million people to witness Martin...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist As the country and the world begin to focus on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, this is...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Nelson Mandela turned 95 years old on Thursday, July 18. He has been hospitalized for more than a month, and the...
By Rev. Sean Henderson McMillan NNPA Guest Columnist In a few weeks leaders, of the civil rights community will gather again on the steps of Lincoln...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea.” – Slain Civil Rights leader, Medgar Evers When President...
