NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition to her work at UGA, Valerie Boyd had a storied career as an arts editor at the Atlanta Journal & Constitution,...
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 oldest son of the late civil rights leader called the more than 400 voter suppression bills in GOP-led states a reaction to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Boseman passed away on the anniversary of so many historic moments in African American history. August 28 is the anniversary Jackie Robinson discussed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Even in the darkest of times, we can hear our friend and mentor John Lewis: "Ours is not the struggle of one day,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 1965 Selma march was led by John Lewis. Lewis was perhaps the last remaining voice of moral authority from the civil rights...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “From marching in the streets to fighting in the halls of Congress, John Lewis literally dedicated his life to the project of making...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The one thing Americans know from first-hand experience or watching TV is that, in a trial, you present your witness and present documents....
THE AFRO — Just a day before the bustling streets of downtown D.C. becomes a hub and homecoming for Black politicians, businessmen and go-getters, The Delegate rooftop restaurant was...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW — “What a lot of people don’t realize is that many aspects of the VRA are not permanent law....
OAKLAND POST — The American Bar Association will present Congressman John Lewis with the Thurgood Marshall Award at its annual meeting in San Francisco, Sat., August 10.
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...
ATLANTA VOICE — Friday evening, Abrams and Obama were on stage together at Morehouse College’s Forbes Arena, as they attempted to reassure the Georgia electorate in...
CONNIE CASS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marking the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, President Barack Obama remembered the African-American men and women across...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — The anguished national debate over the future of the Confederate flag exploded on the House floor on Thursday as Democrats, led...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NEW ANALYSIS SELMA, Ala. (NNPA) – Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama was dogged by one question: Is...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the...
(Politico) – The audience for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on March 3 is shaping up to be largely Republican — and...
(Los Angeles Times) – The role of art in our society is not to reenact history but to offer an interpretation of human experience as seen...
ALEX SANZ, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Forty-nine years after John Lewis and fellow marchers tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic R.I.P. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Your story has been told. Your legacy passed on. Your strategies for non-violent...
BILL BARROW, Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Michelle Nunn’s difficult political balancing act as she seeks Georgia’s open U.S. Senate seat was on full display...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis, Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson looking on, President...
By Stephanie Jones NNPA Columnist Stephanie Jones In the midst of the anger and disappointment at the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of...
