WASHINGTON INFORMER — Most of the nation’s attention continues to rest on the cities of El Paso and Dayton where families, friends and local officials struggle to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Much has changed since the creation of the NAACP 110 years ago, and as we highlight these achievements during this year’s convention, we...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As is his general habit, Trump lies in his communications and brands places where people of color reside as dangerous. President Trump has...
THE AFRO — Christians — from the Church’s beginning — have rarely agreed on doctrinal issues and the look of authentic public witness. What has concerned me,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out D.C., we'd all been better off," Sutton told the Montgomery...
THE AFRO — The day after the election and also first day of Black History Month, an extremely racist image surfaced from Northam’s yearbook page.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — CBS News reported that it conducted further research, uncovering another page in Northam’s yearbook at the Virginia Military Institute that displays nicknames listed...
The Birmingham Times — Jeffery Robinson chronicles racism in America, and it just so happened that he was in Birmingham not long after 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald...
FROST ILLUSTRATED — Forty-two percent of Americans said that they personally worry a “great deal” about race relations in the United States, up seven percentage points...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As was the case in January, the White House had no initial reaction and no denial to what was reported regarding Cohen’s rendition...
(Talking Points Memo) – A newly surfaced report from a 1927 edition of the New York Times suggests Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s late father may...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Residents in a predominantly black South Carolina neighborhood say fliers have been distributed claiming to be from the Ku Klux Klan....
By Bethania Palma Markus Special to the NNPA from The Westside Gazette At least five Black churches burned overnight recently and three have been attributed to arson....
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press GREELEYVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Preliminary indications suggest arson was not the cause of a fire that destroyed a...
EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Trustees at the country’s oldest public university decided Thursday to rename a University of North Carolina...
(Slate) – The University of North Carolina’s trustees voted Thursday to rename the campus’ Saunders Hall. The building was originally dedicated to the memory of a man named William...
(Daily Mail) – A former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who now lives in Belize, alongside the very race of people he fought to...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — When the nation’s first black president steps onto the Edmund Pettus Bridge to...
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago this spring, Hollywood came of age in a blaze of wonder and fury....
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday waded into a controversy over revelations that the House’s No. 3 Republican spoke to...
JASON DEAREN, Associated Press LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — On a sticky hot Sunday in August 1952, a wealthy black woman named Ruby McCollum walked through...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders have been supportive of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise since the revelation that he appeared before a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a revelation that could put a crimp in Republican efforts to reach out to minorities in 2016, House Majority Whip Steve...
Alice Speri, VICE NEWS ST. LOUIS (Vice.com)—Members of a Missouri-based KKK chapter have been distributing fliers in the St. Louis metro area and on social media promising...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I would wager that you have had this experience. It has happened to me on more than one occasion. I...
FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — Two police officers are no longer with the city department here after a law enforcement report tied them to the...
BILL DRAPER, Associated Press OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Kansas prosecutors filed state-level murder charges Tuesday against the white supremacist accused in shootings that left three...
DEREK KINNER, Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school board has decided to end a decades-long controversy and rename a high school now named...
By TaNoah Morgan Special to the NNPA WASHINGTON (NNPA ) – This summer, my daughter turned 13, and after she’d spent two years at an...
[New York Daily News] Controversy erupted Saturday after an event a spectator likened to a Ku Klux Klan rally. A clown in an Obama mask with...
by Tony Jones Special to the NNPA from the Tri-State Defender While the long buildup to Saturday’s Ku Klux Klan rally in downtown Memphis has helped...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As conservative southern Democrats – once known as Dixiecrats – switched to Republicans, Black state lawmakers have...
(Courtesy: BET.com) Although not typically known for their community service work, a branch of the Ku Klux Klan recently applied to “adopt” a stretch of Georgia highway and...
