NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are thrilled to welcome Valeisha Butterfield Jones into the Recording Academy family,” said Academy Chair and Interim President and CEO Harvey Mason...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "At 9:22 p.m. this evening, April 6, my father and hero, Earl Graves Sr., the founder of Black Enterprise, passed away quietly after...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This upcoming weekend Laverne Whitehead Reed will be installed as the senior pastor at Warren Avenue Christian Church in Dallas, TX. I’m excited...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — On September 20, Playback Memphis staged its second annual Frayser Matters performance, but it was a first appearance for the members of...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — As many Memphis residents lament a lack of mayoral debates, BLDG Memphis is taking a different approach to capturing candidates’ policy plans...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Alabama attended the 2019 G.I.R.L. Leadership Summit earlier this month at Samford University in Birmingham. This event, hosted...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — As national president of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA), Birmingham’s Felicia Johnson helps women grow through leadership, education, networking support, and national...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s fellows represent the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Charleston County School District this week announced and welcomed Shanitra Deas as the new principal of Deer Park Middle School. Deas joins the district...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — On May 23, 2019, Gary L. Bond III received the Cincinnatus Award (Charity in Leadership and Magnanimity) from Great Hearts Irving Academy. At...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Founded in 1996 by four women who wanted to offer girls in their community the opportunity to dream big, Girls Today Women Tomorrow...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Periodic greatness is the result of overcoming obstacles. True greatness comes from removing those obstacles so that others won’t have to overcome them.
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist When I was growing up, my parents constantly tried to be and to expose us to good role models....
(American Progress) – Women make up a majority of the U.S. population. Women are 50.8 percent of the U.S. population. They earn almost 60 percent of undergraduate...
[www.jbhe.com] By a vote of 8-4, the board of trustees approved a vote of no confidence in Florida A&M president James Ammons. President Ammons, who became...
