BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hayden made history in 2016 as the first woman and first African American to run the Library of Congress. Her firing arrived in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The yet titled documentary chronicles the point in Jackson’s career that launched the singer into mega-stardom and created a pop culture phenomenon that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Friday, August 26, 2022, Moore received the Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring her career. The event took place at Morehouse College...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Born April 21, 1932, in Oxford, North Carolina, Dr. Othow was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Sr; a Prince Hall mason and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After graduating as class valedictorian from Pennsylvania’s Ashmun Institute – later renamed as Lincoln University – Sgt. Major Christian Fleetwood, Medal of Honor...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It was while in St. Augustine that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., urged President Lyndon B. Johnson to send federal troops to protect...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We knew what family meant to her,” said Ernestine (Tina) Martin Wyatt great-great-great-grandniece of Tubman, in a Focus features interview when the movie,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Bennie and Plummie Richburg Parson, along with Harry and Eliza Briggs, parents of five schoolchildren, were the first signers of the 1949 petition...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “A combination of memoir and extension of [Kendi’s] towering Stamped from the Beginning... Never wavering... Kendi methodically examines racism through numerous lenses: power,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The week, which featured panel discussions and meetings of the board and association of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), also included a...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — It’s undeniable that rap legend Jay-Z has left an indelible mark on the music industry and he recently received a huge honor for his contributions...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Celebrating 192 years of the Black Press, the NNPA Foundation and NNPA’s member publishers engaged in several workshops throughout the week that centered...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — The Library of Congress announced in November that it has acquired the original manuscripts documenting the work of composer, arranger and pianist Billy...
WASINGTON INFORMER — The Department of the Interior and the National Park Service has appointed the 400 Years of African History Commission and charged it with...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden recently announced the annual selection of 25 of America’s most influential motion pictures to be inducted into the...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of civil rights activist Rosa Parks viewed some of her personal memorabilia for the first time...
Curt Cramer, THE SOURCE MAGAZINE (TheSource.com)—The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill moved many as a master’s work in the modern music world. To this day it...
BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most broadcast songs of the 20th century, Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me,” has been selected...
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....
WASHINGTON (CBS) – Rosa Parks is known as the mother of the Civil Rights movement, but she is still an enigma in many ways. A new...
BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, reflected later on how it felt...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act, the Library of Congress has...
BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of items from civil rights icon Rosa Parks that were long kept hidden away in a New York...
