From Vallejo Weekly By cityofvallejo WHEREAS, through courage, perseverance, faith, and resolve against incredible prejudice and hardships, Black Americans have positively influenced, enriched, and advanced every aspect of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “On behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund (NNPAF), we pause in sacred remembrance in tribute to the life, legacy, and memory...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Still, those names come with a price because many agree that hate is as American as Apple Pie and baseball. And, victims of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I think if people begin to associate this legislation with what happened to the descendants of enslaved Africans as a human rights violation,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now, 81 years after his death, officials in Ethiopia plan to unveil a Bronze Sculpture in Addis Ababa to honor the legacy of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Everyone is special in some way and everyone has a special place. There will be those who bring you joy. Some will challenge...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There was some early blow-back resulting from the Afro. Beside the fact that many Black parents then frowned on the new expression of...
OAKLAND POST — Members of the community were invited to meet the new chief curator of Oakland’s African American Museum Library on July 20. Bamidele Agbasegbe Demerson...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Senior Political Correspondent” Hasan Minhaj and Trevor Noah of The Daily Show are co-creators. After another man-made catastrophe, Minhaj, an American Muslim and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In recent years, Dr. Julius Garvey has worked to secure a pardon for his famous father. “The charges against others involved were dropped,...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — Now that the midterm elections are over, it’s time, once again, to alert Black folks to the peril and stupidity of putting...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The mural, named “Our Mighty Contribution,” stretches for an entire city block and has been a cultural institution in the African-American community for...
A. Scott Bolden of Reed Smith, consultant Deborah Gray-Young, economist Dr. Julianne Malveaux and NABJ President Sarah Glover discuss the affects of “fake news” on the...
Each year, on Aug. 23, the United Nations hosts an International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition to remind the world...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The countdown to President Obama’s last one hundred days began on October 13. Already, the President has committed to spending...
By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) More than a couple of million folks have responded to the words spoken by Jesse Williams, which points out...
By James Clingman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Coalition-building is the best way for Black people to make the kind of progress we need to make in...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Happy Birthday, Marcus Garvey! This is not a history lesson; it is simply about homage, recognition, and appreciation of a Black...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist August 17 will mark the 128th birthday of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the visionary Jamaican-born leader who built the Universal Negro...
by Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News When U.S. President Barack Obama and Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaica’s leader, meet in Kingston...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist This year marks the 100 anniversary of the founding of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) by the Honorable...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist When it comes to gaining true freedom, the words and actions of our most revered Black authentic leaders emphasized economic...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist My 20 years as a columnist for NNPA would not be complete without an article about five persons whom I hold...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Peter Bailey is a man of note and distinction. The Black writer contends that: “Despite strong evidence to the contrary, many Blacks...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” This famous quote from Frederick Douglass brings to...
