NNPA NEWSWIRE — On behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) representing the Black Press of America, we extend our sincerest condolences to the Jackson...
NY AMSTERDAM NEWS — In the early 1960s when young activists were fighting against race-based discrimination Jackson was among them, unaware of the role he would...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King spent the final chapter of his life pushing the country to face economic injustice. The day before he was tragically assassinated,...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — His sentence—50 months—was neither the crushing 11 years prosecutors demanded nor the brief 14 months his attorneys sought. But it was enough to...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Black voters, the backbone of the party, walked away in numbers unseen in modern times.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Bill Cosby said his widely criticized admonition that young Black men should “pull their pants up” was less about fashion and more about...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In 2021, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) launched a global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities, and implications of the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The book is an unapologetic examination of how the horrors of the past—rooted in slavery—continue to manifest in present-day America through police brutality,...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As the United States edges closer to possible military action against Iran, history signals a familiar reality for Black Americans
The iconic bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., once a focal point in the Oval Office during the Obama and Biden years, has been...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Union-organized rallies are taking shape, evoking memories of the fight for worker rights alongside civil rights.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — King was in Memphis to support striking African-American sanitation workers upset over poor working conditions and low pay. At his death, King also...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The MAGA movement’s calls to suppress protests, deny systemic racism, and erase uncomfortable truths from school curricula reflect that same white power structure—this...
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Many Black college students have not considered a teaching career because they have never had a Black teacher, said Preston Jackson, who teaches...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The annual celebration is a tradition at Morehouse that has significance far beyond the campus borders. "Historically Black churches and historically Black colleges,...
By Tamieka Atkins Sixty years ago, more than 200,000 people descended upon the National Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, making a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sixty years ago, more than 200,000 people descended upon the National Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, making a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Last year President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law — legislation that had previously been killed more than 200...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This was not an ‘error,’ this was a hate crime. You don’t shoot a child in the head because he rang your doorbell....
By Carla Thomas FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham on MacArthur Blvd,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Thanks to the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act, American Rescue Plan, and executive orders signed by the president, historic...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to Dr. King, the creation of a beloved community would require the American people to address three great evils of society: racism,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ford is committed to supporting HBCUs and developing diverse talent within the company. We had the opportunity to speak with the General Marketing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ben Crump, the renowned civil rights attorney and freedom fighter, elicited the night’s biggest applause when he accepted the newly minted Justice Icon...
