BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities are on lockdown and or canceling classes due to what are called “credible threats.”
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.COM NEWSWIRE — As our communities face a mounting economic crisis disproportionately devastating African Americans and the marginalized, we declare that now is the time for...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The King FBI files have been sealed since 1977. Subsequently, the two surviving children of Dr. King, Martin Luther King III and Bernice...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Reverend William Barber, the founder and leader of Moral Mondays on the Hill, was not a part of the rights organizations call with...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday on all charges in state court in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The meeting comes just weeks after Sharpton warned of a potential boycott in a letter dated April 4, where he condemned PepsiCo’s retreat...
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...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The official launch of Denny’s Community Alliance took place at a press conference at the St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The original March on Washington, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement, drew approximately 250,000 participants in 1963. Its influence paved the way...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — What Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III said about his friend and neighbor the eminent journalist Les Payne during his eulogy, applies aptly...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Maintaining an accurate account of our history, and history in general, is essential for the present as well as for posterity, as it...
By Post Staff WNBA champion Brittney Griner entered a guilty plea for possession of hashish oil cartridges on Thursday as part of what some legal experts...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Officials said the task force remains committed to “ensuring that all communities, especially the historically underserved, have access to affordable, reliable, high-quality advanced...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Local radio stations are the only ad medium not permitted to geotarget their audiences. Currently FCC rules prohibit content origination on FM boosters...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We commend the Biden-Harris Administration thus far in its first year striving to move the nation forward on equity and diversity matters even...
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Local pastors across Georgia and Florida and the nation are mobilizing to attend the trial. Besides Jamal Bryant in Atlanta, pastor Jeffrey Dove...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early...
The three-part Xfinity 1VOICE 1VOTE series, presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters, kicks off on Thursday with a voter empowerment town hall. The...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Racial residential segregation is a significant predictor of the magnitude of the Black-White disparity in fatal police shootings at the city level. Efforts...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The United States Supreme Court's decision will determine whether a plaintiff who alleges race discrimination pursuant to 42 USC 1981 may have his...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Five years ago, my beloved son Eric was murdered by people who were supposed to serve and protect," Gwen Carr, the mother of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With a vision to drive more Black females into the fields of STEM, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, the newly elected president and CEO...
LA FOCUS — Popular short-term rental tech company Airbnb has been in hot water recently after a series of claims of racism towards black users who were...
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...
