All posts tagged "National"

Andrew Young Talks about King’s Legacy, Trump’s White House

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) It’s forever a burning question, particularly as many African-Americans soul search, reminisce and speculate during Black History Month. “What...

Louisville Native ‘AP’ Powell Makes History, Gives Back to the Black Community

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Alan “AP” Powell is one of the nation’s greatest unsung African-American heroes. Powell is a member of the Phoenix...

Minority Leaders Feel Muslims are Unfairly Targeted

By Audrey A. Lundy (North Dallas Gazette/NNPA Member) Muslims have lived in Texas since 1854. They have established mosques, schools and other institutions that serve the...

NNPA Receives ‘Driven’ Organization of the Year Award

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Newspaper Publishers Association has been named the 2017 Organization of the Year at the annual Driven Awards....

With Final Press Briefing of 2016, President Obama Reflects on his Record

By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor/NNPA Newswire) President Barack Obama used his last press conference of the year to reflect on the accomplishments of his administration over...

President-elect Donald Trump Meets with Black Celebrities

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In an effort to show that he plans to be the “president for all Americans” and to bolster support...

PRESS ROOM: NNPA Awarded $1.5 Million ESSA Media Grant

Contact: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (202) 588-8764 ESSA@nnpa.org NNPA 1816 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)...

Democratic Pollster Cornell Belcher Delivers Blunt Talk on 2016 Election Results

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During the recent Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference in the nation’s capital, top Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher told a room...

LIVESTREAM: White House Convening on Criminal Justice Reform

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zud7t8ymz7e

BREAKING: Ohio State University: Suspect killed, 10 hospitalized after campus attack

[CNN.COM] (CNN)[Breaking news update at 1:07 p.m. ET] The suspect in the Ohio State University attack ran into a group of pedestrians on a street corner...

BREAKING: Active shooter reported at Ohio State University; 8 hospitalized, 1 critical

[CNN.COM] (CNN) — At least eight people were taken to hospitals after an active shooter was reported on the Ohio State University campus Monday, authorities said. One...

A Community of Journalists and Politicians Deliver an Emotional Goodbye to Gwen Ifill

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A low key, but solid strain of references to current affairs was heard in the eulogies for much loved...

HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll: 90 percent of Black Voters Will Cast Ballots for Clinton

Days Before the Election, Clinton Talks about Criminal Justice, Jobs and Education with the Black Press

By Cash Michaels (The Carolinian, NNPA Member) [RALEIGH] In an exclusive interview with North Carolina’s African-American press, Hillary Clinton said that even though she is running...

PRESS ROOM: Nearly 90 percent of Black Voters Favor Clinton over Trump in New HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Howard University, announced the results of the 2016 Howard...

NNPA, Howard University Team Up to Poll Black Voters

By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) In a historic effort to measure the pulse of African American voters, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) partnered...

PRESS ROOM: Award-Winning Journalist Roland S. Martin Kicked Off His “School Choice is the Black Choice” Initiative at Howard University

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST ROLAND S. MARTIN KICKED OFF HIS “SCHOOL CHOICE IS THE BLACK CHOICE” INITIATIVE WITH A TOWN HALL MEETING AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY...

Black Women Will Elect the Next President

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) Black women will play a key role in electing the next president, according to a recent report by the...

LISTEN: What It’s Like to be Black at the United States Naval Academy

Everyday the men and women of the American armed forces risk their lives to fight for our freedoms. Howard University News Service’s Taylor Gordon takes a...

Black Women’s Roundtable Launches National Vote Effort

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) and the Unity’16 Campaign of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) recently...

Alicia Garza on What’s Missing from the Black Lives Matter Movement

[BLACKYOUTHPROJECT.ORG] The Oakland-based organizer and activist Alicia Garza, who is also the originator of the Black Lives Matter rallying cry and one of the founders of...

Hurricane Matthew’s U.S. Impacts: Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Damaging Winds, Flooding Rainfall

[WEATHER.COM] Hurricane Matthew is set to deliver a devastating blow to eastern Florida starting Thursday night, and then will hammer areas farther north up the coast...

Citizen Newspaper Publisher William Garth, Sr. Dies at 79

By Lisette Gushiniere (Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, NNPA Member) William Garth, Sr., the CEO of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc., (CCNG) and Chairman of the...

Thousands Attend Grand Opening Ceremonies for the New Black History Museum

By William J. Ford (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) When Carolyn Tillery walked around the Washington Monument on the National Mall on Saturday and stared at...