By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Remember when our elders used to chastise us for using the N-word. They used to say “People died for you not...
DeNeen N. Brown, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Jerry Markon, THE WASHINGTON POST FERGUSON, Mo. (The Washington Post) — The federal government on Sunday took on an intensified role...
(The Washington Post) FERGUSON, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) gave control of security operations in riot-riven Ferguson to Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ronald S....
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the intersection of race and the law has revealed both the pitfalls...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Nearly two times a week in the United States, a white police officer killed a black person during a seven-year period...
FERGUSON, Mo. (New York Times) — In the five days since an unarmed young black man was fatally shot by a police officer here, the selective...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday appealed for “peace and calm” on the streets of a St....
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “I want to dedicate this next song to a big dreamer,” rapper Young...
FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Hopes for peace here after three nights of rioting were dashed when another demonstration in the wake of teenager Michael Brown’s...
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American (NNPA) – With deep humility, we admit we did not see this coming, and not where...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama says that while the shooting death of a Missouri teenager has prompted “strong...
DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Sr. stood alone in the center of the narrow street where the blood of his...
(St. Louis-Dispatch) – At about 1 a.m. Wednesday, a St. Louis County Police officer shot and critically wounded a man who police said pointed a handgun...
(USA Today) – As developments continue to unfold in the case of Michael Brown in St. Louis, details are emerging about the police shooting death of...
by Chris King Special to the NNPA from The St. Louis American ST. LOUIS — Jesse Jackson told The American he hopes that the U.S....
(Reuters) – An uneasy calm settled over Ferguson, Missouri, early Tuesday after a second night of violent clashes between law enforcement and residents protesting the...
Assemblymembers Sebastian Ridley-Thomas and Reginald Jones-Sawyer Responds to Marlene Pinnock CHP Freeway Beating By Kenneth D. Miller Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles...
In the 10th installment of the Florida Courier’s series on Blacks and mental health, we learn that community institutions are building partnerships with law enforcement to...
by Courtney Jacobs Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper In a new video, Spike Lee expressed his opinion about a recent incident in which...
by A.B. Nickerson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News When a white police officer kills an unarmed Black man, as it happened...
By Walter Fields NNPA Columnist It was one of the most difficult scenes in Spike Lee’s classic movie “Do the Right Thing,” the brutal strangulation of...
NEW YORK (AP) — An overflow crowd packed a church and sang songs on Wednesday at the funeral of a man who died in police...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – There is no sound but you almost hear the thud of...
By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK – Rev. Al Sharpton was in the middle of his speech recounting how Eric Garner, 43, had...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of the California Highway Patrol said he was shocked and the agency’s reputation is hurt by...
