NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Emancipation” tells the triumphant story of Peter (Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith and deep love...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Roy Bryant, the husband of the woman who claimed she was whistled at and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam kidnapped and brutally murdered Emmett Till....
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A series of community Listening Sessions are being held statewide to help the nine members of the California Task...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When talking about slavery, particularly the Transatlantic slave trade and its after-effects, there are certain institutions that directly benefitted and continue to reap...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Activists supporting legislation that would have ended involuntary servitude in California prisons and eliminate the word “slavery” from California’s...
By Lorna Kendrick, PhD This article is dedicated to all women and their loved ones who have suffered silently because of biases towards female reproductive choice....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This has been a 30-plus year journey,” Congresswoman Jackson Lee declared. “We had to take a different approach. We had to go one...
SAN DIEGO VOICE AND VIEWPOINT — Much like the United States, South Africa was shaped by more than three centuries of colonialism, slavery, violent racial conflicts...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During and exclusive interview with the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE _ History in America has demonstrated that White citizens will make war, and justifying horrific atrocities against Black people, including lynching. Even after slavery...
THE FLORIDA STAR - Frazier says “We are speaking out in a demand for justice! The African American community in Jacksonville is underserved in city services...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "It is important to recognize the International Decade for People of African Descent as an international corrective to combat the systematic indoctrination of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The nonprofit legal organization committed to exonerating wrongly convicted individuals also noted that Black people are more likely to be wrongly convicted of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Slavery may have ended in 1865, but a slaveholder mentality persisted, shaping the contours of American life for decades to come. This legacy...
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...
In 2016, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. offered a public apology after acknowledging that 188 years prior, Jesuit priests sold 272 slaves to save the school...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the end of the Civil War and passing of the 13th amendment, but America found what many...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’d like to read about people who made impacts but are not entertainers, musicians, and those we hear about every Black History Month,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The fact that slavery was underway for a century in South America before introduction in North America is not widely taught nor commonly...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The impact of slavery and its vestiges continues to affect African Americans and indeed all Americans in communities throughout our nation,” Jackson Lee...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Led by the Proud Boys, whom Trump infamously asked to “stand back and stand by,” Pro-Trump demonstrators wreaked havoc on the nation’s capital...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Look at the cities the nation is depending on in order to not re-elect an incompetent, racist, misogynistic president who has killed 230,000...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout the evening, staff members from many of the 230 publications and media companies in the Black Press family will join the broadcast...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Black voters continue to face enormous hurdles in the U.S. electoral process. Voter disenfranchisement and suppression are at an all-time high, and this...
