By Tamara Shiloh The year was 1619. A Portuguese slave ship, the São João Bautista, made its way across the Atlantic Ocean filled with human cargo:...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s Good Friday is especially poignant for African Americans it comes in the middle of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "At last, we have a real Wonder Woman who represents strength and beauty. She's the real deal: strong, fearless, mighty, brilliant and she...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though polls are not a definitive measure of who will win an election, Warren and Klobuchar tend to poll more weakly than the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 19th Amendment was adopted Aug. 18, 1920, after the required number of states ratified the constitutional measure. Though many Black women led...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — El-Mekki is answering his own “nation building” call. In May, he announced that after 11 years as Shoemaker’s principal and 26 years of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “For the first time in history, there are more than 20 Black women serving in the United State Congress—and we all stand on...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Women’s March 2019 returns to the District, Saturday, Jan. 19, for a day of protest, solidarity and soul-searching
FLORIDA STAR — “The Magnificent Seven” is fiction, the modern-day remake of a classic Western. In real life, however, a rich villain has taken over the...
NORTH DALLAS GAZETTE — Author Gary D. Schmidt tells the saga of Sojourner Truth, her resolve, and her work – sometimes brutally, sometimes with fist-pumping joy,...
By Marian Wright Edelman (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Every day I wear a pair of medallions around my neck with portraits of two of my role...
