NNPA NEWSWIRE — Today, our nation proudly honors the sacrifices of its heroes. “From the first African-American Medal of Honor recipient to current day Soldiers, individuals...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre burned down on March 26. On April 2, the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas, Louisiana...
THE AFRO — Between Baltimore City and the rest of the world, there is always a hint of an unasked and therefore unanswered question. It is a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At the modern HCBU campuses, most have established courses in Black Studies, but few have departments dedicated to the field. Only Howard and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The rich have one standard of education and everyone else has another standard,” National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The governor can apologize, but the damage was done decades ago, and everyday he is a reminder of bigotry, racism and White Supremacy....
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — The Defender sought out four millennial members of the clergy to get their take on the big issues of the day, and...
THE WASHINGTON INFORMER — “If Republicans really believe these racist statements have no place in our government, then their party must offer more than shallow temporary...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Four teenage boys who pleaded guilty to vandalism and burglary of a predominantly black church have started their probationary periods as handed...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Race relations in the United States, especially in the South, are plagued by troubling examples of the challenges that...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Civil rights leaders and members of Congress praised the dismissal of Chief Strategist Steve Bannon from the White House;...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) U.S. Park Police confirmed that another noose was found on the National Mall, last week, according to ABC News....
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A day after Taylor Dumpson, who is an African American woman, was elected to be student body president at...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Contributor) I began election night with exuberance. I was among the many who forecast a Hillary win. The only disagreement among...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zst9wdbxyje
(Counter Punch) – Before you think this article is “just one liberal’s opinion,” let me briefly say I have dedicated my life to studying racism. I...
Raja Jorjani, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Suppose a client walked into my office and told me that police officers in his country...
By Oscar H. Blayton NNPA Guest Columnist For more than a century, African tour operators (usually White) have helped their European and American clients bag...
By Brian E. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call COLUMBIA, S.C. (FinalCall.com) – A federal grand jury in South Carolina returned a 33-count...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Five days after South Carolina retired the Confederate flag with much fanfare, a small group of protesters...
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — In a town where Confederate soldier statues stand sentinel on the courthouse square and a university campus,...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Although he forged a distinguished career as a 10-term Republican Congressman from the early 1950s to the early 1970s,...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Residents in a predominantly black South Carolina neighborhood say fliers have been distributed claiming to be from the Ku Klux Klan....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist After a spirited debate, the South Carolina House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to remove the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse...
COLUMBIA (Post and Courier) — The South Carolina House of Representatives made two historic votes early Thursday morning, ordering the permanent removal of the Statehouse’s Confederate battle...
