By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a system that is often overlooked by the public and misused by law enforcement, Blacks...
South Carolina State University’s Future Threatened by Legislators by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A South Carolina House subcommittee has recommended the...
South Carolina State University’s Future Threatened by Legislators by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A South Carolina House subcommittee has recommended the...
(USA Today) – Rodnell Collins stood next to his uncle, Malcolm X, as the latter stared thoughtfully at Plymouth Rock during a visit to Massachusetts...
(USA Today) – Rodnell Collins stood next to his uncle, Malcolm X, as the latter stared thoughtfully at Plymouth Rock during a visit to Massachusetts...
Zach Stafford, HUFFINGTON POST KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Huffington Post)—Early November 2014, I received an email from a colleague, Randall Jenson, who works for the Kansas...
Samantha Masunaga, L.A. TIMES PASCO, Wash. (The Los Angeles Times)—Several hundred people marched through the streets of Pasco, Wash., on Saturday to protest the fatal...
Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Capital Savings Bank opened shop in Washington in 1888, making it the nation’s first black-owned bank at...
Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Capital Savings Bank opened shop in Washington in 1888, making it the nation’s first black-owned bank at...
Nate Cohn, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Last month, I wrote an article titled “Evidence That the Jim Crow Era Endures for Older Black...
Nate Cohn, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Last month, I wrote an article titled “Evidence That the Jim Crow Era Endures for Older Black...
JACKSON, Miss. (NPR.com)—Here’s an astonishing speech by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, one of just two African-Americans to have ever served as federal judges in Mississippi....
JACKSON, Miss. (NPR.com)—Here’s an astonishing speech by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, one of just two African-Americans to have ever served as federal judges in Mississippi....
Demonstrators converge on Ferguson Police Dept. headquarters. by J.A. Salaam Special to the NNPA from The Final Call FERGUSON, Mo. (FinalCall.com) – Nearly seven months since...
SHALLOTTE, North Carolina (WTVR) — A 26-year-old mother of four who said she holds a winning Powerball ticket sold in North Carolina planned to spend her...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is at a crossroads on matters of race relations and law enforcement, presenting “hard truths” that...
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago this spring, Hollywood came of age in a blaze of wonder and fury....
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago this spring, Hollywood came of age in a blaze of wonder and fury....
by Khorri Atkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Three years after NYPD officer Richard Haste chased unarmed Black teen Ramarley Graham...
by Khorri Atkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Three years after NYPD officer Richard Haste chased unarmed Black teen Ramarley Graham...
(New York Times) – When Michelle Obama stepped onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention in 2012 to talk about her husband and the coming...
(New York Times) – When Michelle Obama stepped onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention in 2012 to talk about her husband and the coming...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The indictment of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang Wednesday on charges of...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The indictment of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang Wednesday on charges of...
February 8, 2015, I appreciate your bringing a group of congresspersons and other dignitaries each year to Selma and other places in Alabama for...