Margalit Fox, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times)—Phyllis R. Klotman, a film scholar who helped unearth lost treasures of African-American cinema and...
Margalit Fox, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times)—Phyllis R. Klotman, a film scholar who helped unearth lost treasures of African-American cinema and...
Deneen L. Brown, THE WASHINGTON POST SUGARLAND, Md. (THE WASHINGTON POST)—The old people used to say that Sugarland, Maryland, one of the hundreds of...
By Doris I. Mangrum In 1943, a 14 year-old African American male was strolling along the streets of Ferguson, Missouri when the police asked him...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Julie Wolf, THE ROOT (TheRoot.com)—Who was America’s first successful stage magician? He swallowed swords and molten lead. He danced...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Julie Wolf, THE ROOT (TheRoot.com)—Who was America’s first successful stage magician? He swallowed swords and molten lead. He danced...
Julee Wilson, THE HUFFINGTON POST (Huffington Post)—Rihanna is officially a Dior Girl! WWD confirmed the exciting news with the famed French fashion house. So what...
By Khari Arnold Special to the NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Though he was the first African American with a doctoral degree in...
David Sommerstein, NPR (NPR.com)—The first black American hockey player in NHL history is telling his story almost 30 years after he retired. Val James was...
Richard Goldstein, THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT (The New York Times)—Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he...
Richard Goldstein, THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT (The New York Times)—Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he...
By Charles Blatcher III The National Minority Military Museum Foundation is holding a Tribute to Black Veterans Saturday, Feb. 28, 5 p.m., at de Fremery Recreation...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the interest of full disclosure, I have been a W.E.B. DuBois fanatic since my teenage years in...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the interest of full disclosure, I have been a W.E.B. DuBois fanatic since my teenage years in...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist We gather together this month to lift up the names that have been frequently lifted, to call the roll...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist We gather together this month to lift up the names that have been frequently lifted, to call the roll...
Brittney Cooper, SALON (Salon.com)—Ruth Bader Ginsburg has emerged as the liberal hero of a hopelessly right-wing Supreme Court, a ram in the bush for those...
Brittney Cooper, SALON (Salon.com)—Ruth Bader Ginsburg has emerged as the liberal hero of a hopelessly right-wing Supreme Court, a ram in the bush for those...
Jada F. Smith, NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—Wikipedia is a vast ocean of erudition, with entries on virtually every subject, obscure to earth-shattering,...
By Barbara Fluhrer “Paul Robeson continues to be largely ignored in American test books and history,” says baritone Autris Paige. “He was an athlete,...
We live in a climate of continued racial oppression and pervasive homophobia and stigma, and it is time to embrace the history and journey of all...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Olivia Juliet Hooker celebrated her 100th birthday on February 12. In 1944, she was among the first five African...
Terry Shropshire, Special from the ATLANTA DAILY WORLD (NNPA)—Johnson Publishing, the mothership company of the beleaguered yet iconic magazines Ebony and Jet has put their legendary photo archives on the...
Sam Ford, ABC 7 – WJLA WASHINGTON (WJLA.com) – Parents are furious over what they’re calling a sudden surge in teachers resigning or being fired...
The Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary Celebration will commence on Saturday, Feb. 7 in partnership with Laney College and President Elnora T. Webb, Ph.D. ...