NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We lost the matriarch of our family,” says Pat Houston, the daughter-in-law of Cissy Houston....
James Van Der Zee (1886–1983) would have two careers in photography: locally, as Harlem’s photographer during the 1920s and 30s, and nationally, when his works from...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today we honor one of the world’s most impassioned freedom fighters and ‘drum majors for justice’: Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. With...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "It's so asinine that the actions of the killer of [Treyvon Martin] their teenage son will continue to devastate them over and over...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Miles College is honored to partner with Shaquille O'Neal and welcome him to our historic and beautiful campus," Knight said in a statement....
NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — Three-quarters of the students enrolled in Friendship schools in D.C. are from Wards 7 and 8, the city’s two poorest areas,...