It was 51 years in the making and even Hurricane Matthew tried to stop the celebration. The annual NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, held at the Hyatt Riverfront, lauded the city’s game changes in a festive […]
The former Linda Bennett and Erick T. Johnson met many years ago as dance partners. The couple would dance to the tunes of the 70’s and 80’s and somehow knew that dancing was their key […]
by Corey Williams, AP The Fidel Castro that Sam Riddle and many other African-Americans admired was not the revolutionary dictator who plunged Cuba into economic ruin and held the island nation in an iron grip. […]
By Melissa Kimble Dorothy Height spent her life fighting for racial and gender equality. But when you think of the work of leaders such as Shirley Chisholm, Amelia Boynton Robinson and Anna Julia Cooper, Height […]
By Dusty Good PEARL HARBOR – As the nation pauses to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred 75 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, the occasion has special meaning for a Jacksonville, Florida […]
A huge group of women’s rights advocates plans to descend on Washington the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration to protest his comments about women throughout his contentious campaign against Hillary Clinton. After initially being referred […]
By Raynard Jackson I was recently watching some NBA games on TNT and one of the game’s announcers was famed broadcaster Marv Albert. He is considered by many to be one of the top announcers […]
Elections in America over the past 50 or so years have been fairly predictable based on factors like the economy. There is a widespread belief that the economy, jobs, etc. determines the Presidency. If the […]
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I have been trying to figure out how there can be any discussion of registering Muslims due to alleged national security concerns, when it is documented that […]
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Racism is a malignant, powerful, and harmful reality for millions of persons of color throughout the world. Here, inside the United States, racism is […]
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