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NAACP Requests Meeting with NFL Commissioner on Colin Kaepernick

August 23, 2017 Staff 0

In a letter mailed today, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization is requesting a meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss the issue of First Amendment rights and free speech issues surrounding players, including […]

Entertainment

The Prince Estate and Pantone Unveil Love Symbol Color

August 22, 2017 Staff 0

By pantone.com The Prince Estate, alongside Pantone Color Institute™, the global color authority, announced today the creation of a standardized custom color to represent and honor international icon, Prince. The (naturally) purple hue, represented by […]

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Confederate Statues Fall But Economic Racism Lingers

August 22, 2017 Staff 0

By Julianne Malveaux Cheers to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, one of the first mayors to take Confederate statues down and to make the strong point that these statues represent nothing but oppression. You should […]

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ASK ALMA: MY CO-WORKER STOLE MY IDEA. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

August 22, 2017 Staff 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, During a team meeting at work, I came up with an idea to better assist our members and increase membership. Later while sitting in my cubicle, our […]

Editorials

Why America is a “Nation of Cowards” When it Comes to Race

August 22, 2017 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood In a Black History speech in 2009 at a Department of Justice program, the nation’s first black attorney general said that America is “a nation of cowards.” Sure it may sound bad […]

Religion

Spiritually Speaking: Do You Love You?

August 22, 2017 Staff 0

by James Washington The road to spiritual salvation is sometimes so obvious, so apparent that we just miss it. Like most of Jesus’ message, it doesn’t seem possible that by simply changing ones’ outlook, the […]

Lifestyle

Mom wants to ensure kids of color have party supplies that represent them

August 21, 2017 Staff 0

Event planner Lynnette Abbott has started a Kickstarter campaign so she can print her first run of party supplies with characters of color. (Photo by Craft My Occasion) By Taylor Pittman, huffingtonpost.com After noticing the […]

Editorials

When Adults Are Irresponsible, the Children Suffer

August 21, 2017 Staff 0

THIS 1992 PHOTO captured a preschooler dressed by his parents in despicable KKK garb. (Photo by Todd Robertson, Southern Poverty Law Center) By Vernon A. Williams, Gary Crusader Whenever adults behave badly, what effect does […]

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Eatonville, FL – First Black Incorporated Town Will Celebrate its 130th Birthday

August 21, 2017 Staff 0

Eatonville, Florida, the first town organized, governed and incorporated by African Americans, will mark its 130th anniversary with a celebration on Saturday and Sunday that will include a town cleanup and a ceremony to honor […]

Feature

Look for Sojourner Truth in the Friendly Skies

August 21, 2017 Staff 0

Abolitionist Sojourner Truth served as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, guiding, cajoling and even threatening runaway slaves to continue their long walks to freedom, often at night, before the Civil War. Hundreds of years […]

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