By Kelly-Ann Brown Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings – Blake and several state legislators are calling for the removal of the confederate flag on Maryland license […]
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times This week, it was as though we were reliving Sept. 15, 1963, all over again, when a bomb blast at the Sixteenth […]
by M.Latimer Edward Waters College alumni from around the country met in Orlando, Florida this weekend for the 2015 EWC National Alumni Convention. The convention theme, titled “Moving our Association from Good to Great,” set […]
By R. Silver The 9th Annual Stanton All Class Gala was held last weekend at the Lexington Hotel (former Wyndham). The annual confab included a Friday Night the meet and greet, recognition of those who […]
With a general theme of “One City, One Jacksonville” emphasizing optimism and unity, a joint inauguration ceremony was held for Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams this week. More than 1,200 Jacksonville residents gathered […]
By Dwight Brown, NNPA Film Critic Sometimes artistry and insanity are so intertwined you can’t distinguish between them. That was the challenge for singer Nina Simone; dealing with worldwide fame and a madness she couldn’t […]
Phi Beta Sigma, Fraternity, Inc., one of the country’s largest African American men’s organizations and community service groups, announced its commitment to galvanize its membership of over 150,000 men and 750 chapters to call for […]
I don’t know what angered and upset me the most – hearing about the nine blacks murdered in the Charleston, South Carolina African Methodist Episcopal church or hearing some of the nonsense coming from Republicans […]
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist While social change for some may appear to be inevitable, it does not happen by osmosis, and it does not occur without a focused effort led by those […]
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA ColumnistRev. Clementa Pinckney and his fellow congregants of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. gathered as usual in the historic edifice June 17 for their Wednesday evening […]
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