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With less than 10 days until the primary election, the Hillsborough County NAACP hosted a gubernatorial forum in Tampa last Saturday. All five candidates confirmed their attendance — but four of them stood up the […]
Black women are continuing to break barriers in the realm of STEM. NASA has announced that Vanessa Wyche has been appointed as the deputy director of their Johnson Space Center; making her the first African-American […]
By Melody Hobson, blackamericaweb.com WHAT IS EQUAL PAY DAY? There is a pay gap between men and women in this country. The average American woman makes about 80 cents on the dollar compared to the […]
By Lauren Poteat Thousands of people from across the country gathered in San Antonio, Texas for the 109th Annual NAACP Convention. The daring theme of this year’s convention (“Stop Hate, Vote”) was right on target, […]
By Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sports LeBron James’ new school is much more than a school. It meets the basic definition, of course, but not only will James’ I Promise School help some of Akron’s […]
By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today Nine members of a black family drowned when their tour boat sank on Table Rock Lake Thursday in Branson, Missouri, in 70 miles per hour winds and high waves. The […]
By Paula Rogo, essence.com A new study has found that Black women are the demographic burdened the most by the student loan debt crisis in the United States — taking on the biggest debt load […]
By Frederick H. Lowe Three African-American U.S. Senators have introduced a bill in Congress that if passed and signed into law would make lynching a federal crime. It is similar to legislation introduced earlier this […]
By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today U.S. Army Lieutenant General Darryl A. Williams has been named the 60th superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, making him the first African American to command […]
After 40 years, Debbie Africa has been released from Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Cambridge Springs, the first of the infamous MOVE Nine to be paroled. Founded in 1972, the Philadelphia-based Black liberation group drew national […]
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