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Events Mark Emmett Till Slaying 60 Years Later

August 28, 2015 Staff 0

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sixty years after a black Chicago teenager was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, relatives and civil rights activists are holding church services […]

Education

Black Students Nationally Disproportionately Disciplined

August 28, 2015 Staff 0

Black boys and girls are suspended and expelled from schools at extremely high rates By Frederick H. Lowe African-American boys comprise 47% of suspensions and 44% of expulsions from kindergarten through 12th grade in public […]

Education

Valor and Virtue Academies Open School Year Ready to Lead by Example

August 28, 2015 Staff 0

Valor Academy, the first all male college prep school in Jacksonville, enrolled 140 young men in their Northwest location in its inaugural year in 2014. The young scholars scored multiple speech and debate victories on […]

National

Familiar Faces from Ferguson Fellowship at Vigil for Mansur Ball-Bey

August 26, 2015 Staff 0

by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from The St. Louis American “Hey, how have you been,” said Cathy Daniels, affectionately known to Ferguson protesters as “Mama Cat.” She walked around greeting people Thursday night […]

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Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson Dies at 104

August 26, 2015 Staff 0

PHILLIP LUCAS, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who nearly died while helping lead the “Bloody Sunday” civil rights march in 1965, championed voting rights for blacks and […]

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Judges Assigned to Rule on Makeup of Corrine Brown’s Congressional District

August 26, 2015 Staff 0

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief After the Florida Republican-dominated state legislature failed to redraw Rep. Corrine Brown’s congressional district and seven others that had been gerrymandered to favor Republicans, a three-judge federal panel was […]

Education

FAMU – Auburn Collaboration Promises Big Reward

August 17, 2015 Staff 0

Tallahassee—Auburn University and Florida A&M University began the first in a series of collaborative efforts that will positively impact athletic performance, health disparities among African American women, and physical development.  Participants from both universities shared […]

National

America’s Oldest Known Veteran, Emma Didlake, Dies at 110

August 17, 2015 Staff 0

The nation’s oldest known veteran, Emma Didlake, died Sunday, a month after meeting President Obama in the White House. She was 110. Didlake, an African American housewife who joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in […]

Lifestyle

Buzzwords Used to Describe African-Americans Seen as Harmful

August 17, 2015 Staff 0

Whether in print, on television or on social media, people are increasingly using code words or phrases to describe African Americans. “Urban” is now the politically-correct term for black people, neighborhoods or style of dress; […]

National

Miami Police Union Targets Woman for Posting Video of Alleged Police Brutality

August 17, 2015 Staff 0

RT.com Story Posted:08/17/2015 A cell phone video of a Miami police officer arresting a Black teen and then beating him several times in the back of a squad car went viral, but the woman who […]

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