The 17th Frank S. Greene Scholars Science Fair and Gala is the annual gathering of families, dedicated volunteers, and corporate sponsors to support and celebrate African-American...
The City of San Leandro’s Senior Commission is hosting its second Coffee with the Commission on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The...
What can make a 6-year-old and a 78-year-old spend their day together at the Richmond Recreation Complex? The answer is chess. In what may be the...
As the formal search for a permanent Pastor continues, retiring Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Jr., announced Jan. 27, that Assistant Pastor Rev. Dr....
The Oakland Board of Education voted this week despite the opposition of hundreds of Roots students and families and their supporters. Parent leaders pledged to continue...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The $44 million bus rapid transit project is expected to break ground in May.
Hightowers Petroleum is one of the top 15 black-owned businesses in the nation, according to Black Enterprise and provides fuel to a number of Fortune 500 companies....
More than 80,000 apply to be UC Berkeley freshmen Year after year, for more than a decade, applications for admission to UC Berkeley’s freshman class reached...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Included among NNPA partners and sponsors are GM; RAI Reynolds America; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Ford; Pfizer Rare Disease; Macy’s; Juul;...
THE SEATTLE MEDIUM — The Black Lives Matter At Schools Movement’s momentum is growing as its impact on the community has been fruitful.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE — Savannah Master Calendar’s partner businesses recently hosted the 2019 Tipsy Hot Chocolate Festival.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE — The Savannah Branch NAACP held its first Mass Meeting of 2019 on January 27 at St. Paul CME Church
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Jimi Hendrix is one of the most important figures in American pop culture, not just American music,” said Dr. Steven Lewis, curator at...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The event brought together nearly 60 employers looking to fill more than 1,200 open positions.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — I will never forget the colorful characters of Beale Street: Men wearing coordinated suits, shoes and hats, with processed hair; curvaceous women walking...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Beginning in about two weeks I will be teaching a fellowship at Harvard University,” Gillum said in an exclusive tidbit from a fireside...
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is a day off for many—but in Oakland, it’s a day on for service and activism. A Day of Activism By...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today [January 26th] is Angela Davis’ birthday and we salute our freedom-fighting sister leader for her genius, wisdom and courage in America and...
A group of community leaders and activists came together Thursday to call on the state to increase funding for Oakland public schools and to end the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “[T]he census must be conducted in a way that will not thwart the goal of equal representation,” wrote U.S. District Judge Paul Grimm,...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Members of the VCP patrol the area in marked cars in order to provide extra eyes on neighborhoods and when needed.
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Last year, One Year in The Life examined a wide range of topics involving Detroiters.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Her Excellency, Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the African Union Ambassador to the United States, also appeared at the conference where she and Jamaican Tourist...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’d like to read about people who made impacts but are not entertainers, musicians, and those we hear about every Black History Month,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Papa John’s Foundation and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation of Winston-Salem, each pledged a $500,000 donation to the school, and each said...