African American writers and poets have for years openly challenged cultural stigmas, creating classic works of literature. Many have earned Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, NAACP and...
Lucille Alicia Sharpe was born on April 22, 1921, in Hope Hull, a community outside Montgomery.
We cannot afford to be complacent and watch like spectators as our rights are rolled back, our interests are ignored, and our power is discounted. This...
Dr. Robert Parris Moses, a Harlem native who became one of the architects of Freedom Summer, died at his home in Hollywood, Fla., on July 25....
Our Black newspapers are now celebrating 194 years of being the keeper of the flame of liberty and the source of information in “our” struggle for...
Students interested in the scholarship can apply on the NAACP site. The deadline is June 18. The winners, who the NAACP’s N-SPIRE committee – a group...
Firing on more than one cylinder and beyond the comedic arena, DeLoatch wrote on VH-1’s hit drama, “Single Ladies” and is completing a middle school fantasy novel about...
We will ultimately be successful in our efforts to reach the goal of our fundraising campaign but will also ensure that the native Oakland community of...
The newly elected leaders represent an inter-generational team, bridging the millennial and baby boomer generations, which are known for their often-conflicting worldviews.
The assistance, which targets low-income families of color in the 426,000-population city, will last 18 months. Mayor Schaaf detailed that the money comes with “no-strings attached,”...
Recently, in some states, most notoriously Georgia and Florida, lawmakers have taken steps to restrict voting access and rights for many Americans. But in California, policymakers and...
“The hard truth,” Gov. Newsom said in an April 20 statement, “is that if George Floyd looked like me, he’d still be alive today.” Newsom made...
Almost 11 months ago, the world watched as Officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on the back of George Floyd’s neck. He kept it there for...
Jordan was the former president of the National Urban League and became a close adviser to Pres. Bill Clinton during his administration. A civil rights activist, Jordan also...
It is going to be a hard Christmas for many Americans. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is soaring. The virus is spreading faster than ever. Families...
In a letter released to the public, NAACP leaders revealed that they urged President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in a virtual meeting on...
Effective December 1, Alice Huffman will no longer serve as president of the California-Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
The California Democratic Party African American Caucus (CDPAAC) hosted press conferences at four locations across the state to call on Black Californians to support what that...
Two years after California lawmakers passed the first consumer data privacy act in the country, voters have a chance to expand the law or leave it as it is....
Members of the teachers’ union, Oakland Education Association (OEA), are reacting angrily to letters from the school district top attorney they believe are intensifying antagonisms between...
Black Americans were already in the midst of two disasters this year – the disproportionate toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and a spate of horrifying incidents of police brutality — when fire season in California started early....
In less than one month, the State Bar of California has been roiled in high-level personnel snafus involving two prominent Black California women. In July,...
As the 2020 renewal of the 1963 March on Washington was taking place in the nation’s capital it was also observed in many communities around the...
The clock was ticking as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers circled up to cut a deal to save the state from the wave of evictions...
The NAACP Stockton Branch recently hosted two community forums to have crucial conversations regarding racism and policing within the community. The goal of the forums was...
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