Students at Coliseum College Prep Academy, a public high school in East Oakland, celebrated Black History Month last Friday by putting an assembly for the entire...
The Nimely Pan Africa Dance Company presented a Black History Month Celebration Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Hannah Gallery in Marin City. About a hundred people...
Raises Funds for Smithsonian’s National Museum Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper SiriusXM’s Joe Madison achieved the historic goal of a 52-hour marathon broadcast...
By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist Black History Month is over, but we should move past the standardized foci and platitudes that mark our commemoration....
The East Bay Small Business Council recently honored several local leaders for their dedication to business and the community. Featured speakers at the Small Business Council’s...
Richard Goldstein, THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT (The New York Times)—Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he...
Richard Goldstein, THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT (The New York Times)—Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he...
By Charles Blatcher III The National Minority Military Museum Foundation is holding a Tribute to Black Veterans Saturday, Feb. 28, 5 p.m., at de Fremery Recreation...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday celebrated what he called “the central role that African-Americans have played in every...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday celebrated what he called “the central role that African-Americans have played in every...
Oakland-bred artist “Kingdom the Crown”, 23, has a powerful and descriptive message of the passage through slavery, from Africa to the modern African-American life. Tall, dark,...
In celebration of Black History Month, author Denise Ajayi-Williams is kicking off her Bay Area book tour of “Akiti the Hunter,” the book adapted from a...
By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Julie Wolf, The Root Who was the first African-American flight attendant for a U.S. airline? The skies weren’t always...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist We gather together this month to lift up the names that have been frequently lifted, to call the roll...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist We gather together this month to lift up the names that have been frequently lifted, to call the roll...
Recognizing Black History Month, city councilmembers and Mayor Libby Schaaf honored a group of African American unsung heroes who have been dedicated in their work to...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist In observance of Black History Month, I believe it is important to highlight some of those long lasting...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist In observance of Black History Month, I believe it is important to highlight some of those long lasting...
We live in a climate of continued racial oppression and pervasive homophobia and stigma, and it is time to embrace the history and journey of all...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Olivia Juliet Hooker celebrated her 100th birthday on February 12. In 1944, she was among the first five African...
By Jacquelyn M. Williams, DDS What seems important to stress is not only the benefits of brushing and flossing but what an incredible career this is,...
By Opal Tometi, executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Reprinted from Huffington Post Everyone knows that...
ATLANTA, February 11, 2015 – In celebration of Black History Month, Cricket Wireless encourages its employees, customers, fans and followers to engage on social media via Twitter to...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The racial differential in the poverty rate is staggering. Last time I checked, about 12 percent people in the United...
Black History Month is a time when we can reflect on the lives of the loved ones we have lost to AIDS. In Black America, HIV...
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