NNPA NEWSWIRE — A Wallace S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Government at Columbia University, Hamilton made history as one of the first African Americans to hold...
While beliefs about the nature and purpose of Kwanzaa differ, its birth has, over the years, resulted in broad appreciation and widespread observance of the seven-day...
The California Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (CA/HI NAACP) held its 11th annual Legacy Hall of Fame induction...
By Tamara Shiloh It was June 5, 1966. James Howard Meredith (born 1933), on a mission to encourage Black voter registration and defy entrenched racism in...
What began as a solitary peaceful protest for voter registration became one of the South’s most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. Leaders like Martin...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There was some early blow-back resulting from the Afro. Beside the fact that many Black parents then frowned on the new expression of...
Hundreds of Black activists, educators, entrepreneurs, healers and artists convened last weekend for “a People’s Assembly” to discuss and strategize solutions to improve life for Black...
At 71, the Freedom Fighter Battles On by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Say the name Angela Davis and, depending...
At 71, the Freedom Fighter Battles On by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Say the name Angela Davis and, depending...
By Mildred Trouillot “Tell No Lies” by Barbara Rhine has all the elements of good fiction – a suspenseful story line, complicated love interests, complex characters...