NNPA NEWSWIRE — At the last minute, due to Omicron concerns, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival morphed from an in-person and virtual event to a purely...
A coalition of civil rights groups has launched the Black History is American History campaign to push back on Gov. Youngkin’s efforts to force teachers and schools to...
Recently, the work the task force is doing has been garnering national attention. But members say they must implement a stronger communications and public relations strategy...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It is worth noting that recounting the horrors of slavery, remembering heroes of the civil rights movement, along with a few 19th and...
To celebrate 80 years of Black history in Marin City, Jahi Torman and I have created Marin City 80, a year-long celebration of history, culture, and...
The first day of hearings featured opening statements from the 22 members of the Judiciary Committee and opening remarks from Jackson. Democratic Senator Corey Booker noted...
Councilmember Carroll Fife said that putting the Oakland A’s $12-billion real estate development project on the ballot would ensure that the public has a voice in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — From Freedom’s Journal to the North Star to John Abbott’s Chicago Defender, African American-owned newspapers have sparked fires for truth and equality that...
Omishakin, 44, makes history as the first African American to serve in that Cabinet-level position responsible for overseeing all state agencies that regulate and support transportation...
A coalition of local and national civil rights groups used this year’s Bloody Sunday commemorations as a time to look forward as well as back. They...
Kanye West is trying to do what a gang of white supremacists and anti-critical race theorists have wanted to do for years: cancel Black History Month....
In 2020, [JP Morgan] Chase announced its $30 billion racial equity commitment, a five-year plan that includes assisting entrepreneurs in historically underserved areas to access coaching,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At the White House before Breyer spoke, the President said, “I have made no decision except one. The person I will nominate will...
I believe that the president’s call to action was a reminder of the power of direct action. And a reminder of the power of the people...
Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the Mint will issue five quarters in each of these years. The ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of...
Maybe if all those subpoenaed comply, Congress will get to the bottom of what happened that day — that some Republicans loyal to an ex-president who...
“We’re about balance, inclusion, and stating the case precisely so that it doesn’t face paralysis of analysis or become just another study,” Brown said. “We have...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that Black people in the United States are being hospitalized for the virus 2.6 times more than...
Prolific Professor Robert Farris Thompson truly embodied the term ‘Maestro de Maestros.’ He was an absolute giant in the field of Afro-Atlantic history and art, respected...
We grew up hearing family stories about life in the Carolinas from our parents and grandparents. My sister, Gwen Fortune-Blakely, has written her first children’s book,...
Right-wing media outlets and social media spread false information and conspiracy theories. Conservative activists and politicians opposed public health measures as a form of “tyranny.”
The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation is hosting a block party celebration for the unveiling on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m....
Oakland’s longshore and dock workers are the frontline essential workers for economic pandemic relief and supply-chain restoration.
During the final week before the October 10 deadline for signing bills passed by the state Legislature this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 46 bills supporting...
The Friends-Stewards of the African American Museum and Library at Oakland (Friends-Stewards of AAMLO), a 501(c)(3) organization, is excited to host Voices & Visions of Change...
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