NNPA NEWSWIRE — This intensive educational program begins with 13 weeks of in-depth learning in one of the following Broadway Across America offices: New York City,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Founded on August 10, 1934, by local entrepreneur and legendary Civil Rights activist Cecil E. Newman, the MSR has chronicled local, state, national,...
April 14, 2023 – Join host Al McFarlane and expert contributors, Dr. Bravada Garrett-Akinsanya and Dr. Oliver J. Williams, for an enlightening discussion on the benefits...
The Memphis Police Department has terminated the five officers involved in Nichol’s death: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “A right is not something someone gives you. It’s something that someone cannot take away from you. That’s what this is about. It’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In January, the PGA TOUR received a score of 95/100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, becoming the first major sports organization ever included....
Night Out for Safety and Liberation started in 2013 by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in response to the murder of Trayvon Martin by...
“Two years ago, George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of law enforcement swept the nation. His life was taken from him by a broken, racist...
The man who killed Vincent Chin, Ronald Ebens, a white auto worker, spent no jail time for the crime and was allowed to plea bargain to...
Overall, our report found that the names Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd were shared online nearly 50 million times from last June to September...
“We know something is wrong, when one side in the bargaining process eventually amasses such an imbalance of power that it seems to operate as an...
The Police Commission has not moved on the proposed budget and the LAPD needs the City Council’s approval before it can go into effect. On the...
Our gratitude for this measure of accountability is soul-deep. And now we ask ourselves, will things really be different this time? The answer is that they...
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...
Post News Group Publisher Paul Cobb said of the verdict: “Darnella Frazier’s video action should be imitated and celebrated by all youth and adults nationwide. We...
The New York Times is not where you turn to get the Black experience in America. But they couldn’t ignore the passing of one of American...
[George] Floyd’s murder sparked peaceful demonstrations in cities across the country, demonstrations that, in Minneapolis and a few other places, turned toward riots. Chauvin and his...
Thousands of people took to the Oakland streets May 29 for what was at first a peaceful protest against the death of George Floyd, who...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — Keith Sweat walked on stage doing what he does best, begging and pleading for the women who love his music to get up on...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Michael Gunn, senior vice president of the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), said he has a job that keeps him young...
ROLLINGOUT — Performing for a sold-out show at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Minnesota on Friday night, Oct. 4, 2019, R&B legend Brian McKnight kept...
NPA NEWSWIRE — MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) addressed members of the A. Philip Randolph Institute last week in Bloomington, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. APRI...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — The signs are all around us. Major League Baseball (MLB) has had it, and they are fighting back by whatever means necessary. Today something...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — On the heels of the most recent “Anti-Poverty Soldier” piece(June 20, 2019) — about a Duke University study that chronicled the systematic plundering of...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank announced a five-year, $1 million investment in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in northwest D.C....