NNPA NEWSWIRE — If you always do things for your child, and always tell them what to do, they will not be able to make their...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — the celebration of the birth of the Black press in the United States. 2024 marks the 197th year of the Black Press of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Further, the wealth gap between Black and non-Black Americans has experienced only marginal growth, with African Americans possessing eighteen cents for every dollar...
Oakland poet James Cagney was 19 when he asked his mother “Are you really my mother?” Her answer changed his life forever. He learned he was...
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...
Oakland resident Ranza Raye Devereaux will turn 105 on Aug. 18, 2021.