By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When President Obama returns to Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C. Friday to eulogize Rev. Clementa Pinckney,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In what is quickly and unexpectedly gaining ground as a fitting memorial to the nine African Americans...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In what is quickly and unexpectedly gaining ground as a fitting memorial to the nine African Americans...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley is fond of saying, “Slavery was America’s original sin, and racism remains its unresolved...
Caitlin Dickerson, NPR (NPR) — As a young U.S. Army soldier during World War II, Rollins Edwards knew better than to refuse an assignment....
Caitlin Dickerson, NPR (NPR) — As a young U.S. Army soldier during World War II, Rollins Edwards knew better than to refuse an assignment....
By Christina Coleman Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender (NNPA) — The South Carolina judge who urged the public support the family of...
By Christina Coleman Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender (NNPA) — The South Carolina judge who urged the public support the family of...
Michael D. Shear and Christine Hauser, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times) — Just days after nine black parishioners were killed in a...
Michael D. Shear and Christine Hauser, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times) — Just days after nine black parishioners were killed in a...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (The Huffington Post) — Police say someone spray-painted the message “Black Lives Matter” on a statue memorializing the Confederacy in Charleston several...
More than a dozen faith leaders and organizers with the PICO National Network from across the U.S. including Berkeley Pastor Michael McBride, are at the Vatican...
(Salon) – Black America is tired. The liminal existence of Ellison’s invisible man; Cornel West’s brilliant meditation on “niggerization” as a state of existential fear, where...
(Salon) – Black America is tired. The liminal existence of Ellison’s invisible man; Cornel West’s brilliant meditation on “niggerization” as a state of existential fear, where...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist In the context of the responses to the lynchings of African Americans by police and racist citizenry, greater and...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When racist attitudes, either conscious or subconscious, are combined with the discretionary powers that law enforcement officers have, the result...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Discussions in the news media (I’d rather call it the “Views Media”) regarding the use of the word, “Thug,” are...
Melonyce McAfee, CNN (CNN) –A California auction house is selling an early drawing by Dr. Seuss that’s sure to disappoint the parents and children who adore...
Sindya N. Bahnoo, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — It may be possible to reduce biases regarding race and gender while a person...
(BET.com) – A Black family was told to leave their Long Island, N.Y. neighborhood in a racist letter that police are investigating as a hate crime. Ronica...
(BET.com) – A Black family was told to leave their Long Island, N.Y. neighborhood in a racist letter that police are investigating as a hate crime. Ronica...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Question: When men (and a few women) belonging to gangs known to law enforcement agencies for criminal behavior explode...
D.L. Chandler, NEWSONE MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (NewsOne) — The Atlantic Beach Bikefest, otherwise known as Black Bike Week, is the largest African-American motorcycle rally event in...
Berkeley High School Senior Kadijah Diani Means has been working hard during her high school career to bring racial equity to the world – and the...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Maryland College Park’s School of...