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#NNPA BlackPress8 months ago

Medgar Evers, Rep. Clyburn, Among Nineteen Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) joins all Americans today to salute all of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award recipients at the...
Activism2 years ago

March Against Fear: When ‘Black Power’ Became Mainstream

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 BlackPress2 years ago

March Against Fear: When ‘Black Power’ Became Mainstream

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...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

Blacks Make up Majority of Inmates in Mississippi’s Debtors Prison

NNPA NEWSWIRE — An investigation led by The Marshall Project and the nonprofit Mississippi Today discovered that hundreds of Mississippi residents – the majority being black...
#NNPA BlackPress6 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Leah Chase, Legendary ‘Queen of Creole Cuisine’ and Civil Rights Icon Dies at 96

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Her daily joy was not simply cooking but preparing meals to bring people together. One of her most prized contributions was advocating for...
Black History6 years ago

Stetson selects first Black dean of College of Law

FLORIDA COURIER — Following a nationwide search, Stetson University Executive Vice President and Provost Noel Painter, Ph.D., announced the appointment of Michèle Alexandre, a noted civil...
#NNPA BlackPress6 years ago

Rep. Bennie Thompson Wins Efforts to Make Medgar Evers Home National Monument

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because of the work of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the Evers' house at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, will now become...
Commentary6 years ago

COMMENTARY: It’s Time to Stop Marginalizing African Americans in Public Higher Education

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The same states where African Americans are underrepresented in selective public colleges are also underfunding the open-access colleges that African Americans attend. According...
National10 years ago

Feds Charge U. of Mississippi Student in Noose Incident

Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Federal authorities announced Friday that a man has been charged with civil rights crimes for placing a noose...
National10 years ago

Feds Charge U. of Mississippi Student in Noose Incident

Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Federal authorities announced Friday that a man has been charged with civil rights crimes for placing a noose...
National10 years ago

Ole Miss Student Charged for Defacing Meredith Statue

Jerry Mitchell, The Clarion-Ledger via USA TODDAY JACKSON, Miss. (USA Today)—Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney...

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