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