Three days after U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro posthumously exonerated the remaining 256 African American Port Chicago defendants who were court-martialed for mutiny...
Robert L. Allen, historian scholar, and civil rights activist, died on July 10 at 82. One of his important works, “The Port Chicago Mutiny,” played a...
Young voters from the millennial generation and Gen Z are emerging as the demographic center of power in American politics, but new studies by UC Berkeley...
Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12) released the following statement on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. “80 years ago, one of the largest invasions in historical warfare—and the...
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...
Every Jan. 30, OUSD commemorates the legacy of Fred Korematsu, an Oakland native, a Castlemont High School graduate, and a national symbol of resistance, resilience, and...
The Marin County Office of Education, located at 1111 Las Gallinas Ave in San Rafael, will host the extraordinary exhibit, “The Legacy of Marin City: A...
Orrin Cromwell Evans was a remarkable figure in the history of African American journalism and comics. Born in 1902 in Steelton, Pennsylvania, he overcame racial complexities...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Norman Lear is not only known for his contributions to television but also for his activism. He has been an outspoken advocate for...
By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media In August, the California Attorney General’s Office publicly apologized for its role in the unjust incarceration of...
Israel has taken over lands that were not part of Israel, has allowed Jewish settlers to take over Palestinian homes in the West Bank, and has...
After being sworn in last Friday, Air Force General Charles Quinton Brown, Jr. assumed his role as Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff on Oct. 1. He...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that temporarily suspended some of the requirements of the California’s public meeting law, the Bagley...
Hyde Park, NY — The opening of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum's feature exhibit, “Black Americans, Civil Rights, and the Roosevelts, 1932–1962,” allows the...
Reminiscent of the Black Lives Matter protests over police killings of unarmed citizens in the U.S., France has been in the throes of national unrest in...
Judge William Haynes Stephens, known as Bill, died peacefully on May 17, 2023, at age 88. A trailblazer in many regards, he will be remembered as...
Elex Stewart, a retired Alameda County auto mechanic, passed away on Friday April 28. He was 100 years old. Stewart was born on Sept. 25, 1922,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Known globally for both for his artistic ingenuity and humanitarian ideals, Belafonte became an early, vocal supporter of the Civil Rights Movement, a...
Born M’bebe Mpessa in the German colony of Cameroon, Louis Brody (1892–1951) won over audiences during the early twentieth century as a prominent actor and musician....
California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs...
President Jimmy Carter served in the Navy during World War II, and his administration created the U.S. Department of Energy and Education. During his one term,...
Nita Hayden Vasquez, who owned Hayden’s Market in Marin City, died Jan. 11, 2023, in Tampa, Fla., of natural causes. She was 80 years old. Vasquez...
San Rafael, CA — Under a new proposal, residents of Golden Gate Village in Marin City will have a voice in prioritizing investments from a new...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A Washington Post investigation found that Trump’s company raked in at least $2.5 million in taxpayer money and $5.6 million in campaign funds...
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...
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