By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were released and exonerated after spending 36 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. The men were teenagers when they received a life sentence in 1984 after being convicted of murdering 14-year-old DeWitt Duckett in Baltimore. (From L […]
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Attorney Ben Crump Talks New Book, ‘Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s so asinine that the actions of the killer of their teenage son will continue to devastate them over and over again. Every year he comes up with something like the selling of the gun. It’s just horrific what this individual does. We rather focus on something more important, like in Flint, […]
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COMMENTARY: Marvin Miller Gets to the Baseball Hall of Fame… but no Curt Flood
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Contributor When it was announced on December 8th that the late Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), had finally been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame I let out a yell of glee! Finally, an individual who did so much […]
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Congressional Black Caucus Members Talk Impeachment, HBCU Funding
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Shortly after the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump on Friday, December 13, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a conference call with publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of Black Press publications […]
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Kamala Harris: Will McConnell Let the Senate Hold a Fair Impeachment Trial?
By Kamala D. Harris, U.S. Senator (D-CA) December 18 — Today the House of Representatives will vote on whether to impeach President Trump. If it votes yes, sometime early in the new year I will take an oath on the Senate floor to uphold the Constitution, review evidence and follow the facts wherever they lead, […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV and Film
NNPA Presents: The Best Films of 2019
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Look back on the most noteworthy films of 2019, they all display a diverse array of superb talent—in front of and behind the camera. These movies entertained, educated and often inspired us. They challenged our opinions, and made us contemplate our fate to become more aware of the world […]
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House Judiciary Committee Approves Trump Impeachment
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent House Democrats have had their say and history has been made. After a marathon session that began on Dec. 11 with the consideration of two articles of impeachment, The House Judiciary Committee gave its final approval on Dec. 13 to impeach President Donald J. Trump, making Trump one […]
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Our Black Is Beautiful
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Zozibini Tunzi said she grew up in a world where a woman who looks like her, was never considered beautiful. On Dec. 8, the South Africa beauty queen was crowned Miss Universe. “I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my […]
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PRESS ROOM: Black Law Enforcement Speaks Out on Proposed Menthol Ban
Proposed Legislation Will Have Drastic and Debilitating Impact on Communities of Color Several state legislatures have recently proposed laws which are being directed towards what may only be viewed as a mephitic approach to issues as they relate to youthful use of e-cigarettes and vaping. We stress the concept that these proposed legislative acts would, […]
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House Passes Voting Rights Measure to Restore Portions of Law Gutted in 2015
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia More than four years after sections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were taken out by the Supreme Court and following four attempts under a House led by Republicans, Rep. Terri Sewell’s (R-Ala.) bill to reinstate voting protections has finally passed. “Voting is personal to […]
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Powerful Book For Young Black Boys Celebrates 25 Years With a Pledge to Get 1 Million New Readers
By NNPA Jerald LeVon Hoover became the published author of a Young Adult (YA) title, one of a few books targeted toward young Black and Brown boys ages 12 and up, “My Friend, My Hero.” This novella has become a staple as recommended reading in elementary through high schools across the country and around the […]
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OPINION: Danger of Historical Amnesia in the Era of Trump
By Annie “Q” Sajid, Oakland Post News via NNPA This past President’s Day, many anti-Trump rallies were organized in the name of a “Not My President’s Day.” Ironically enough, the “Not My President” refrain began as a racist chant of the Tea Party to delegitimize Barack Obama’s status as the first Black US president. The […]