By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Contributor The world is mourning the loss of Disneystar Cameron Boyce who passed away Saturday due to an ongoing medical condition. Boyce, 20, who starred in Disney’s Descendants franchise, was found unresponsive at his home and could not be revived by paramedics. NNPA Newswire: Boyce grew up in front of […]
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Karen Carter Richards, Publisher of the Houston Forward Times, Elected as New NNPA National Chair
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Karen Carter Richards, the publisher of the Houston Forward Times, has been elected to serve as the chair of the National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade organization that represents African American-owned newspapers and media companies throughout the country. Richards, who in 2018 won the NNPA’s Publisher of […]
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PRESS ROOM: Statement from Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network (NAN) Regarding the Supreme Court’s Decision on Gerrymandering
By The NNPA NEWSWIRE The highest court in the land, in fact, chose to condone partisan gerrymandering, a political tactic that has long been used to suppress political representation for Black and brown voters and ultimately helped to elect Trump. NEW YORK (June 27, 2019) —It is a sad day for democracy in the United […]
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Exclusive: Hero Killed in Virginia Beach Mass Shooting Memorialized by Father
By Brenda H. Andrews, Publisher, New Journal and Guide “Did you get two or three sermons today?” Mrs. Maxine Cox asked me at the front door as I was preparing to leave. I had just completed a 90-minute one-on-one interview with her husband of 53 and a half years and was meeting her for the […]
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The Storied History of the Black Press Part II
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells Barnett, Langston Hughes, Romare Bearden, James Weldon Johnson, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Daisy Bates are all names that are notable in many ways. But, their contributions to the Black Press remain profound. It’s the talent and fearlessness of such editors, publishers, […]
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Exceptional Director, B. Monet, Rides into History with Cadillac
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia You can call Brittany Fennell by her given name, her last name or by the moniker that has driven her to fame, “B. Monet.” However, the award-winning writer and director from Silver Spring, Maryland, who holds degrees from Spelman and New York University, will go down in history […]
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The Storied History of the Black Press: ‘The Pillars of Black America’s Struggle for Justice’
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Since the founding of the Black Press 192 years ago, African American-owned newspapers have served their communities in ways that no other publications have. Historically, these publications have operated on “shoe-string” budgets, are usually understaffed, and also face other severe limitations. Yet, the Black Press always has […]
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First Democratic Debate of the 2020 Race Features Almost No Questions on the Black Agenda
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor The first presidential debate for the 2020 campaign in the race for the White House featured five moderators, 10 candidates, two hours and only one question on the voting block that comprises the base vote for the Democratic party: African American voters. The one question came an hour […]
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Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” Focuses on Falsely Accused Central Park Five
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor The painful true stories of five falsely accused young men, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, and Korey Wise, has been brought to light in excruciatingly vivid detail by director Ava DuVernay. The group known as the Central Park Five would receive 6 to 13 years […]
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Bernie Sanders Sole Candidate to Address the Black Press at National Convention
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Every major newspaper and news organization in the country has labeled the Black vote crucial to success in the 2020 presidential election, and statistics show that African Americans are 60% more likely to utilize and trust print-related resources for information than the general public. However, of the 24 […]
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Congresswoman Wilson Leads Letter to Trump Administration on Proposed Cuts to Child Migrant Services
Written by NNPA Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, June 12, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson led a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, urging them to reconsider planned funding cuts to services provided to unaccompanied minors in federal detention. The administration […]
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After Memo Becomes Public, Focus of Trump Citizenship Question is Revealed
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor A deceased Republican strategist who played a key part in the Trump administration’s effort to get a citizenship question included on census forms for the 2020 census has delivered an unexpected message from the grave. Thomas Hofeller, who passed away in August 2018, concluded in a 2015 report that adding […]