By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Organizations and movements representing African Americans in general, and Black Women in particular, said they’ve continued to unite in defense of Black youth whom they said are being inundated with misogynistic messages from Urban Radio stations that target the Black community. While recognizing sexual misconduct as deviant […]
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Posted inCommentary, OPINION
Refugees
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Contributor The hysterics in connection with the Central American refugees seeking asylum in the USA would, under other circumstances, be comical. A few thousand people seeking to enter a country of 350 million people and Trump tell us to panic and prepare for armed action. International human rights law […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS
NNPA EXCLUSIVE: Camille Cosby Speaks to the Black Press About Hate Groups, Racism, History and Voting Rights
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Racism and prejudice are omnipresent and internalized within America’s institutions, media and myriad entities. One example can be traced to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, according to Camille Cosby, wife of imprisoned Bill Cosby. While her husband languishes in a Pennsylvania prison, Mrs. Cosby said it’s […]
Posted inBaltimore News, BUSINESS, LIFE & STYLE, Living, National News, NEWS
Baltimore Organization Helping Fathers, Families with Sustainable Employment, Life Skills
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Twenty years ago, Christy Lee Shockley was a single mother living in a shelter and unable to keep a job. The trauma she had experienced in her childhood caught up to her and she needed support to realize her potential. In 1998, Christy saw her chance and bravely enrolled in […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, LIFE & STYLE, Living, National News, NEWS
Dear Black People: Adoption is a Great Option
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor November was National Adoption Awareness Month, which came about as an effort to encourage families to consider adopting children in the foster care system. First introduced in 1976 by then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis as National Adoption Week, who wanted to help find forever […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV and Film
British Director Anyiam-Osigwe Strikes a Nerve with No Shade
By Barrington M. Salmon, NNPA Newswire Contributing Writer Clare Anyiam-Osigwe, a first-time director, is enjoying the type of success usually reserved for veteran filmmakers. Her film debut, ‘No Shade’ is a witty, wry romantic story that shines a bright light on the troubling issue of colorism. Anyiam-Osigwe, a Nigerian-British entrepreneur and an emerging talent in […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV and Film
Viola Davis to Portray Shirley Chisholm in Film by Amazon Studios
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will portray legendary politician Shirley Chisholm in a feature film for Amazon Studios. Chisholm was the first African American woman in U.S. history to be elected to Congress. The announcement regarding the film landed on the same day as news of a Shirley Chisholm statue in […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS
NNPA Hosts Black Parents’ Town Hall Meeting to Discuss the State of Education in Houston’s African American Community
By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Contributing Writer A spirit of hope and change hovered over the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center in Houston’s historic Third Ward community Thursday, November 15th, as dozens of engaged parents, educators, elected officials and community members were on hand at the Black Parents’ Town Hall Meeting on Educational Excellence, where a lively […]
Posted inBaltimore News, National News, NEWS
NAACP’s Tiffany Dena Loftin Honored at Black Girls Vote Ball
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia BALTIMORE, MD – National Director of the NAACP Youth and College Division, Tiffany Dena Loftin was awarded the Rising Star Award on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the 2nd Annual Black Girls Vote Ball. The Black Girls Vote Ball celebrates the accomplishments of black women in politics and activism who are […]
Posted inCOMMUNITY, LIFE & STYLE, Living, Religion
Building the Faith on a Firm Family Foundation
By Jacquinette D. Murphy, North Dallas Gazette Contributing Writer “I have the BEST job in the world!” Apostle Herman L. Murray recently declared these words to the congregation of the Full Gospel Holy Temple Churches, Incorporated. They were celebrating 57 years of ministry. This 41-year-old has led the ministry for the last seven years and […]
Posted inBaltimore News, HBCU, National News, NEWS, Prince George's County News
Oral Arguments Scheduled for HBCU-Maryland Inequality Case
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia A coalition of HBCU students, alumni and others from Maryland are planning to pack the Fourth District Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia next month for oral arguments in a decades-old lawsuit over inequality in public higher education. “We are reaching out and calling on at […]
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Bill Cosby Counsels Inmates, Officers on Health
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Pennsylvania reportedly has the second highest percentage of elderly prisoners in the United States, according to statistics culled from several watchdog groups. In 1980 there were 370 elderly people in Pennsylvania state prisons, as of 2014 there were 8,000, which equaled 16 percent of prisoners over the age […]