U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Chair of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus. (Photo courtesy NNPA) By NNPA WASHINGTON, DC via NNPA — To kickoff Black History Month, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Chair of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus, introduced three related pieces of legislation. Collectively, the resolutions formally recognize the important contributions, struggles and […]
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CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY: The Wilmington Ten, fifty years later
With sentences that ranged from 15 years to 34 years, Chavis, Patrick, and the eight others of the Wilmington Ten were ordered to serve a combined 282 years in prison. (PICTURED L to R: Top Row – Wayne Moore, age 19, 29 years; Ann Sheppard age 28, 15 years; James “Bun” McKoy, age 19, 29 […]
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A massive message on masks by Daytona’s AKAs
(Photo courtesy NNPA) By The DAYTONA TIMES via NNPA The Gamma Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKAs) is sponsoring a billboard on the corner of International Speedway and Fentress boulevards to encourage residents to wear masks to fight the spread of COVID-19. The billboard sponsored by the Daytona Beach organization will run […]
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COMMENTARY: Vice President Kamala Devi Harris, we see you
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “At last, we have a real Wonder Woman who represents strength and beauty. She’s the real deal: strong, fearless, mighty, brilliant and she looks like us. Her name is Kamala Devi Harris, Madame Vice President of the United States of America.” By Amelia Ashley-Ward, Publisher, San Francisco Sun-Reporter via NNPA I lost […]
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Arizona State University renames film school to honor Sidney Poitier
President Barack Obama awarded Poitier the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, and in 2011, he earned the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s prestigious Chaplin Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA / Wikimedia Commons) NNPA NEWSWIRE — In an interview ahead of The Sidney Poitier New American Film […]
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Zillow expands tool to protect renters from discrimination
Zillow created a Local Legal Protections tool to combat rental discrimination based on financing. (Courtesy photo) From Kameya Shows-Ciers, Zillow via NNPA SEATTLE, Jan. 28, 2021, via NNPA — A new Zillow feature helps fight renter discrimination by sharing information about local laws that prohibit landlords from discriminating against renters using financial assistance to pay […]
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NeighborWorks America launches StopHomeScams.org to empower homeowners and renters
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We believe this effort to prevent housing scams is particularly important during a time when far too many families, including people of color impacted by the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, are facing financial challenges,” said Eileen Fitzgerald, head of housing affordability philanthropy with the Wells Fargo Foundation. NeighborWorks America Media via […]
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Biden signs executive orders aimed at tackling racism in America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The order prevents federal agencies from providing local police with military-grade equipment, which was used by Ferguson, Missouri, officers after police shot and killed an unarmed Michael Brown. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In arguably the most direct assault on systemic racism by any American President since […]
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Biden administration to appoint Kristen Clarke to key civil rights post
Kristen Clarke has extensive civil rights experience, starting her career as an attorney in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Kristen Clarke, the president of the Lawyer’s Committee Civil Rights Under Law, will serve as assistant attorney general for civil rights under the new […]
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Senate passes bill to create African American burial grounds network
The African American Burial Grounds initiative would provide grant opportunities and technical assistance to local communities as they work to recover and preserve those historic sites. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation that would better protect historic African American cemeteries. The measure also paves the […]
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Erie’s first Black female firefighter now an officer
Lt. Seenah Mischel clears the scene after a chimney fire call in Erie, Pa., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Mischel successfully completed her candidate testing and was hired in 2010, becoming Erie’s first Black female firefighter. She made more history in August when, after returning from an overseas deployment with the U.S. Air Force Reserves, she […]
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Roland Martin makes strides with digital newscast
Digital media and television journalist Roland S. Martin (Image courtesy BlackPressUSA) By Valerie Fields Hill and Allana J. Barefield, Texas Metro News/Garland Journal, I Messenger via NNPA Digital media and television journalist Roland S. Martin has much to celebrate: He turns 52 this week and his popular digital newscast recently celebrated its second anniversary. And […]