ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — Morris Brown students, alumni and faculty celebrated the news that the school has been approved as an institute of higher learning from the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commissions. The announcement came on Friday, Oct. 12 during Morris Brown College’s homecoming activities. By ADW News via NNPA Morris Brown students, alumni and […]
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Posted inCommentary, OPINION
OPINION: Importance of Educators of Color for Black & Brown Students
By Ron Rice, Senior Director, Government Relations at the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools I have been a Black student, education policymaker, and now an advocate for providing the best educational opportunities for all our children. One reality that I’ve had to face and embrace through each of these stages in my life and […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, INTERNATIONAL, National News, NEWS
Unrest at the African Union Follows Firing of Popular Ambassador
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent A speech denouncing France’s colonization of Africa and continued efforts to unite Africa and the African Diaspora may has cost Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the African Union’s ambassador to the United States, her job. “I will continue to speak out on the issues that affect our people, and I will […]
Posted inHBCU, National News, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump to Deliver Keynote at Benedict College Criminal Justice Reform Event
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent President Donald Trump will travel to Columbia, S.C., on Oct. 25, to deliver the keynote address at the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum, NNPA Newswire has learned exclusively. Hosted by the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, a nonprofit founded by a bipartisan group of African-American leaders from across the […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, National News, NEWS
Police Kill Atatiana Jefferson In Her Home
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Atatiana Jefferson, a 2014 Xavier University biology graduate who worked in the pharmaceutical industry and was contemplating becoming a doctor, lived a life of purpose that mattered to all of those who gathered for a vigil on Oct. 13, outside of her single-story, purple-painted home in Fort […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV and Film
Festival to Highlight Black ‘Films with a Purpose’
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On Saturday, October 12, at Los Angeles Center Studios in California, and in conjunction with its anniversary, the nonprofit Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) will present its inaugural Faith-based Inspirational Film Festival. The 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. event at Los Angeles Center Studios in […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, National News, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government
Eric Garner’s Mother Gives Emotional Testimony at Judiciary Hearing
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Gwen Carr provided an emotional opening statement during the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing on policing practices. Carr, the mother of Eric Garner who died in New York from a police chokehold in 2014, recounted how police officers had approached her son outside of a grocery store […]
Posted inBUSINESS, COMMUNITY, National News, NEWS
PRESS ROOM: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Celebrities, Politicians Electrify Attendees at A. Philip Randolph Institute’s 50th Annual National Education Conference in Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) addressed members of the A. Philip Randolph Institute last week in Bloomington, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. APRI is one of the nation’s largest organizations of African-American labor union leaders and activists. Rep. Omar invigorated the crowd that came out to the conference with her proclamation of continuing her fight […]
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Legendary Athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos to be Inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Their raised fists were as legendary as they were controversial. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, known for their Black Power salute during the 1968 Olympics medal ceremonies, have earned entry into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. The induction is scheduled for Nov. 1. The two athletes courageously used […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government
Impeaching A President
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to move for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump has rocked Washington. The news of the resulting investigation has also unified Democrats, particularly those like Rep. Maxine Waters of California, who has argued for some time that Trump should face impeachment. “Donald […]
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Black Press Exclusive: Dr. Lonnie Bunch’s African American Museum Dream Fulfilled
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Dr. Lonnie Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, sat down for an exclusive interview with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The two discussed Bunch’s timely new […]
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Debt Collectors Target Colored People
By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor (Black press USA) A new survey asked likely voters across the country what they thought of a proposed debt collection rule. The response was strong and broad opposition. Proposed earlier this year by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathleen Kraninger, the rule would authorize debt collectors to expand […]