The Universal Hip Hop Museum By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia L+M Development Partners formally announced financing for a $349 million development project on the Bronx Harlem River waterfront in New York, including the Universal Hip Hop Museum. Construction is scheduled to commence in January. The project had been delayed, in part, […]
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Biden heads to Georgia with message: ‘Send me these two men’
More than two million votes have already been cast ahead of the runoffs By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The importance of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia cannot be overstated. It is why President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are headed to the Peach State to campaign for […]
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Doctor Susan Moore, an African American physician, chronicles the racist medical care that led to her death
Dr. Susan Moore (Image courtesy NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The disparities in health care treatment for African Americans extend not only to the millions of underserved patients in U.S. hospitals and medical facilities but also, sadly, to frontline healthcare professionals. Just weeks after Dr. Susan Moore, an African […]
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Meharry Medical College announces collaboration with University of Memphis and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for more doctors of color
The partnership comes at a critical time in health care, particularly in the Mid-South where patients face many health challenges, Ugwueke added. (Image courtesy BlackPressUSA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Meharry Medical College, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, and the University of Memphis announced a historic collaboration the conglomerate said would […]
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Push is on to increase African American confidence in COVID vaccine
(Image courtesy BlackPressUSA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Former President Barack Obama has vowed to take the new COVID-19 vaccination on live television. Dr. Ebony Hilton, a physician in the critical care and anesthesiology department at the University of Virginia Health, is also publicly taking the vaccine and documenting how […]
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MSNBC names Rashida Jones president; first African American to lead cable news network
“Her promotion is bigger than our industry,” NABJ President Dorothy Tucker wrote. “It’s the kind of story Black and Brown children everywhere need to see, so they can know what’s possible.” (Image courtesy BlackPressUSA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In a year plagued by a pandemic that has disproportionately affected […]
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Mellody Hobson, accomplished Black businesswoman named chairwoman of the Board of Starbucks
Mellody Hobson was named Chairwoman of the Board of Starbucks. (Image courtesy BlackPressUSA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Mellody Hobson, a Princeton graduate who in 2019 earned the Woodrow Wilson Award, the university’s highest honor, was named Chairwoman of the Board of Starbucks. With the promotion, Hobson becomes the only […]
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Black man, Casey Goodson Jr., fatally shot by Ohio sheriff’s deputy
Goodson family attorney Sean Walton called Goodson, “an amazing young man whose life was tragically taken.” NNPA NEWSWIRE — CNN reported that the involvement of multiple law enforcement agencies complicated the investigation of the case. Columbus Police, which was not involved in the shooting, announced Monday afternoon that the investigation had been turned over to […]
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Senate passes HBCU bill
The HBCU PARTNERS Act builds on President Donald Trump’s 2017 executive order on HBCUs, said Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in a news release. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA Newswire) – The U.S. Senate on Dec. 11, passed the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships […]
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‘Ma’ Rainey Black Bottom’ Director Talks Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis with Black Press
George C. Wolfe, a five-time Tony Award winner and one of the most celebrated American playwrights and directors of theater and film. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent George C. Wolfe, a five-time Tony Award winner and one of the most celebrated American playwrights and directors of theater and film, joined the […]
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Will the Black community get shut out from COVID vaccination?
Others are also concerned that, even if the Black community generally accepts the vaccine, would doses be available. (Courtesy Photo) By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The first wave of coronavirus vaccines should reach the public this week, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending that all adults receive […]
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Trump plans to execute four Black death row Inmates before he leaves office
Trump and Barr’s Justice Department have recently updated protocols to allow for federal executions by poison gas and firing squad. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump and Barr have executed about 25% of all death row prisoners and, according to a recent interview with the Associated Press, the Attorney General has not only […]