In this July 19, 2000 file photo, Robert “Bob” Moses, a veteran civil rights activist and founder of the Algebra Project, a math literacy program in Mississippi, speaks in Jackson, Miss. Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and […]
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‘Mother’ Viola Fletcher Among 200 Black Wall Street Survivors Headed to Ghana
Viola Fletcher – affectionately known as Mother Fletcher – appeared on the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s morning breaking news program, “Let It Be Known,” on Monday, July 19, 2021. (Photo courtesy of BlackPress USA) By Stacy Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mother Fletcher, who at 107-years old, witnessed most of the […]
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Leon Bridges shares his evolution to ‘Gold-Diggers Sound’
Grammy-winning artist Leon Bridges discusses his musical and personal evolution as he releases his third studio album, the R&B-forward “Gold-Diggers Sound.” in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (AP Photo/LM Otero) By Ragan Clark The Associated Press “Gold-Diggers Sound” is an apropos name for the third studio album of an artist who struck it […]
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UN experts: Africa became hardest hit by terrorism this year
A Somali soldier stands near a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, March 1, 2019. Police say a nearly day-long siege in the heart of Somalia’s capital has ended with all of the al-Shabab extremist attackers killed. More than 20 are dead with the number expected to climb as hospitals report more than 50 wounded, […]
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Prosecutors air more claims in R. Kelly case; 1 involves boy
In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. Federal prosecutors in New York on Friday, July 23, 2021, asked a judge for permission to admit what they said was evidence for which Kelly has not been charged, at his upcoming sex-trafficking trial in […]
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An Update on President Joe Biden’s Promise to ‘Have our Backs’
By Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC) House Majority Whip (NNPA Newswire) — July 20, 2021, marked six months that Joseph R. Biden has been president. When I endorsed Joe Biden for President in January 2020, I said, “We know Joe, but most importantly, Joe knows us.” In his remarks following the endorsement, Joe Biden pledged […]
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‘This can be me’: Black participation rising in gymnastics
In this Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, U.S. gymnasts and gold medallists, Simone Biles, left and Gabrielle Douglas celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women’s team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The success of Olympic gymnastics champions Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles has created […]
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New Dean Appointed to Lead Morgan’s School of Global Journalism and Communication, Beginning New Era
Dean Jackie Jones, second from the left, with Morgan State University students. (Courtesy photos) BALTIMORE — Following a national search, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and current Assistant Dean for Programs Jackie Jones was selected by Morgan State University President David K. Wilson to serve as the next dean of Morgan’s School of Global Journalism and Communication […]
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#WordInBlack: Haitians can no longer hide behind the caste system killing our country
Our family’s multi-color bond was the exception, not the rule in Haiti. (Photograph by Patrice S Dorsainville on Unsplash) By Garry Pierre-Pierre The Haitian Times My mother’s side of the family came from Miragoâne, the coastal southern city whose economy was bauxite. We have a range of hues across the skin color spectrum — from my […]
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#WordInBlack: Delta Variant Driving Explosion of New COVID-19 Cases
The pandemic is not over, and one expert advises that mask mandates be reintroduced. (Photograph by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash) This post was originally published on The Washington Informer Covid-19 deaths in predominately white communities have continued to rise at dramatic rates, providing a glimpse into just how bad the pandemic remains in African American neighborhoods. “We […]
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#WordInBlack: The Other Pandemic: Gun Violence and the Death of Black Children
Children hold hands in prayer during a ceremony to remember Sherdavia Jenkins, who died at age nine when she was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight outside of her home ten years ago, July 1, 2016, in Miami. The ceremony paid tribute to all children lost to gun violence in South Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne […]
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Snake Eyes
Andrew Koji plays Tommy/Storm Shadow, Peter Mensah plays Blind Master and Iko Uwais plays Hard Master in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins from Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Skydance. (Courtesy photo) By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic Snake Eyes is a welcomed opportunity to see a cast of talented Asian actors dazzle. Even […]