By The Associated Press Prosecutors who won a conviction in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case defended their work as they fight the imprisoned actor’s latest appeal. Cosby, 82, has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review trial rulings that let five other accusers testify for the prosecution at the 2018 retrial. The same type of […]
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A Tribute to an Icon: John Lewis
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Millions adore Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) for his selfless and lifelong dedication to civil and equal rights. Some idolize Lewis like a rock star, while most revere him as an icon. It is why presidents, politicians, members of Congress, and everyday people have taken the time to […]
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National Action Network Honors Leaders
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Former President Bill Clinton, founder and Chairperson of Urban One Cathy Hughes and activist and Parkland Shooting Warrior Aalayah Eastmond, were a few of the six notable “The Dream: 2020 King Day Honorees,” at the National Action Network’s (NAN) “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast,” on Jan. […]
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Zetas Celebrate, Founders’ Legacy
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Starting Jan. 15, groups of women in deep blue and white apparel, often with Greek lettering, could be spotted throughout D.C. for the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Centennial Week. Zeta’s International Centennial President Valerie Hollingsworth Baker kicked off the week with an unveiling of an exclusive line of […]
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MLK 9th Annual Wreath Laying
By Imani Wj Wright Special to the AFRO This year, in observance of the Civil Rights icon’s 91st Birthday, The National Memorial Foundation hosted the “9th Annual Wreath Laying, Day of Reflection, Reconciliation” at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Memorial Foundation is also the organization responsible for building the Martin […]
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Civil Rights Attorney Asked to Surrender Her Amtrak Seat
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com When the secretary for the Montgomery, Alabama chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott, an effort that changed the trajectory […]
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THE RUN DOWN – PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPEACHMENT CONTINUES
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks about Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of 7 impeachment managers to prosecute the impeachment trial of President Trump and trending topics in The AFRO American News Paper.
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Longtime Political Cartoonist Ron Rogers Dies at 65, Former Chronicle Staffer
RICHMOND, VA — Ron Rogers, political cartoonist for The Chronicle of Winston-Salem, died Jan. 7, 2020, after a sudden illness. He was 65. Rogers was an award-winning political cartoonist, illustrator, graphic artist and designer. He was considered the first Black political cartoonist at a daily newspaper when he worked at the South Bend Tribune in […]
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NNPA Urges Better U.S.-Cuba Relations
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The majority of the people of the United States want better relations with Cuba, and that is the will that must prevail,” stated Chavis, who counted among the delegation of 30 American scholars who attended the 18th edition of the Series of Academic Conversations on Cuba in the Foreign Policy of the […]
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Sixties’ Freedom Rider to Keynote MLK Day Event
By The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A woman who was among the “Freedom Riders” who challenged racial segregation in the 1960s will be the keynote speaker at a breakfast in Cincinnati honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center says Betty Daniels Rosemond will speak Monday at the […]
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Future of Historic African American School in Jeopardy
By RICKEY CIAPHA DENNIS JR., The Post and Courier MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — It was expected to be the beginning of a joyous preservation effort: relocating the town’s last standing African American school. But blocked by fumbled permits and mired in controversy, the effort failed. Plans to preserve the Long Point School have raised […]
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Dallas Examiner Publisher Mollie Belt to Receive NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It is with great pleasure that the NNPA Executive Committee has selected Mollie Belt for the honor of the Publishers Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the NNPA for so many years,” stated NNPA National Chair and Houston Forward Times Publisher Karen Carter Richards. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior […]