Minister and full-time seminary student Simone Oliver turned her ministry to women and sexual assault in the church after being attacked by a fellow clergy member. WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Simone […]
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First Lady, Panelists: Education Crucial in Struggle for Civil Rights
First lady Michelle Obama, right, speaks during the “Celebrating Women of the Movement,” event honoring Black History Month. On stage with the first lady from left are, Janaye Ingram, Carlotta […]
Obama Speech Inspires Sagging DNC Members
President Obama spoke before Democratic Party leaders recently. (AP File Photo) President Obama lifted the sagging spirits of Democratic Party leaders in a speech highlighting the accomplishments of his administration. […]
Supreme Ct. Justices Appear to Favor Muslim Denied Job over Headscarf
WASHINGTON (AP) — Have you heard the one about the Sikh, the Hasidic Jew, the Muslim and the nun who walked into a job interview? Samantha Elauf stands outside the […]
AP:Trayvon Martin’s Mother Says Killer Got Away with Murder
Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, speaks with the Associated Press in Miami, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, that George Zimmerman, the […]
ASALH is Woodson’s Dream ‘Come True’
Dr. Carter G. Woodson addressed students at Morgan State University in April 1931. Woodson’s work created new generations of historians and legitimized the academic field of Black Studies. (AFRO Archives) […]
Blacks Underrepresented in STEM Classes
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Many young African Americans will be shut out of the high paying jobs of the future, if they don’t earn a degree in the science, technology, engineering […]
Sojourner-Douglass, Maryland’s only Private HBCU, Fighting to Retain Accreditation
Sojourner-Douglass College is in a fight for its life, a battle that becomes more critical as the clock ticks down to the school’s scheduled loss of accreditation. On Nov. 20, […]
Redskins: Canceling Trademark Violates Free-Speech Rights
In this photo taken Aug. 7, 2014, the Washington Redskins logo is seen on the field before an NFL football preseason game against the New England Patriots in Landover, Md. […]
First African American Architect, Robert Robinson Taylor, Honored with Postage Stamp
The United States Postal Service continued its annual recognition of Black excellence by honoring the first academically-trained Black architect, Robert Robinson Taylor, with the 38th Black Heritage stamp on Feb. […]
Sherrilyn Ifill Calls for Renewed Focus on Housing Segregation
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, speaks to students at the University of Maryland School of Law. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Preventing future […]
Plans for Two Separate Selma Marches Cancelled as Groups Unify
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A very public conflict between the Bridge Crossing Jubilee, the local group that has […]