Some good will follow all the unrest and sadness that took place in 2020. Part of that unrest were the many protests against racist violence, which included the long-overdue downing of several Confederate statues and monuments across the country. Last year was also characterized by sadness for the many lives lost, […]
(CNN)The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian MP Petter Eide nominated the global movement “for their struggle against racism and racially motivated violence,” he wrote in his official nomination papers, which were obtained by CNN.“BLM’s call for […]
(CNN)Cicely Tyson, an award-winning icon of the stage and screen who broke barriers for Black actresses with surpassing dignity, died Thursday, her longtime manager Larry Thompson confirmed to CNN.She was 96. A family statement did not reveal the cause of death.The actress chronicled her lengthy […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Retired African American General Lloyd Austin is now in charge of the U.S. Department of Defense. On Friday, Jan. 22, the Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense pick, making Gen. Austin the first African American to serve in […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA The Chavis Chronicles kicks off the new year with its debut on WORLD, the 24/7 full service multicast channel featuring public television’s signature nonfiction documentary, science and news programming. WORLD has begun airing the series weekly on Sundays at 11 […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Will Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen hook up? Can Angela Lopez’s fiancée Wesley Evers be a trusted father and loving husband? The questions sound like soap opera cliffhangers, but they are not. They are some of the intrigues from the […]
By A. Peter Bailey(TriceEdneyWire.com) In June 2019, I wrote a column entitled “No. 45 Is Not An Aberration” that included the following: “The American news media is deceiving the world when it consistently describes No. 45 (Donald Trump) as an aberration in the history of the United […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman is a hero from Washington, D.C., who deserves the Congressional Gold Medal for bravery and quick thinking. That statement sits at the heart of a resolution introduced in the U.S. House […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Baseball’s recognized home run king and an African American hero, Henry “Hank” Aaron, has died at the age of 86. A aron, who broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record on April 8, 1974, was not just […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior l Correspondent Vice President Kamala Harris will be the most influential vice president of the 49 that we have had, declared a proud Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick. With 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans seated in the […]
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