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The Weeknd gives the internet its newest meme with Super Bowl show
His handheld camera in a gold, mirrored corridor, which created a dizzying effect, gave Super Bowl viewers lots of fodder for even more fun. Canadian superstar The Weeknd gave a thrilling performance during the halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl, but one moment has gone viral, gifting […]
Your Black History: Shepard v. Education Board of Englewood, NJ Lawsuit Filed Today in 1962
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: The Northern Valley Press Just eight years after a landmark case based the race-based segregation of public schools was finalized in the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), a U.S. District Court lawsuit was filed against a local East Coast public education authority, which […]
Memorial to Rep. John Lewis Will Replace a Confederate Monument at Georgia’s DeKalb County Courthouse
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, […]
General Lloyd Austin is first Black US Secretary of Defense
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 […]
Trump, as president, was not an aberration
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 […]
Biden’s inauguration gives us new hope, new energy
By Jesse Jackson On Monday, we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King’s 91st birthday; on Wednesday, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as president, promising change after a dark period of division. Dr. King’s relationship with John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson offers instructive lessons for today’s […]
Hero Capitol officer Eugene Goodman hails from Washington, DC
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 […]
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