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By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. It was Margaret Mead who said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed,...
By: Laisha Harris After a challenging four-day confirmation hearing and deadlock in the Senate committee, America has taken a step towards acknowledging and validating a...
After arduous and volatile hearings last month, the Democratic-controlled Senate confirmed Jackson by a 53-47 vote. By: Stacy M. Brown At 2:17 p.m. EST, Judge...
The Black Press of America Celebrates 195 Years of Pleading the Cause of African Descendants Everywhere By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent...
A love For History By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. A sixth generation Texan, Debra Blacklock-Sloan was born in the historic community Fifth Ward. She recalled how...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson When you think about the purpose of the “black press,” what comes to mind? This is a question that is not...
By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. Frederick Douglass was once an enslaved man who escaped slavery to seek a better a life. He was born in Talbot...
In honor of Women’s History Month and saluting the history of the Black Press, we place our spotlight on Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, an American investigative...
By: Stacy Brown, NNPA From Freedom’s Journal to the North Star to John Abbott’s Chicago Defender, African American-owned newspapers have sparked fires for truth and...
Autherine Lucy Foster, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English from historically Black Miles College in 1952, and whose legal battle with the University of...
