
In what may be the most heartbreaking study that was ever done showing how racial bias has torn apart our community, we revisit the “Black...
During these times when voting rights of African Americans and other people of color are under attack, we want to continue to highlight those “forgotten”...
By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. It has been 54 years since the death of the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and 59 years since he...
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Maxine McNair, who was the last living parent of the four African American girls murdered in a 1963...
By: Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Legendary actor Sidney Poitier, who broke barriers and stood for justice and Black lives during the most tumultuous times of...
Without fear or favor, African-American News&Issues has not backed down from bringing you thought-provoking commentary and in-your-face breakdowns on national and local news. Here are...
We’ve lost a lot of the greats this year. With respect, we pay homage to all of those pioneers, trailblazers and notable figures who left...
Long before Nelson Mandela won his freedom from 27 years of imprisonment fighting apartheid in South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu earned the moniker “the nation’s...
Beloved poet, author, feminist and professor — bell hooks — has died at the age of 69. She passed away in her home after an...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson There’s been an increasing amount of conversation surrounding reparations for the Black American community and righting the economic injustices faced by...