Congratulations are in order for Dr. Alton Smith, who has just been nominated to receive Sam Houston State University’s College of Education Distinguished Educator of...
Wallace Bernard Jefferson (born July 22, 1963) is a former — and the first Black — chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who...
HOUSTON — The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship in the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston has been...
By: William Monroe Trotter II If you thought I was about deliver a retelling of our being brought here in 1419 as slaves, you will...
There are so many African Americans who fought for our advancement in the Texas political arena, and we won’t stop until you get to...
As we approach yet another round of voting, we want to highlight a little known politician who made major strides as an African American right...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson History is under attack. Most importantly, the attitudes, truths, and progress regarding eradicating racial inequality are under attack, and it all...
A marble statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune is replacing one of a Confederate general in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall, making history...
Education first, education for all. African-American News&Issues is continuing the mission of keeping the community educated and informed. And when it comes to educating our...
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When will Black students’ lives really matter in U.S. public schools?
By: K.H. Hamilton, NNPA Contributing Writer As activists and policymakers continue to urge the US Senate to pass HR 1280, the George Floyd Policing Act...