May 14, 2025

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The loss of an icon: Congressman John Lewis dead at 80

John Robert Lewis, the longtime congressman who loved "Good Trouble" in the fight for civil rights died Friday after a six-month battle with cancer. He...

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Kansas City Mayor Receives Racist Lynching Tweet After Issuing COVID-19 Mask Mandate

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lucas’ order requires residents of Kansas City wearing facial coverings in all indoor public spaces and “while performing an activity which will...

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Georgia Provost: “We need a Black Agenda!”

"Right now, we as Black people need to get us an agenda and we need to discuss all of these disparities that we have in...

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Victims of ‘systemic inequity’

To you, she may look like a WELFARE MOTHER, too young, with too many kids and living off the system. But to us, she looks...

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PRESS ROOM: Sandra J. Evers-Manly Elected to 2020 Class of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

With more than 25 years of experience in the film industry, Sandra Evers-Manly has made a lasting imprint on both the filmmaking community and the...

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Legendary Singer Deniece Williams Joins Other Big Stars at NNPA Virtual Conference

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Williams, who transformed R&B, pop and gospel music over her extraordinary five-decade career, joined Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton, Carlos Santana, and Salt-N-Pepa...

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IN MEMORIAM: The World Mourns A True Icon and Freedom Fighter – John Lewis 1940-2020

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The legislator, freedom fighter and justice warrior, who was famously beaten, bloodied and arrested in Selma, Alabama — and in other cities...