For several years Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has picked up the mantle to lead efforts to create a commission to study reparations for African Americans,...
By: Black Pepper Citizens of the world, an hour of destiny is upon us. Late Congressman Mickey Leland was driven by the plight of...
By: Stacy Borwn As prosecutors weighed a Black man’s life in California, the District Attorney asked aloud about the man dating a Black woman. He...
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor For the first time in American history, a Black woman has been nominated to serve on the U.S....
Monique Miles, the Republican deputy attorney general for Virginia, has resigned after facing a firestorm of controversy when photos of her appeared on social media...
By: Roy Malonson Jolanda “Jo” Jones is the fighter House District 147 needs. I’ve supported her since I first met her because she was then...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson Civil Rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on June 13, 1967, making him the first African...
Black women stood on the frontlines to help push President Joe Biden over the top in the 2020 election. As the nation awaits word on...
When President Joe Biden campaigned for office in 2020, one of his most profound pledges included naming a Black woman to the United States Supreme...
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By: Black Pepper Our prophet taught us that we can’t be neutral. “Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.” “He who passively...