May 13, 2025

At least 4 Black females were murdered each day in 2020

By: Stacy M. Brown / NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent According to statistics released by the FBI this month, more than four Black women and girls were murdered each day in the United States in 2020. The uniformed crime reporting statistics revealed that those startling numbers were a sharp increase from 2019. The FBI said […]

It’™s time to change our approach to Black History

Our heroic approach has been to primarily concentrate on the heroes and heroines that have carried the torch. Truly, Martin, Malcom and Ms. Rosa Parks are towering figures, but there are tens of thousands of unknown and unsung titans that have changed the course of history.

In Remembrance: Cicely Tyson

The world has lost a true legend as Hollywood icon Cicely Tyson died at the age of 96.  The pioneering African American actress — who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,”€ won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” — was in the middle of promoting her new memoir, “Just As I Am,” when she quietly passed away.

Biden Surrogates Tout ‘Plan for America’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Staging frequent media briefings where surrogates tout Biden’s message remains a regular occurrence of the campaign. On Tuesday, July 21, former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, championed Biden’s plan.

PHOTOS: Essence Black Women in Hollywood

To kick off OSCAR weekend, ESSENCE— the number one media, technology and commerce company dedicated to Black women globally—celebrated extraordinary Hollywood visionaries and culture shifters during its 13th annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards, held Thursday, February 6, 2020 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. ESSENCE‘s Black Women in Hollywood Awards was presented by […]

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