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.
U.S. Postal Service to Review Stamp Honoring Supremes Florence Ballard
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the past, there have been U.S. Postage Stamps to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of several music business legends, including Elvis Presley, Sarah Vaughn, Patsy Cline, Jimi Hendryx, Marvin Gaye, and Janis Joplin. Supremes member Mary Wilson’s quest to get the U.S. Postal Service to issue a stamp to celebrate Florence Ballard, a founding star of The Supremes, has gained momentum.
WATCH: Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) Talks VP Candidacy, Blasts Trump for Pardons
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Demings heads Biden’s list of potential running mates along with CBC Chair Karen Bass (D-Calif.), former Georgia State Rep. Stacey Abrams, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice and a couple of others.
“Always Rejoice!” Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses Moves to Streaming Platform
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The convention will continue to teach us that joy is a quality of the heart. It is something that we have inside even when things around us maybe crumbling,” said Robert Hendriks, U.S. spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses. “This message for our community is absolutely vital.”
WATCH: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: “Trump Records Could Reveal Numerous Financial Crimes”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I think opening the door and allowing the New York prosecutor’s office to access Trump’s taxes is a huge step. From day one of his campaign, Trump was the first to break from that tradition (of unveiling his financial records),” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said during the interview, which also included Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes.
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 in a star-studded lineup of musical talent appearing at the first virtual conference in the 193-year history of the Black Press and the 80th anniversary of the NNPA.
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 across the Jim Crow South — during the struggle for civil rights and racial equality, was 80. His death came just hours after another the passing of another civil rights icon, Rev. C.T. Vivian, who was 95.
IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Civil Rights Icon C.T. Vivian Dies at 95
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some thoughts on the Reverend C.T. Vivian, a pioneer who pulled America closer to our founding ideals and a friend I will miss greatly,” Former President Barack Obama wrote in a statement. “We’ve lost a founder of modern America, a pioneer who shrunk the gap between reality and our constitutional ideals of equality and freedom.”
‘National Treasure’ Anthony Hamilton Interviewed at NNPA Virtual Conference
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hamilton, the first R&B artist to sell an album at Cracker Barrel, joined BlackPressUSA’s #FIYAH! LIVE for a special interview, during the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) 2020 virtual conference.
Celebrities Make News on BlackPressUSA’s #FIYAH! Livestreams
NNPA NEWSWIRE — They’ve included Los Angeles Lakers Legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar, hip-hop icons Chuck D, Ice Cube, Russell Simmons, and Big Daddy Kane. They’ve also included important conversations with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Ben & Jerry’s CEO Michael McCarthy, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Republican Paris Dennard, singers CeCe Peniston and Jody Watley, gospel singer Kevin LeVar, Supremes Icon Mary Wilson, and Temptations founder Otis Williams. The #FIYAH! interview with Reggae icon Ziggy Marley has reached millions.
