By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin its confirmation hearings to determine whether President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown […]
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Posted inCulture, Lifestyle, National, Politics
House Passes CROWN Act to End Discrimination Against Natural Black Hairstyles
By Stacy M Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Connecticut Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes sounded off to critics of legislation that would allow individuals freedom to express themselves by […]
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New Report Reveals that Black and Latinx Youth are 50 Percent More Likely to Face Juvenile Incarceration than their White Peers
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Two kindergarteners in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, tried their best to pick a fight, throwing feeble punches at an older and much […]
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The PGA TOUR’s Commitment to Black Press and Black America Results in Bountiful Opportunities in and Around the Game of Golf
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On May 10, 2021, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the PGA TOUR entered a historic partnership. The union […]
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The Black Press of America Celebrates 195 Years of Pleading the Cause of African Descendants Everywhere
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On March 16, 1827, Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm founded the first Black-owned newspaper in the U.S. They […]
Posted inCulture, Events, Lifestyle, Opinion
There’s No Such Thing as Black Hollywood
I personally think Black people working in entertainment have been beaten up so much, that they think the way Hollywood runs is actually supposed to be that way. Like, how can you you make a movie if there are no white people involved?Â
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Quit Playin’!: We Need Some New Farmers!
COMMENTARY By Vincent L. Hall, Texas Metro News, iMessenger Media Black History comes in chapters, but the best of it is unwritten and cultural. It has always been how we […]
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Changemaker N’Naserri Carew-Johnson Inspired by her Mother and the Disney Dreamers Academy
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia When N’Naserri Carew-Johnson arrived at the Disney Dreamers Academy in 2016, she didn’t realize how much she’d put herself in […]
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Biden’s Focus: Russia, Inflation and Congressional Action on Voting Rights
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia When President Joe Biden took the podium for the annual State of the Union Address, it marked the first time […]
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The Impact of COVID-19 on HBCUs and Black Students
Groups of students were stuck on campus without the funds to pay for transportation back to their home cities. This challenge was a byproduct of several students losing the jobs they used to help fund their education, along with loss of family income. Many students became both food and housing insecure without the critical resources that HBCUs often provide.
