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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia O.J. Simpson: a Central Fire in American Legal History O.J. Simpson, a towering figure in both the…
It’s Minority Health Month! Elaine Myada Empowering African American Health: The African American Wellness Project In the landscape of healthcare, disparities in access and quality are…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Once upon a time, Black Americans were simply known as colored people, or Negroes. That is…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Tennessee State University (TSU), the state’s only public historically Black college and university (HBCU), faces a…
By Lee Eric Smith | The New Tri-State Defender [This post contains video, click to play] By April, most teachers, parents, students — pretty much everybody,…
This is a press release that has been contributed to the AmNews but has not been vetted or verified but that may be of interest to the community…
Former Cabrini-Green residents, and lifelong friends, Marques “MeRk” Elliston and Dr. Cher’Don Reynolds, are spearheading a mission to revitalize, reclaim, and preserve the building most recently…
By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Birmingham-Southern College will close on May 31, after more than a century as one of the city’s most respected…
Aisha Griffin, owner of Afro Joe’s Coffee & Tea Shop, is well aware that Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications,…
The Drum Newspaper The Middleburg Institute’s Policy Simulation and Grassroots Soiree is a daylong event of live role-playing that trains participants on policy, organizing, and advocacy. Organizers…