September 5th, 2019016By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
In August 2018, the National Newspaper Publishers Association began a series on the transatlantic slave trade.
The series started in conjunction with the annual United Nations International Day of Remembrance. With the observance of the first African landing in America,...
August 29th, 2019021TriceEdneyWire.com
On Sunday, the New York Times unveiled “The 1619 Project,” a journalistic series in the Sunday magazine that seeks to tell the “unvarnished truth” about slavery and its impact on America’s history. In 1619, just 12 years after the founding of the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, the...
August 22nd, 2019026By Wornie Reed, Ph.D
Four hundred years ago, Africans were brought to Jamestown. Of course, they were not the first Africans to arrive in what is now the United States.
There were others, including Estevanico (1500-1539), known variously as Estaban de Dorantes, Esteban the Moor, and Little Esteban. He was a slave known as the first...
July 11th, 2019034By Wornie Reed, Ph.D
In politics, African-Americans are often asked to take the shadow for the substance. They are led to believe impressions over actions and appearance over facts. Practitioners of this art play friendly with Black folks, while at the same time they push policies that are detrimental to Blacks.
Recent attention to Joe...
May 23rd, 2019021TriceEdneyWire.com
The entire lifespan of most African Americans is consumed by efforts to overcome obstacles, inequality, and in many cases, institutional racism.
The most difficult point in this most tiring journey is often the end-of-life. For the disproportionate number of us is when death is accompanied by the dilemmas around how...
April 18th, 2019026By Rosaland Tyler
Associate Editor
New Journal and Guide
While about 20 percent of African-Americans who were diagnosed with schizophrenia also tested positive for major depression, a new study questions the accuracy of this diagnosis.
The new Rutgers University study underscores years of reports that claim conscious and unconscious...
October 3rd, 20180167WASHINGTON, D.C.
For four days, you can watch about 65 unique films at the African-American Film Festival at the Smithsonian on Oct. 24-27
The festival will be held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture. The festival will also feature a film competition.
The festival includes an array of films....
