October 4th, 2018076One of the best kept secrets among African-Americans is how much our brothers and sisters in Africa enthusiastically would love for us to “Come home.” Such was the case most recently in Nigeria as delegations of African-Americans traveled to lle-Ife, Nigeria, the ancestral home of the Yoruba culture and tradition, for the 2018 Olojo...
September 8th, 2018041On Friday, Sept. 21, a new sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African-American woman to receive press credentials to cover the White House and Congress, is scheduled to go on display at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
At the unveiling of the sculpture, featured guests are expected to tell the story of this pioneering...
August 3rd, 2018016Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), delivered a rousing speech about the importance of the Black Press and the Black vote, during the 109th NAACP Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
The NNPA is a trade group that represents more than 200 Black-owned newspapers...
August 3rd, 2018033NORFOLK
During the recent summer convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association of Black Publishers meeting in Norfolk, a raffle for two Carnival Cruise trips for two persons each was sponsored by the host publication, New Journal and Guide. The lucky raffle tickets were pulled during “An Evening With the Black Press”...
July 26th, 2018020By Daja E. Henry and Ila Wilborn
NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellows
Over 38,000 people watched from the stands Sunday July 15 in Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park as Tuskegee University pitcher Christian Marshall stepped up to the plate to throw the ceremonial first pitch of the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. Elgin Woodside, a catcher...
July 12th, 20180238On Friday, June 29, Lamont Carey addressed members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) at their annual convention in a presentation entitled Criminal Justice Reform and the African American Community.
Carey is a motivational speaker, spoken word artist and entrepreneur. After his release from prison in 2002, he...
July 9th, 2018028“We wish to plead our own cause.”
In 1827, Samuel Cornish and John B. Russworm joined forces to create the nation’s first Black-owned newspaper, “Freedom’s Journal” and these words set forth the guiding mission.
From June 26-30 in Norfolk, today’s Black-owned Newspaper Publishers and staff members held their...
June 23rd, 2018058By Daja E. Henry, Ila Wilborn and Natrawn Maxwell
NNPA
DTU Journalism Fellowship
Chevrolet and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) have teamed up once again for the “Discover the Unexpected” (DTU) Journalism Fellowship program. The fellowship, in its third year, gives students attending Historically, Black...
June 23rd, 2018014By Sean C. Bowers
Some of the answers to the complex educational issues facing African-Americans today are right here in Hampton Roads, waiting to be exported and implemented nationally.
The programs could feature a four-quartered approach. First, Hampton Roads poet, Nathan Richardson, would provide a “Know Y(Our) History”...
June 22nd, 2018034The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), also known as the Black Press of America, is convening in Norfolk June 26-30 at the Main Hotel for its annual summer meeting. This year’s theme is “Celebrating 191 Years of Black Press In America: Sustaining Engaging, and Mobilizing Black Communities.” Serving as Host for the...
