October 3rd, 2019013By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
For the second year in a row, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African-American college-educated women, raised $1 million in just 24 hours during this month’s HBCU Impact Day. The AKA Sorority, Inc. also has...
October 3rd, 201905By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Dr. Lonnie Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, sat down for an exclusive interview with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., at the National Museum of African-American History and...
September 20th, 2019048By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Virginia Democratic Congressman Bobby Scott has always advocated for a fair and equitable education for all students.
When he helped spearhead the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Scott had civil rights in mind. ESSA replaced the No Child Left Behind...
July 2nd, 20190112By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Brenda Andrews publisher of the New Journal and Guide newspaper in Norfolk, Va., won the coveted Publisher of the Year Award at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) annual convention in Cincinnati on Thursday, June 27.
Andrews, who hosted last year’s...
July 2nd, 2019075By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Cincinnati, Ohio
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the national trade organization that represents African American newspapers and media companies, known as the Black Press of America, has elected new officers and a Board of Directors to guide the...
June 20th, 2019031By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal and Guide
The United States, Great Britain, France and other allies recently observed the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing on five beaches along Southern France at Normandy on their way to defeat Nazi Germany.
The modern images of the allied leaders, including the U.S....
January 31st, 2019030By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
That Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for president on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is no coincidence.
For her supporters and those who know her well, Harris has long been a fighter for freedom, justice and equality and she’s often...
October 4th, 20180107One 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, 2018076On 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, 2018020Dr. 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...
