Special to the New Journal and Guide According to the Finder Website, there are 42 Black-owned banks and financial institutions in the United States. The largest...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide “All my life I’ve been sick and tired. Now I’m sick and tired of being sick...
By Jaelyn Scott Winter Intern New Journal and Guide Fannie Lou Hamer was born on October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi to sharecroppers Lou Ella...
By Jaelyn Scott Winter Intern New Journal and Guide Booker T. Washington was a smart man who fought for what he believed to be the betterment...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide There are eight members of the Norfolk 17 among us now. LaVera Forbes Brown, one of...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are...
By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Sheer necessity pushed African Americans to organize the 1917 NAACP Silent Protest Parade in New York City,...
By Jaylen Scott Winter Intern New Journal and Guide Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent African American journalist and activist. She played a big part in...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks resisted a bus driver’s order to give up her seat...