By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Remember “Beauty of the Week,” Jet magazine’s famous page 43, which featured Black women college students,...
By Jaelyn Scott Spring Intern New Journal and Guide Chloe Anthony Wofford, also known as Toni Morrison, was born on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio....
Dr. Dorothy Ferebee: She Was Norfolk-Born, Became National Leader By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide In 2016 weeks before the Smithsonian National...
By Jaelyn Scott Spring Intern New Journal and Guide Hazel Winifred Johnson was born on October 10, 1927, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She was born to...
RICHMOND A Lynchburg, Va., native and retired astronaut is the signature ambassador for a new space exhibition opening this month at the Virginia Museum of History...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Washington D.C. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) hosts its annual Black Press Week from March...
By Dr. George F. Reed The New Chesapeake Men for Progress sponsored its Black History Month Program February 18, 2023, in the Buffalow Family and Friends...
By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Romay Johnson Davis, age 103, is the last surviving member of the first all-Black-female World War II...
By Jaelyn Scott Winter Intern New Journal and Guide Shirley Ann Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924, in New York City, New York. She was...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Virginia State Democratic Senator Jennifer McClellan won the special election held Feb. 21 to fill the...