By Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News As New York City’s police chief William Bratton launches his new community...
On Wednesday, America lost a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, Amelia Boynton Robinson. Robinson passed away at the age of 104. She is known...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Julian Bond, 75, one of the original founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a...
By Nicole James Scott Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Gazette After a probe by the Department of Justice, American Honda Finance will pay $24 million...
By Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “I just want to give love to my family and my friends – my...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) A broad coalition of civil rights groups delivered more than 500,000 signed petitions to the Justice Department...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Thursday, Aug. 6, marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1965 Voting Rights Act into...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide The first showdown in Virginia over the growing call to remove the Confederate flag from...
Compiled from press reports The alleged suicide of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail on July 10 is not the only recent incident of its type....
(Compiled from press and news reports) FERGUSON, Mo. Only weeks after Ferguson Mayor James Knowles barely survived a bid to force a recall election, the city...