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 Attorney William T. Mason, Jr., 96, the offspring of one of the most distinguished Norfolk families,...
By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal ad Guide Capt. Janet H. Days, a 1999 Old Dominion University graduate recently assumed command of the world’s largest...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia As 2022 closed, Black Americans saw gains with historic candidates and timely legislation. President Joe Biden...
By Jaylen Scott Winter Intern New Journal and Guide PORTSMOUTH The Hampton Roads Community Health Center held a grand opening of their new building, the Barbara...
Thirty-two years after the videotape of the vicious beating of Rodney King by nightstick wielding police officers in Los Angeles, the incident involving Tyre Nichols has...
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...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Emery Lewis Fear, Jr., 97, who was an inspirational marching band director at I.C. Norcom, Manor...
By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Winston-Salem, Baltimore, Maryland and Philadelphia are among several local police departments that say they are actively recruiting...