By Dr. Rebecca R. Rivka As Personal Power is intensified, children become calmer, more loving and kind, show respect, receive better grades and a host of...
By Gladys McElmore “Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” 1 John 4:4. We, as Black American women,...
By Elder Gerald DeForest Tyler Among the many “message-type t-shirts” that I have at home, the one that kept popping up in my heart and coming...
VIRGINIA BEACH NFL Super-Star and Virginia Beach-native Plaxico Burress is returning to his hometown on Thursday, Feb. 23, to celebrate Black History Month by honoring his...
By Randy Singleton Community Affairs Correspondent CHESAPEAKE The Alpha Chi Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, an organization of African American business and professional women,...
On February 16th, Dr. Evelyn Sears Peevy, retired columnist and educator, celebrated her 89th birthday. She chose an intimate and lively luncheon with family and close...
By Coby W. Dillard If I told you there were blacks that participated in Virginia’s post-Reconstruction constitutional convention and served as state legislators during...
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist During Black History Month, the focus is often on individuals. The founder of the month (once Negro History Week) was...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder’s plan to build a United States National Slavery Museum not far from the nation’s...
NORFOLK Sunday (Feb. 19) is NSU Day at Shiloh Baptist Church, beginning at 10:45 a.m. “This is always a high energy-packed day when students, faculty, and...