By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, A reported bout with Covid kept actor Denzel Washington from attending the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House Thursday, but 16 others, including Olympic […]
By James B. Ewers Jr. President Emeritus, Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio, If you are an old school man or woman, there were certain things that you did during the summer. All of us slept […]
By Eva D. Coleman, Texas Metro News, “What does it mean to be free?” [Sybil] Fox Rich asked. “It wasn’t until I became a slave again that I understood.” “If you know anybody black, you’ve […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the NAACP convention in Atlantic City Monday, July 18, declaring that freedom, liberty and democracy are on the ballot in the upcoming […]
Special to The Mississippi Link, The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), also known as The Black Press, held its 2022 National Convention at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel on June 22-25. The theme for […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, The lawyer for the 25-year-old’s family called it an execution, telling media members that police fired 90 shots, hitting the young man “60 to 80 times.” Authorities on […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, “The Black Press has been very special,” Harris told the publishers in a 30-minute conversation moderated by NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. “[The administration] […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 million are African Americans who […]
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