By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Throughout the nation, statistics show that only 5% of all lawyers in the United States are African Americans. This is the same percentage that existed 10 years ago, even though 13.4% […]
By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Author and best-selling author Hill Harper has launched North America’s first black-owned digital wallet, The Black Wall Street. Harper’s announcement of The Black Wall Street (TBWS) is the first major step […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Like most of the world, Dr. Rochelle Walenksy, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, watched with nervous anticipation the jury verdict in the trial […]
By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski and Tammy Webber, Associated Press, Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the black man’s […]
H Ralph Samuels Jr., The verdict has been rendered, the results, “Guilty” as charged A nation now exhales, no chaos or rioting at-large The jury now has spoken, but opinions still wane; Though […]
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa, Contributing Writer, The Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) named Yusef Fitzgerald the Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year for 2021. Fitzgerald is the head men’s basketball coach at Hinds […]
It has now been more than a decade since a Republican won statewide office in its former Southern stronghold of Virginia. Gov. Bob F. McDonnell, who later left office indicted on federal corruption charges, was […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Katie Wright, the mother of the 20-year-old African American man shot and killed by police a short distance from a Minneapolis courtroom where former cop Derek Chauvin stands […]
By Edelia Dr. Jay Carthan , Contributing Writer, Jackson State University’s student and member of the Sonic Boom of the South, made it to American Idol’s Top 12 Monday night during the live show. DeShawn […]
By Edelia Dr. Jay Carthan , Contributing Writer, Jackson native, Trinitee Stokes who is a television Disney child star, is headed to college at 14 years old. Stokes is making history as the youngest student to […]
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