By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, On night one of the Aug. 17-20 virtual Democratic National Convention even before Congressman Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Democratic National Convention, gaveled the event to order, everyday Americans were seen […]
By Bill Barrow and Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press, In another profound way that the coronavirus pandemic has upended American life, the Democratic National Convention started with no convening. Instead, Democrats opted for the first virtual […]
By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, People across the nation have been wondering and speculating who Presidential Candidate Joe Biden would choose as his running mate and finally Tuesday he announced that he has chosen Senator Kamala […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, California Sen. Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president. Following months of speculation and debate over whether Biden should pick a black woman as his running […]
By Kathleen Ronayne and Will Weissert, Writer , Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket […]
By Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan, Writer, Charles Evers was an American civil rights activist, businessman, disc jockey, politician and father. Evers made history by becoming Mississippi’s first black mayor since Reconstruction in a small rural […]
By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Attorney Constance Slaughter-Harvey was the first African-American woman to graduate from the Ole Miss School of Law and soon after graduation filed a suit that would enable blacks to serve as […]
By Connie F. Smith-Lindsey, Guest Contributor, Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom And before I’ll be a slave I’d be buried in my grave And go home to my lord and be free From Brown Chapel A.M.E. […]
By Edelia Dr. Jay Carthan, Contributing Writer, John Lewis was only 21 years-old in the famous mugshot seen around the world when he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for using a restroom labeled “whites only.” […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, Somewhere it’s raining. Somewhere the heavens have opened up, reflecting the tears that are falling across the globe as news of the death of civil rights icon […]
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