Marcus Garvey Celebration 2019
On Saturday, August 17, 2019, New Orleans celebrated the life and legacy of The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who was born in Jamaica on August 17, 1887. That was 132 years ago! Fate chose to […]
Commentary
Jamestown to Jamestown: Commemorating 400 Years of the African Diaspora Experience
Derrick Johnson NAACP President and CEO History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and odd Negroes” originating from Angola arrived in the British colony of Jamestown, […]
Who Cares About Fair Elections?
Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor The US House of Representatives passed the Securing America’s Fair Elections (SAFE) Act in June by a nearly totally partisan vote of 225-184 in late June. Only one Republican voted […]
White Women versus Black Women
Jeff Thomas Publisher Think504.COM Not only is John Bel Edwards the only Democrat who holds a statewide office, but the Louisiana governor is the only Democratic governor of any Southern state. And currently, this rarest […]
Toni Morrison’s Passing is a Loss for the Racial Justice Community as Well as the Literary World
Marc Morial President and CEO National Urban League NEW YORK – A few years after being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, for a body of work known for centering the Black American experience, Toni […]
#WhiteSupremacistTerrorism
Jay Conner Blogger Theroot.com With the encouragement of our President, America has gone to great lengths to paint minorities as criminals, parasites and in some instances, terrorists. But after the latest pair of mass shootings […]
For the Last Time God Is Not Schizophrenic
James A. Washington NNPA Columnist Publisher Dallas Weekly Let me state up front. This is not new. I heard something recently that has stayed with me and has rapidly become embedded in my spirit, so […]
To Be Equal #24
Why is the Insurance Industry Pushing Repeal of Discrimination Protection? Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “As long as the color of a man’s skin determines his choice of housing, no investment […]
Leah Chase: “We Changed The Course of the World over a Bowl of Gumbo”
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “I was taught that your job was to make this earth better. I hope my children will carry on. I hope I’ve taught them enough […]