Candace J. Semien Jozef Syndicate reporter Dawna Jones, PhD., remembers having an amazing childhood in Opelousas with her parents, Randolph and Priscilla Darjean, and three siblings. But one distinct memory may have unintentionally guided the […]
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report Thousands marched across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama to commemorate Bloody Sunday when the Civil Rights Activists faced a brutal police force while marching for voting rights […]
Taylor A. Sylvain New Orleans Agenda NEW ORLEANS – According to published reports, New Orleans native Desirée Glapion Rogers and her business partner, Cheryl Mayberry McKissack will purchase the Iconic Fashion Fair Beauty Line from […]
E. Benjamin Data News Weekly Contributor At City Hall leaders from across the City and State were on hand to announce a five-year extension in the contract between Essence Fest, the City of New Orleans […]
The Honorable Bill Clinton, Congressman John Lewis Among Members of National Advisory Council Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report NEW ORLEANS – Today, former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (left) officially launched the E Pluribus […]
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent A new partnership between NBA great Shaquille O’Neal and Miles College will help bring a Papa John’s Pizzeria to every Historically Black College and University Campus in the nation. […]
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report Police-Involved Shooting in Fort Worth (make this bold) subhead The former Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in her home Saturday morning was arrested and charged […]
Anne Branigin Writer, the root.com It was described as “stunning,” “rare,” and “inspirational”: Brandt Jean, the younger brother of Botham Jean, killed last year at the hands of a Dallas police officer who mistakenly walked […]
Karu F. Daniels Writer, the root.com It’s 2019 and black folks are still making history with “first feats”—in entertainment of all places. We’ve come a long way…but we still got a long way to go. […]
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent With a lively and capacity crowd inside the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 12, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin […]
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