NUL Leads Historic Delegation of African-Americans to Beijing China
BEIJING, China (NNPA)- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Los Angeles Urban League President and CEO Blair Taylor have led a 40-person delegation to Beijing in the People’s Republic of China. This week's trip is a cultural ...
Black Gubernatorial Candidate Gets Lowest CBC Grade on NAACP Report Card
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – U. S. Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), a candidate for governor in his home state of Alabama, was the only representative in the 42-member Congressional Black Caucus who did not get an “A” on the NAACP Civil ...
First Black Daily Newspaper Founded
Thirty-seven years after the first Black newspaper in America was founded in New York City (Freedom’s Journal, 1827) the Black press reached another milestone with the launching of the New Orleans Tribune, destined to become the ...
Being True to Black Historymakers
The news media is fascinated with anniversaries, especially those ending in round numbers. Therefore, it came as no surprise that the 50th anniversary ...
Rwanda A Model for Haiti, Says U.N. Envoy Paul Farmer
(GIN) – With a distinguished record of service bringing medical care around the world, Paul Farmer, U.N. deputy special envoy to Haiti, assessed the current delivery of aid to earthquake victims during a brief ...