Photo: Getty Images Juneteenth has traditionally been recognized as a regional holiday among Black communities in Texas and across the South. However, it has grown to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Each day Opal Lee would travel two and a half miles each day in recognition of the two and a half years that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black history has taken on new meaning in this polarized political era. Education Week reports that since January 2021, 14 Republican-led states (Florida,...
THE AFRO — Most knowledgeable political historians agree that the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and the Voting Rights Acts, which passed one year later, became...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The symbolism was stunning, but it was far more critical that President Biden hit the ground running, and he did. He signed 17...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After the Republican Convention, President Trump has cut into Biden’s lead, and it appears that our president is a man of character. Trump...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NFL remains at the forefront of the new understanding, and now they’ve taken that knowledge, and, in an unprecedented decision, the league...
NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER — As Benjamin Franklin was leaving the Constitutional Convention he was approached by a woman who asked, “What have you given us, a monarchy...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The hatred of Trump by these rivals exceeds their love of our great country. They seem to care less of the serious damage...
(Salon) – No living historian has done more to shape our understanding of the American Civil War era than Eric Foner. A rare scholar who is...
[Gizmodo] Even though business cards seemed like they would be one of the first things to get killed by some fancy techwiznology, they’ve managed to survive...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a flawed document that freed enslaved...