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Another Black Man Targeted, Tasered and Beaten by Police
By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Contributor Police brutality…Will it ever end? All eyes across the nation have been on the city of Baytown, Texas, ever since an unarmed Black woman, 44-year-old Pamela Turner, was shot to death on video by Baytown Police Officer Juan Delacruz back on May 13, outside of her apartment complex…
Read MoreStephen Curry Partners With Howard University To Launch First Division I Golf Program
In a historic stride forward to grow the game of golf, six-time NBA All-Star and Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation co-founder, Stephen Curry, announced his commitment to Howard University today, with a pledge to support the establishment of the university’s first NCAA Division 1 golf program for the next six years. Inspired by Howard senior and…
Read MoreCop Who Killed Eric Garner Fired at Last
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City cop who held Eric Garner in an illegal choke hold as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe”, was finally fired and stripped of his pension benefits this week – five years after Garner’s plea became a protest chant and rallying cry for thousands against…
Read MoreNew Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Shows Rarely Seen Photos of Billie Holiday’s Private and Public Worlds
In April 1957, photographer Jerry Dantzic had an assignment from Decca Records to photograph Billie Holiday during a weeklong run of performances at the Newark, New Jersey, nightclub Sugar Hill. What unfolded was an unexpected and intimate journey into her private and public worlds. His photos comprise the largest collection of images from any single…
Read MoreNNPA Makes Plans for the Future During Informal Gathering in Houston
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia An informal gathering of National Newspaper Publishers Association board members and publishers has galvanized the 79-year-old organization and has served to renew its commitment as the voice of Black America. Though it was not an official board of directors meeting, the two-day planning session and retreat in…
Read MoreGroundbreaking Initiative Shows Pathway to Propel Black Homeownership
While statistics may paint a grim picture of Black homeownership, a recent event in Baltimore laid out a clear path for turning those numbers around across the country. Anyone questioning whether the Black community is primed to join the ranks of homeowners need only look to an innovative event in Baltimore that took place June 22. Nearly 700 people came…
Read MoreThree Day Event Planned to Commemorate First African Landing in Virginia
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Old Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., and were forced into labor as slaves. That was the beginning of the slave trade in America. This month, 400 years after that humiliating and disgraceful day, the…
Read MoreStacey Abrams Says She’d Serve as Vice President
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The overcrowded Democratic presidential field has a record six women seeking the nomination. But one prominent individual who isn’t running for the top job has thrown her hat into the ring for vice president. Former Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams said she would be delighted to serve…
Read MoreFlorida Cop Investigated for Planting Drugs During Traffic Stops
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia A Tallahassee, Florida attorney said as many as 30 clients were victimized by a dirty police officer who was caught by his own body cam footage planting drugs in a woman’s car and arresting her. Mary Maddox said Officer Zachary Wester’s behavior would have gone undetected had…
Read MoreOhio State Sen. Cecil Thomas: Tracie Hunter’s Conviction is Unlawful
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Former Judge Tracie Hunter, who became Hamilton County Ohio’s first black juvenile court judge, is receiving support from Ohio State Senator Cecil Thomas, who argues that her conviction should be overturned. Thomas said Hunter didn’t receive a fair trial and that she appears to have been the…
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