Black History News
NNPA President Talks Black History, Diversity During Fireside Chat with Volkswagen
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The history of Black people long pre-dates the indignity of slavery. “Our history didn’t begin in slavery,” said National Newspaper Publishers Association President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. “We were kings and queens. We had dynasties long before the slave trade,” Chavis said during Volkswagen Group of…
Read MoreNAACP Celebrates 110th Anniversary of Freedom Fighting
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – NAACP – was founded 110 years ago after a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, Illinois. “Because of the riots in Springfield, that brought about serious conversations and meetings about starting an organization, a national…
Read MoreCollege of Charleston Foundation Receives First Edition Frederick Douglass Autobiography
By Vincent Fraley Frederick Douglass emerged on the national stage in 1845 and has never left popular memory. The power and poetry of Douglass’ words – printed and spoken – fundamentally changed the conversation about slavery in the U.S. and continues to inspire generations of activists. With Leo and Vicki Williams’ recent gift to the College of…
Read MoreAt 88, Toni Morrison Personifies the Strength of Black Womanhood
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Black Girl Magic, Black Girls Rock, and other slogans have surfaced in recent years to describe the power, resilience and steadiness of the Black woman. But, 88 years ago, a legend was born who would eventually embody the spirit and definition of strength of Black womanhood: Toni…
Read MoreAFTC’s “A Tribute To Paul Laurence Dunbar” A Surprising Success
By Barney Blakeney Art Forms & Theatre Concepts, Inc. has done it again! Writer and director, Art Gilliard, who founded the Lowcountry’s premier African American theater company has done an exemplary job weaving theater, song, history and culture into a one-act performance that tells the story of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of America’s greatest writers,…
Read MoreTrans-Atlantic Commemoration Program to be held in Mount Pleasant
By Hakim Abdul-Ali Saturday, February 23, a truly unique cultural and educational event, sponsored by the Snowden Community Civic Association Heritage Committee, will be held in historic Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This memorable event, centered around the 400 year commemorative remembrance of the horrendous and abominable Trans-Atlantic enslaved journeys of Africans during the infamous Middle…
Read MoreHarris, Stabenow, Peters, Lawrence Introduce Legislation to Award Aretha Franklin with Congressional Gold Medal
Today, U.S. Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Debbie Stabenow, Gary Peters, and Representative Brenda Lawrence (all D-MI) introduced bicameral legislation to posthumously award the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of her outstanding artistic and cultural contributions. The legislation was originally introduced in August 2018 in the wake of Franklin’s passing.…
Read MoreAfrican-American Inductees in the National Inventors Hall of Fame
Since the founding of the National Inventors Hall of Fame®(NIHF), nearly 600 visionary men and women, who conceived, patented and advanced the greatest technological achievements of our nation, have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Historical innovators like Joseph Lee and Charles Drew paved the way beyond science and technology by becoming trailblazers for…
Read MoreBlack History Month Poetry – “Black Face”
Black Face Are you color-blind, or can’t you see me? Do you really need to paint your face to look like me? Is the color of my skin too strong for you? Is the skin that I am in a reminder of the me you could never be? Black is not something I can shake.…
Read MoreVP Records, Largest Independent Reggae Label, Celebrates 40th Anniversary
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia VP Records, the world’s largest reggae music company, has announced a year-long calendar of activities in celebration of its 40 years in the United States. For two generations, the Queens, N.Y.-based company has marketed Caribbean culture and island lifestyle through music, events and merchandise, and has been…
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