July 2013 Archive
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer The transition of the new era of St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School is now official. On July 10th, the school announced the completion of the act of ... Satchmo SummerFest turns it up a notch
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The flame has really been turned up on the schedule for the 13th edition of the Satchmo SummerFest. Held in and around the Old U.S. Mint from ... A retrograde Supreme Court
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist No matter how much some commentators try to spin the not guilty verdict of George Zimmerman as an example that the legal system worked properly, the ... Are some good Samaritans angels?
By Jerome LeDoux use loan Contributing Columnist Thoroughly enjoying their trek through the picturesque Smokies, Vernon and Jodi Newton were accompanying Ashten, their prize progeny, to the University of Indiana. To be ... Black Caucus joins Tea Party in opposition over NSA
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Demonstrating how opposition to the NSA’s spying programs cuts across both parties, last Wednesday, the Republican House leadership joined President Obama and Nancy Pelosi to narrowly ... Black clergy stand their ground against Zimmerman verdict
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Just as they did during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, last Saturday’s demonstrations in more than 100 cities around the nation ... Black leaders celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The Black community joined the world in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela when he turned 95 on ... Blacks are the ‘other’ Americans
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was told a story the other night. Apparently on the evening of the Zimmerman acquittal, in a bar in South Carolina, a group of white ... Bookman enters race for Traffic Court judge
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Candidate Marie Bookman observed in an interview with The Louisiana Weekly, “There has never been a woman elected as judge to serve in Traffic Court for ... Emmett and Trayvon: How racial prejudice has changed
By Elijah Anderson Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series Race in America — Past and Present America’s Twentieth-Century Slavery. TriceEdneyWire.com —Separated by a thousand miles, two state ...
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