July 2013 Archive
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Nelson Mandela turned 95 years old on Thursday, July 18. He has been hospitalized for more than a month, and the world holds its breath as we ... What should we tell our sons?
By Gary L. Flowers NNPA Columnist rd loan bad credit Last week’s injustice to the life and legacy of Trayvon Martin takes its infamous place in the annals of United States history, ... Why are you always tired?
(Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender) Are you always asking “Why am I so tired?” Are you having trouble staying awake during watching your evening TV shows? Most of ... Zimmerman verdict causes local musician to go back in time
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer If you change the human heart the culture will follow. – Buddha When it was announced that George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the ... In 100th Year, Delta president has servant’s heart
By Zenitha Prince Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre has led the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority through a tumultuous ... Thousands of Blacks worked in brutal bondage right up until WWII
By Douglas A. Blackmon Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series Race in America — Past and Present America’s Twentieth-Century Slavery. (TriceEdneyWire.com) — On July 31, 1903, a letter ... NAACP signs agreement with FEMA
By James Harper Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier) — Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and other areas along America’s Gulf Coast, put the spotlight on thousands ... Years of political inaction preceded latest cutbacks in Algiers ferry service
By Della Hasselle thelensnola.org Considering that the Algiers ferry has been a fixture on the river for years, its demise seemed to come suddenly. The ferry lost its main source ... Morehouse Medical College names first Black female president
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer In town to participate in a panel of African-American women entitled, “Putting Ourselves First” during Essence Fest was Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice who has just recently been ... Henry ‘Hank’ Braden IV, former legislator, dies
Henry E. Braden IV, an attorney, civil rights activist and former state legislator, died Monday at Interim LSU Public Hospital of congestive heart failure at the age of 68.
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