Schools are more segregated now
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist As we approach May 17, the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education landmark decision outlawing “separate but equal” schools, several ... Schools ‘separate and unequal’ 60 years after Brown
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent ‘School segregation continues to mar American public education and it’s getting worse.’ – Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As the 60th ... Artists rally to combat gun violence
By David T. Baker New Orleans, LA — A contingent of visual and literary artists is working to get guns off the streets and onto canvases as part of an exhibit ...
Jazz Fest – ’Tween the Weekends
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer In a casual sense, Jazz Fest isn’t necessarily thought of as strictly the seven days of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (April 26 through April ... Civil rights complaints are filed against three N.O. schools
By Kari Harden Contributing Writer At Carver Collegiate, the family handbook describes in great detail precisely how students should walk, talk, dress, sit, raise their hand, and move their eyes. Volume levels at ... When cops hide behind badges to kill Blacks
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — In 1965, Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was a hotbed for social protest and bred students passionate about equality, justice and civil rights. Seventeen-year-old, ...
RTA hopes to build a downtown transit center
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Eighteen-year-old Tiynishia Wells of New Orleans East would like a place to sit while waiting for her bus connections downtown. Last Tuesday afternoon, she was pleased to ...
Researchers puzzled by rising death rates for African-American women in childbirth
By Marjorie Valbrun Contributing Writer (Special from Americaswire.org) – rates of obesity, high blood pressure and inadequate prenatal care cause death from childbirth more often for African Americans in the United States ... NORDC survey seeks feedback from the public
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer In an effort to gauge public perception of their services, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) opened a survey to the public on April 8. National ‘STEM’ expert: 21st-century doctors must also know the Arts
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – When Dr. Freeman Hrabowski was only 15 years old, he was in college and graduated at the age of 19 with high honors ...
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By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist As we approach May 17, the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education landmark decision outlawing “separate but equal” schools, several ... Schools ‘separate and unequal’ 60 years after Brown
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent ‘School segregation continues to mar American public education and it’s getting worse.’ – Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As the 60th ... Artists rally to combat gun violence
By David T. Baker New Orleans, LA — A contingent of visual and literary artists is working to get guns off the streets and onto canvases as part of an exhibit ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer In a casual sense, Jazz Fest isn’t necessarily thought of as strictly the seven days of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (April 26 through April ... Civil rights complaints are filed against three N.O. schools
By Kari Harden Contributing Writer At Carver Collegiate, the family handbook describes in great detail precisely how students should walk, talk, dress, sit, raise their hand, and move their eyes. Volume levels at ... When cops hide behind badges to kill Blacks
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — In 1965, Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was a hotbed for social protest and bred students passionate about equality, justice and civil rights. Seventeen-year-old, ...
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Eighteen-year-old Tiynishia Wells of New Orleans East would like a place to sit while waiting for her bus connections downtown. Last Tuesday afternoon, she was pleased to ...
By Marjorie Valbrun Contributing Writer (Special from Americaswire.org) – rates of obesity, high blood pressure and inadequate prenatal care cause death from childbirth more often for African Americans in the United States ... NORDC survey seeks feedback from the public
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer In an effort to gauge public perception of their services, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) opened a survey to the public on April 8. National ‘STEM’ expert: 21st-century doctors must also know the Arts
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – When Dr. Freeman Hrabowski was only 15 years old, he was in college and graduated at the age of 19 with high honors ...
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