Two Black men elected to top leadership positions in Congress
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from Blackmans-Street.Today) — For the first time ever, two African Americans will hold top leadership positions at the same time in Congress, U.S. Rep. Cedric ... U.S. Rep. Karen Bass elected chair of Congressional Black Caucus
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (BlackmansStreet.Today) — U.S. Rep. Karen Bass of California is expected to lead a much larger Congressional Black Caucus when the 116th Congress begins January 3. U.S. Rep. Karen Bass elected chair of Congressional Black Caucus
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (BlackmansStreet.Today) — U.S. Rep. Karen Bass of California is expected to lead a much larger Congressional Black Caucus when the 116th Congress begins January 3. Holding fast to New Orleans’ culture and its vitality in the community
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Keeping New Orleans treasures in the “family” and vital in the community can be celebrated this week with the purchase of the legendary Uptown club Tipitina’s by ... Rev. Barbara Skinner and intergenerational leadership
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Barbara Williams Skinner, at 75, looks at least two decades younger than her birth certificate suggests. Much of her youthful energy is due to her discipline, ... Give us all of the Bush record
By Richard Prince Guest Columnist (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Journal-isms) — The death of almost any president is an occasion for glowing tributes, the challenge being to tell ... Don’t let police keep secrets in their shooting of a Black man
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist This week, I attended the funeral service for a 21-year-old young man, Emantic “EJ” Bradford, Jr. He was shot three times in the back by police in ... The devastation of voter suppression
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdney Wire.com Columnist As we’ve looked at the races for U.S. Senate and governors of states, many of us are absolutely certain the wrong person ... Christmas time in the city
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor After the last few years we’ve had, with hurricanes, floods, oil spills, wildfires and political firestorms, it’s hard to believe that Christmas Day is just weeks away. ... Concerns for New Orleans NAACP
I am 98 years young and have been a member of the New Orleans Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Color People, also known as the NAACP, ...
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