Rev. William Barber in New Orleans on January 30
The Rev. William J. Barber, former leader of the NAACP North Carolina State Conference, will visit New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 30, to present a lecture at Tulane University’s McAlister ... Celebrating 50 years of Jazz Fest and songs of the Movement
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival announced the line-up of its 2019 event on Tuesday, January 15 that included the anticipated news of the Rolling Stones ... The Annual whitewashing of Martin Luther King Jr.
Every year I ask myself questions about the shameful exploitation of Martin Luther King Jr.—why do Americans love to disgrace his message so much? Why is it so popular that ... Shame and shade in Birmingham: In praise of Angela Davis
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist If anyone deserves a civil rights award, Angela Davis certainly does. The activist and scholar has been on the front lines of the civil rights movement ... Cashing in on King
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist Get your credit card and check books ready for this year’s King Holiday. Here’s what The Gap Clothing retailer blazoned in an ad, “Over 500 styles ... Soft-core lynching
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Columnist I have been thinking about Jermaine Massey quite a bit since I heard about his story at the DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, Oregon. This was ... Embrace our history and the struggle
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Black people are something else. There’s nothing we can’t do when we put our minds together. Just look at how far we’ve already come. The damage of the Shutdown
They are your neighbors. They are your friends. They are disproportionately veterans. New Orleans new police chief
Last week, Mayor LaToya Cantrell named veteran NOPD Commander Shaun Ferguson as the new Superintendent, replacing outgoing Chief Michael Harrison, who departed last Friday for Maryland. Harrison’s steady hand in ... La. wants to take guns away from domestic abusers
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Louisiana is second highest in murders of women by men in the nation, after Alaska, according to federal data. These Pelican State murders are mainly with guns, ...
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