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Black Press of America Awards Courageous Leaders
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Black Press of America Awards Courageous Leaders

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentSeptember 19, 2019

The 2019 honorees are the Honorable Karen Bass, U.S. Representative (D-CA); the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Representative (D-MD); the Honorable Bobby Scott, U.S. Representative (D-VA); the Honorable Bennie Thompson, U.S. Representative (D-MS); Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agriculture (UAW); Shani W. Hosten, Vice President Multicultural Leadership, AARP; Dr. Kim Smith-Whitley, Clinical Director of Hematology and Director of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP); and Crystal Windham, Director, Cadillac Interior Design, General Motors.

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NAMAD Honors James Farmer with Lifetime Achievement Award

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentAugust 9, 2019

“I can remember at a NAMAD banquet there were two tables, maybe three at a conference of minority dealers,” he said. “But I watched it grow to the level that it is today with many and, to be in a position within General Motors and to assist the industry and see it grow, has been gratifying,” he said.

A Tale of Two Graduations
Julianne MalveauxOpinion

A Tale of Two Graduations

Julianne Malveuax, NNPA Newswire ContributorJune 20, 2019

“…while the students are demographically different, one can hope that the call to “practice humanity” is one that will be heeded. It is, perhaps a sign of the times, that graduates have to be urged to practice humanity, but so much of our world is inhumane, placing profits over people, that the admonition is appropriate.”

How the Mainstream Media Wasted No Time in Turning Nipsey Hussle’s South L.A. Mourners Into Savages
Jasmyne CannickOpinion

How the Mainstream Media Wasted No Time in Turning Nipsey Hussle’s South L.A. Mourners Into Savages

Jasmyne A. CannickApril 18, 2019

A lot of things have changed in Los Angeles over the past two decades but one thing that’s been constant is the presence of street gangs and the violence they inflict. Shootings take place pretty much every day in Los Angeles. They’ve never stopped. People get shot–some live, some don’t. What stopped was the local news reporting on them.

Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMarch 21, 2019

“Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to the egregious rollback of voting rights over the past 50 years, American democracy has, at times, felt like a weird and failed social experiment.” —Patrisse Cullors

Black Women of Los Angeles Represent at this Year’s Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, D.C
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Black Women of Los Angeles Represent at this Year’s Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, D.C

Niele Anderson, Staff WriterSeptember 20, 2018

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) recently held its 48thConference in Washington DC. For the first time in the foundation’s history, two senators — Senator Cory Booker (New Jersey) and Senator Kamala D. Harris (California) served as honorary co-chairs for the 48th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC). Historically, co-chairs have been members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mourning Kofi Annan, Remembering Ron Walters
Julianne MalveauxLegendsOpinion

Mourning Kofi Annan, Remembering Ron Walters

Julianne MalveauxSeptember 6, 2018

Kofi Annan made his transition in August. The seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, he worked up from the lower ranks (starting at age 24) of the international organization, to serve as head of peacekeeping operations, and four years into his term as UN Secretary-General, earning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Living and Singing Soul with Aretha: Respecting Our Awesome and Soulful Selves
Dr. Maulana KarengaOpinion

Living and Singing Soul with Aretha: Respecting Our Awesome and Soulful Selves

Dr. Maulana KarengaAugust 23, 2018

Whatever others may say in clearly deserved praise and homage to Aretha Franklin, it is vitally important that we, as persons and a people, speak our own special cultural truth about her and make our own unique assessment of her music, life, service and meaning to us. Here I mean not letting others’ descriptions of her and her music serve as an orientation and framework for our own praise and proper due, but rather reaching inside ourselves and understanding and speaking of her in a multiplicity of meaningful and praise-worthy ways drawn and distilled from the depths of our own hearts and our own culture.

Future of Democratic Party Lies in Moving to the Moral Center
Op-EdOpinionRev. Jesse Jackson

Future of Democratic Party Lies in Moving to the Moral Center

Rev. Jesse JacksonAugust 16, 2018

A new generation of Democrats, such as New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is challenging the party’s establishment, writes Jesse Jackson, and the party’s goal should be to embrace the “moral center.” The media is now reporting on the debate among Democrats and activists about what the party should stand for, and how it will win elections. Establishment Democrats are said fear that the populist reform energy represented by Bernie Sanders and rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (who upset Rep. Joe Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, in a New York City primary) will turn off the moderate, upscale, White

Attack on LeBron Shows Trump Wants to Use Fear, Divisiveness to Win Elections
OpinionRev. Jesse Jackson

Attack on LeBron Shows Trump Wants to Use Fear, Divisiveness to Win Elections

Rev. Jesse JacksonAugust 9, 2018

The run-up to the 2018 congressional elections has begun. With 40 Republican representatives deciding not to run again, the party’s majority in the House is at risk. President Donald Trump has announced he plans to stump for Republicans across the country, seeking to make the election a referendum on him. Characteristically, a centerpiece of his approach is to use race as a weapon to divide and distract us.