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Historic Black Press Week Captivates D.C.

April 1, 2016

by Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer Publishers and leaders from the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a trade group of more than 200 Black-owned media companies, and from the 400-plus member National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) recently held a historic three-day summit in Washington, D.C. that featured an all-star roster of […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Benjamin Chavis, NAHP, National Association of Hispanic Publications, National Newspaper Publishers Association, NNPA, Stacy M. Brown

NFTE Turns Inner-City Youths into Black Entrepreneurs, Despite Persistent Challenges

March 18, 2016

by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service “My ethnicity has been empowering and encouraging for my community,” she says. “I am the first African-American balloon artist that most children in the region have seen, especially inner-city African- American children. Oftentimes, people will book me because of my color and age. Sometimes, I am even hired to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Curtis Bunn, Entrepreneurship, Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship, NFTE

Was it Civil Rights or a Movement?

March 18, 2016

by Avis Thomas-Lester Urban News Service They fought for integration, equal education and voter registration. There were Freedom Rides, a march on Washington and mayhem on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. There were sit-ins, brutal attacks and stands against violence. In the end, freedom was achieved – at least in part. “There is no question that […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Avis Thomas Lester, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Montogmery Bus Boycott

Where is Today’s Madam C.J. Walker?

March 11, 2016

‘Let’s Keep Our Entrepreneurial Gene Thriving!’ by Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Women entrepreneurs have a powerful role model when they consider Madam C.J. Walker. One of our nation’s first female self-made millionaires, her story of combining herbs to develop and manufacture a hair pomade, of empowering tens of thousands of women as sales […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Entrepreneurship, Julianne Malveaux, Madame C.J. Walker

Carl Matthews’ Civil Rights Legacy Set

March 11, 2016

by Todd Luck Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Winston-Salem Chronicle WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Carl Wesley Matthews, the leader of the local lunch counter protest in 1960 that became the state’s first victory for the sit-in movement, passed away on Friday, Feb. 26. A service for Matthews was held Thursday, March 3 at […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Carl Wesley Matthews, Civil Rights, Todd Luck

Diversity among Doctors Drives Trust in Health Care

March 4, 2016

By Patricia Maryland NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist Black History Month gives us the opportunity to reflect on the countless examples of the contributions that African-Americans have made to build our country. By celebrating these pioneers who helped shape America, we are inspired to overcome adversity and realize the positive change we, too, are capable […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History, Diversity, Health Care, Patricia Maryland

From Civil War To Civil Rights, Frank Smith Lives Black History

March 4, 2016

By Avis Thomas-Lester, Urban News Service The 20-year-old civil rights worker had been locked up for three weeks in Greenwood for helping blacks register to vote. “After I was released from jail, I called my mother at home in Georgia to tell her I was okay,” said Smith, 73, of Washington, D.C. “She told me […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Avis Thomas Lester, Civil Rights, Civil War, Frank Smith

Homeless As Kids, Brothers Lamont and Anthony Peterson Evolve From Street Life To Boxing’s Elite

February 26, 2016

by Curtis Bunn, Urban News Service Abandoned and left on the streets, these two boxing champions are now cheered by the very parents who once cast them aside. it is the story of four individual transformations combining into one incredible tale. As a result, each victory in the boxing ring moves brothers Lamont and Anthony […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Anthony Peterson, Boxing, Curtis Bunn, Lamont Peterson

The Hollywood Diversity Fix

February 26, 2016

by Ronda Racha Penrice, Urban News Service There’s nothing new about #OscarsSoWhite. Once upon a time, Hollywood’s diversity battle stretched as far as The White House. For the second year in a row, there are no people of color nominated for Oscars in any acting category. In protest, a social-media storm erupted, as did a […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Diversity, Hollywood, OscarsSoWhite, Rhonda Racha Penrice

Drexel’s ‘Healing Hurt People’ Program Helps Young Victims Recover from Emergency Room Trauma

February 26, 2016

by Curtis Bunn, Urban News Service Sobering facts: For every black youth murdered in Philadelphia, 90 others experience grave injuries, including gunshot and stabbing wounds. Each year, more than 900 young blacks are admitted to one specific local emergency room as victims of violence, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For John […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Curtis Bunn, Emergency Room, Healing Hurt People, John Rich, Ted Corbin, Victims of Violence

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