By Jim Salter, Associated Press March 13, 2015 In this Aug. 15, 2014 file photo, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson releases the name of the officer accused of fatally shooting Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. On Friday, March 6, 2015, Jackson is still on the job, two days after a government report criticized his […]
Blacks Now Finishing High School at Record Levels
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 13, 2015 In this May 5, 2014 photo, Krishaun Branch, left, moves the tassel on his mortarboard to the left side after graduating from Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — After 30 years of little to no progress, Black […]
VOICES: A Relentless Crusader for Diversity is Lost
By Brent Jones March 13, 2015 Dori J. Maynard (Photo: Jane Tyska, Oakland Tribune via AP) Journalism lost a courageous soldier this week. Dori J. Maynard, 56, who died Tuesday of lung cancer, didn't report in combat zones. She had no battle scars to show. Dori's fight was of a […]
Anniversary of Selma March Rekindles Ferguson Comparisons
By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press March 13, 2015 In this March 13, 1965 file photo, a line of police officers hold back demonstrators who attempted to march to the courthouse in Selma, Ala. Police kept the demonstrators hemmed up in a square block area where they attempted several times to break through. (AP […]
A Brief Biography of Lorraine Hansberry
By Eelisa Jones March 13, 2015 Lorraine Vivian Hansberry III was an activist, author and playwright born in Chicago on May 19, 1930. She was the first African-American writer to have works appear on Broadway. Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun remains her best-known play, which centered on the experiences of black individuals […]
Governor Walker: Sexual Assault Reporting, What You Should Know
By Lindsey Gapen March 6, 2015 Many websites have corrected or retracted stories about Governor Scott Walker this week in response to Walker’s proposal to remove requirements of reporting sexual assault incidents to the state government. Walker, who may be the 2016 Republican candidate in the presidential election, faced an attack […]
Critics Say GOP Education Reform Would Hurt Poor and Black Students
By Freddie Allen, Senior NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015 Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said that a strong ESEA is vital to ensuring that states and school districts are living up to their obligation to provide a quality education for all. (Freddie Allen/NNPA/File Photo) […]
Mary Jane McLeod-Bethune: The First Lady of the Struggle
By Vanessa Jenkins March 6, 2015 Mary McLeod-Bethune Mary McLeod Bethune is referred to as "the first lady of the struggle,” due to her unyielding efforts to improve the lives of African-Americans. Her efforts additionally aided women through education and political empowerment. In pursuit to unify the underrepresented in the […]
Racial Disparities in Early Childhood Hurts U.S.
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015 Ready Freddy visits prekindergarten students at a public school in Buffalo, N.Y. (David Duprey/AP Photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Increased investment in early childhood education and care can eradicate many of the racial success gaps that persist throughout society, according to a new […]
Blacks Bear Brunt of School Suspensions
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — According to a report released last week, 3.5 million K-12 public school students were suspended in the 2011-2012 school year – enough to fill every stadium seat in Super Bowl I through Super Bowl XLV. And Black children […]
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