The driving force behind this historic event was Ms. Shauna Hicks-Lee, a woman of vision, conviction, and tenacity. “Juneteenth marks freedom,” she said in an interview held during the celebration, “but we know freedom didn’t come easy—and in many ways, we’re still fighting for it.” Black liberation today means visibility and ownership in spaces once closed off. “Once upon a time,” she reflected, “we didn’t have access to facilities like this. Now we do. Now people who don’t look like us see our vision and support us. That is part of liberation.”
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Lawsuit filed details of a conspiracy to seat Marva Johnson from the start.
In a significant victory for the Black Press of America this week. Media entrepreneur Byron Allen and fast-food giant McDonald’s have reached a settlement in a closely watched lawsuit that accused the company of discriminatory advertising practices against Black-owned media outlets.
Authorities say the man accused of killing Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and seriously injuring State Sen. John Hoffman had a hit list of 45 elected officials; all Democrats part of what law enforcement is calling a meticulously planned political assassination plot.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — From Bethesda, Maryland, to Atlanta, Georgia, across New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, and more than 2,000 other cities and towns nationwide, tens of thousands of Americans turned out Saturday in unified protest Donald Trump’s military parade
In the wake of the recent and closely watched presidential selection at Florida A&M University (FAMU), Board of Trustees member Deveron Gibbons is offering candid insights into the process, his support for President-Elect Marva Johnson, and how the university can move forward together. His comments come amid impassioned public discussion and a widely shared op-ed from Rev. R.B. Holmes calling for transparency, unity, and healing.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Now, with immigration raids sparking protest in majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles like Compton and Paramount, Trump has again used federal troops to confront civilians.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The head of the organization, which focuses on the advancement of Hispanics, discussed the discriminatory nature of these arrests, lending “the only criteria they need to have is brown skin.”
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Beginning June 9, 2025, at 12:01, citizens of the designated countries are banned from entering the United States.
In what’s being widely recognized as the most impactful Black-led boycott since the Montgomery Bus Boycott of the 1950s, Target has suffered a staggering $12 billion loss in market value.