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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A busy news week heading into the Thanksgiving holiday has distracted from a continuing effort by the Trump Administration to relocate, and in some cases end, the U.S. Department of Education.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There are moments in a family’s life when truth becomes a battlefield, when people confuse the echo of old wounds for revelation, and when the soft stir of resentment becomes a storm.

Jayden Williams, a 22-year-old HBCU graduate of Clark Atlanta University, recently made history as Stockbridge, Georgia’s youngest mayor after defeating two-term incumbent Anthony Ford with 53 percent of the vote.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Her most recent gifts to historically Black colleges and universities surpass $400 million this year alone. These are not gestures. They are declarations. They say that the education of Black students is not optional, not expendable and not dependent on the approval of those who fear what an educated Black citizenry represents.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — They had the audacity, the gall, the hypocrisy to condemn Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, while opening the White House to a man their own government once called a terrorist.

       A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map — which made five districts in the state more favorable to Republicans — saying the plan appeared to be an illegal race-based gerrymander.

 NNPA NEWSWIRE — The hotel housed many key figures in African American history, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. It served as a hub for ministers, activists, and community leaders to organize, exchange ideas, and build networks vital to the civil rights movement. The Ben Moore Hotel quickly became known as a “headquarters for power” in the African American community. 

A Three Part Series   By: Sensible Sue She tells the story as though it were a masterclass in subtlety, because that’s exactly what it was:…

       Henniyah, Helaina, and Henri Rivers, 18-year-old triplets, are hoping to represent Jamaica in alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy. If they qualify, they would become the first triplets to compete in the same Winter Games and potentially the first Jamaicans to medal in alpine skiing.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The United Nations reports that Hurricane Melissa has scattered nearly 5 million tons of debris across Western Jamaica, hindering crews from delivering aid and restoring critical services promptly.