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Kyana Washington of Manvel, TX, an English major from Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, has been selected as the English in Action 2018-2019 Luard Morse Scholarship recipient, a program of The English-Speaking Union.

State of Black America Is Strong, Experts Say

Renah Carlisle, Sales Zone Manager for Ford’s Phoenix Region, made the announcement about the new column and delivered keynote remarks at NNPA’s 2018 Mid-Winter Conference in Las Vegas.

Doss received the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s 2018 NNPA Publisher Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in Las Vegas.

“Invisible Queen” tells the story of Queen Sophia Charlotte, a mixed-race woman born in Germany, who married King George III in 1761, and served as Queen of England and Ireland, for 57 years.

During a lengthy, members-only meeting on Capitol Hill on Jan. 19, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) discussed various options to protest the current President of the United States. Their protest plans centered around the annual State of the Union address.

Poor People’s Campaign Exhibit Opens at the Black History Museum Smithsonian’s Black History Museum Showcases #CityofHope1968 Exhibition The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and…

A memorial service for trailblazing civil rights journalist Simeon Booker will be held on Monday, January 29, 2018, his wife, Carol McCabe Booker, has announced. The service is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Booker, a journalistic icon, died Dec. 10 at the age of 99.

API President Touts Economic Opportunities for Blacks in the Oil Industry