Recently, the NAACP Image Awards announced Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z as the leading nominees for five apiece.
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Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Parkinson’s disease diagnosis caught many by surprise, but those who know him said they’re confident that he’ll overcome the life-threatening challenge before him
The Black Press lost one of its most devoted freedom warriors, last week. Walter “Ball” Smith, the publisher of New York’s Beacon and the Philadelphia Observer died on Friday, November 10. He was 83.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, the president of Repairers of the Breach, a nonpartisan, nonprofit social advocacy group, has confirmed that he and a delegation of “moral, workers’ rights, anti-poverty and ecological justice advocates…” will be meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thanksgiving Day.
Michael A. Grant, who has gained a national reputation for his advocacy for Black economic empowerment for nearly a quarter of a century, has announced that he is resigning from the presidency of the National Bankers Association (NBA) effective Dec. 31, 2017
Documentary Shames Tobacco Industry for targeting the Black Community
We’re hearing that President Trump has stepped in and has asked his new BFF, China’s president, Xi Jinping for help in the matter.
Meet the Black District Attorney leading the fighting against wrongful convictions
“Celebrating the man who became a movement,” noted GQ in its announcement this morning (Nov. 18) that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has received its coveted 2017 “Citizen of the Year” honor.
The group’s leaders said that the new tax status would allow them to be more aggressive politically.