Category: NATIONAL

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Officials in Detroit have unveiled the 102nd United States Colored Troop Memorial Highway, honoring the heroic African American

By TIM REYNOLDS   UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Vanessa Bryant took Michael Jordan’s hand and walked down from the stage, a familiar chant breaking out throughout the arena

By KAT STAFFORD DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden took executive action Tuesday to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to hear a case that would have let the justices decide whether a single use of the N-word in the

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress that “America is

BY MEGAN MUNCE Pamela Turner was killed by a Baytown police officer in May of 2019. Credit: Family photo “Lawyer for George Floyd’s family wants to turn attention back to case

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Renee Montgomery, a two-time WNBA champion and vice president of the Atlanta Dream, has purchased a stake in the

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a

(SACHSE, TX — April 26, 2021) – Frog Pond Publishing is thrilled to announce the release of “Just Kick It,” a story of soccer and courage for children

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Wells Fargo & Company announced equity investments in five African American Minority Depository Institutions, or MDIs, as part