Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Tells Authentic Stories from the Movement
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum tells the stories of Mississippi residents that made extraordinary contributions to the Civil Rights Movement
By Freddie Allen (Editor-in-Chief, NNPA Newswire)
In the ear...
Emmett Till Murder to Be Reopened and Investigated by the Justice Department
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor)
The U.S. Department of Justice has once again reopened the infamous Emmett Till case. The 1955 murder case was a major turning point in the Civil Rights M...
London Breed Overcomes Adversity to Become San Francisco’s First Black Female Mayor
By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Political Analyst)
Politics can be a dirty game.
It can oftentimes bring out the worst in people. It isn’t for the faint of heart.
On the flip side, however, politics...
MLK50: Fifty Years after Kerner and King, Racism Still Matters
By Derrick Johnson (President and CEO, National NAACP)
“Segregation and poverty have created in the racial ghetto a destructive environment totally unknown to most white Americans. What white Americans have ...