Tag: African American community
Michael K. Williams’ Death and the Criminalization of Substance Abuse
By Marc H. Morial
"He was a Hollywood star with an off-Broadway paycheck that mostly went up his nose. He was a pacifist with...
Mother Viola Fletcher Among 200 Black Wall Street Survivors Headed to Ghana
By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
On the evening of May 31st, 1921, a vicious white mob from neighboring Tulsa, Oklahoma, descended on...
Unearthing The Great Divide in Healthcare
By Dr. Jerome Robinson, M.D., San Diego-based, board certified internist and cardiologist.
Today there is a significant move to vaccinate the population. Yet several factors,...
OP-ED: The American Rescue Plan — Changing the Course of the Pandemic for All...
By U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6)
It has been a little more than a year since COVID-19 was officially discovered within the boundaries of...
‘Twenty Pearls’ AKA Documentary Shows the Vision and Impact of Black College Women
Executive Producer and Alpha Kappa Alpha member Kimberly Esmond Adams believes anytime is the right time to tell this type of American story. “This story talks about the role that a group of college women, who were still finding their way in the world, yet were intelligent enough to understand that the world was bigger than them and they could do something concrete to make it better for everyone.”
