Tag: NBC News
With Her Speedskating Gold Medal, Erin Jackson Hopes to Inspire More Black Girls in...
“Hopefully, this has an effect. Hopefully, we’ll see more minorities, especially in the USA, getting out and trying these winter sports,” Jackson, 29, declared.
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Following Census Data Release, Republican-Led Gerrymandering Will Commence
Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
The U.S. Census Bureau release of data from its once-a-decade canvassing, which politicians, political watchers, and news reports...
America’s Widespread Police Brutality Problem Results in Tens of Thousands Taken to Emergency Rooms
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
A new investigation by the nonprofit The Marshall Project and data from the Centers for Disease...
Black Americans Are Being Vaccinated at Far Lower Rates
The rollout of the medicine from Pfizer and Moderna featured heavy promotion. High-profile African Americans like former President Barack Obama, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Coronavirus Task Force Member Dr. Ebony Hilton, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson received their shots publicly.
Black Clergy Leader, Rev. Dr. Sylvester Beaman, Delivers Historic Inaugural Benediction
“We need a president who is after the heart of God,” Rev. Dr. Sylvester Beaman, of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware, told NBC News. “In these terrible times, if anybody can bring healing and reconciliation to a divided country, if we give him room to work, Joe Biden can be that person,” Rev. Beaman continued.