Black History

AARP Contest Celebrates Sisterhood; Readers Can Win Trip, Makeover from Sam Fine

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Subscribers can submit stories that describe the moment that transformed a friend into a cherished sister-friend. Claire McIntosh, the editor in chief of Sisters from AARP, told…

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PRESS ROOM: Contest Celebrates Sisterhood and 1st Anniversary of “Sisters from AARP” Newsletter with a Sam Fine Makeover Prize

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The top essay will win a girls’ trip to New York City inspired by the beauty of that friendship and a Nov. 15 makeover for the pair…

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OP-ED: How one decision set voting rights back 50 years

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW — “What a lot of people don’t realize is that many aspects of the VRA are not permanent law. Many of the provisions…

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Butterfield Introduces ‘BRIDGE Act’ to Push STEM Education, Employment

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Butterfield’s legislation would provide teacher education, including the provision of preservice teacher training and in-service professional development at eligible institutions, library, and media specialist training sites.

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Birmingham hosts Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — National experts and advocates gathered in Birmingham this week to offer insights into addressing the Southern AIDS epidemic. The event was held Wednesday, Aug. 21 on Southern HIV/AIDS…

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Miami aviation association to honor Tuskegee Airman

FLORDIA COURIER — A Tuskegee Airman and other aviation luminaries will be honored at the Greater Miami Aviation Association’s 92th gala on Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Trump National Doral…

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Black Workers Call for City Council Summit on Discrimination in Hiring on City Projects

OAKLAND POST — African American contrac­tors and construction workers are opposing a proposal that has been presented to the City Council requiring that all jobs on city projects be awarded…

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The Athletic Brilliance, Biometrics and Unbounded Success of Simone Biles

BLACK VOICE NEWS — A four-time Olympic gold medalist, Biles winning the national title for the sixth time this year was certainly cause for celebration. However, it was the “triple-double” Biles…

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When South Africans Declared ‘Liberation’ at Two Whites-Only Beaches

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — South Africa witnessed the beginning of the end of Whites-only beaches thirty years ago this week after an action launched by the Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It…

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COMMENTARY: We need to Revitalize the Great 8a Business Development Program

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 8(a) Business Development program was the brainchild of the late, great Parren J. Mitchell while he was the Chair of the House Small Business Committee and…

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