Black History
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Jul- 2019 -4 July
OP-ED: Women’s Suffrage Forged by Founding Sisters: Happy Birthday to Ida B.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ida B. revered the Black press as an organizing tool. Though her newspaper The Memphis Free Speech was destroyed by racist mobs, she was never silenced. During…
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4 July
Ebony, Jet fire remainder of staff, may close its doors for good
THE ATLANTA VOICE — Timeless editions of Ebony featured some of the biggest stars in Black America, including issues covered by Diana Ross, Sidney Poitier, as well as President &…
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3 July
Cincinnati’s First Black Female Juvenile Court Judge Faces Jail Time After Sham Trial Exposes Racism, Cronyism and Corruption
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Tracie Hunter, Cincinnati’s first African-American female Juvenile Court Judge in Hamilton County’s 110-year history, who’s also a church pastor in Cincinnati, remains buoyed by the support of…
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3 July
COMMENTARY: Happy Juneteenth? …No Check?!
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Dallas County Commissioners Court approved by voice vote, a resolution that honors the life, death and struggles of African people over this continent and supports reparations…
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3 July
Same Spirit. Same Mission. New Vision.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Karen is a native Houstonian and is the CEO and Publisher of Houston Forward Times, the South’s largest independently-owned and published newspaper. Her parents always stressed the…
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2 July
“Countdown to Demolition,” Baltimore City Moves to Save Calloway Home
THE AFRO — Cab Calloway’s childhood home is slated for demolition, July 1. A rally in protest of the destruction of the monument to Black, Jazz, and Baltimore history gathered outside…
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1 July
Black Press of America Announces Election of New National Officers
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The voting took place during the NNPA national convention in Cincinnati on Friday, June 28, 2019. In an overwhelming mandate from the publishers who voted at the…
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