Commentary
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Jul- 2019 -8 July
NNPA Publishers Honor Marjorie Parham, a Living Legend of the Black Press
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Parham, who turned 101 in February, spent more than three decades as publisher of the Cincinnati Herald, which was established in 1955 and counts as the longest…
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7 July
PRESS ROOM: Patrick Gaspard to Receive Prestigious NAACP Spingarn Medal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — BALTIMORE – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has announced that Ambassador Patrick Gaspard will be awarded…
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7 July
FILM REVIEW: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When she helped school her white editors on the power of her works and viewpoints on African American culture and experiences, she faced the same challenge that…
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7 July
COMMENTARY: Running for Exposure
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It's only July, seven long months before the February 3, 2020, Iowa caucuses. Only July, eight months before the delegate-rich Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020, when at…
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7 July
Petition to Rename Space Once Honoring Robert E. Lee Could Honor Leah Chase
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Food and Beverage Foundation President Brent Rosen launched the petition. The petition says the cost of installation of a statue of Leah Chase would be paid…
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7 July
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6 July
Black Troops Fought Bravely at Normandy 75 Years Ago
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout WWII and especially D-Day in 1944, the Black Press dispatched reporters such as the New Journal and Guide’s John Q. ‘Rover’ Jordan, P.B. Young, Jr., Thomas…
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6 July
369th Experience Band Ties HBCU Musicians to WWI Black History
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Thanks to the United States World War I Centennial Commission, Coca Cola and the network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), a band of 42 accomplished…
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6 July
COMMENTARY: Tone Deaf Congress Wants Military Pork
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is much to object to about the “Defense” budget, as defense spending absorbs more than half of all of spending from our budget. But spending on…
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6 July
Chicago Defender Newspaper Moves to Digital Only with its July 11 Edition
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After 114 years of using ink on paper to deliver news that informs, educates and empowers the African American community throughout the Windy City, Real Times Media,…
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