NNPA Newswire
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Jul- 2019 -20 July
Memphis People’s Convention all about The People’s Agenda
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a diverse collection of 500-plus Memphians steadily streamed into the Paradise Entertainment Complex on Georgia Avenue, there wasn’t so much a set slate of candidates as…
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19 July
NAMAD Honors James Farmer with Lifetime Achievement Award
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I can remember at a NAMAD banquet there were two tables, maybe three at a conference of minority dealers,” he said. “But I watched it grow to…
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19 July
CFPB turns its back on fair lending enforcement and reporting
NNPA NEWSWIRE — More than 50 years ago, this nation enacted legal guarantees that fair housing would be available to all Americans. Despite this federal assurance, however, a disturbing and…
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17 July
Former NNPA Chairman Dorothy Leavell Reflects on the Black Press
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The chairman has a direct responsibility for their membership and to be speaking for them in every way to make sure that their rights, their names, and…
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17 July
Former NNPA Chairs Talk Yesterday, Today and the Future
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Whether it’s taking a stand for the Double V campaign during World War II; marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement; or…
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17 July
U.S. House Votes to Condemn President Trump’s Use of Social Media to Spread Racist Messages
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some of us have been victims of the stain, the pain, the hurt of racism. In the 50s and during the 60s, segregationists told us to go…
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17 July
Waters to Facebook: Today’s Hearing is Only the First Step in Our Oversight and Legislative Process
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Facebook has proposed backing Libra tokens with government currencies and government guaranteed securities, and holding them in a so-called Libra Reserve, to be governed by Facebook and…
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15 July
Breast cancer is the most imperative health issue Facing African American women
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among black women, and an estimated 33,840 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2019. An estimated 6,540…
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15 July
FILM REVIEW: The Farewell
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When you walk out of the theater you may feel like you just left a family meal or a close friend’s house. That familial reaction is the…
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15 July
Trump Levels Racist Attack on Congresswomen of Color in Latest Social Media Screed
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As is his general habit, Trump lies in his communications and brands places where people of color reside as dangerous. President Trump has a long history of…
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