by Karen Juanita Carrillo The legendary jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Joe Wilder will soon posthumously receive the Congressional Gold Medal...
Month: June 2023
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her...
On Sunday, June 25th Shiloh AME Church, Pastor Joyce Harvey celebrated Juneteenth with a powerful service with guest speaker, Civil...
The 2023 BET Awards celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with tributes to the genre’s earliest voices, late legends, and new...
by AmNews Staff Reports NAACP New York State Conference President Hazel N. Dukes is being awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal in...
by AARON MORRISON Associated Press When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes...
by NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Stacy M. Brown In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court delivered a blow to the rights...
By MARK SHERMAN The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from...
By Rashad Grove Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant and businessman with no previous political experience, will make history as the first...
By Gabe Swartz Missouri athletic director Desireé Reed-Francois made SEC history with her latest hire. On Sunday, Mizzou announced that Kerrick...