(NNPA)- It took an overhaul of epic proportions to get the 1976 black film cult classic ‘Sparkle’ in shape to show in front of audiences of all ages. But the husband and wife team of Mara Brock Akil (screenwriter) and Salim Akil (director) were up for the challenge of changing the gritty urban musical drama into a family friendly inspirational experience. ...

Seven Nobel Peace Prize winners, including Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa, are protesting the new NBC reality show “Stars Earn Stripes, ...

Right before the U.S. House of Representatives left for the summer to go home to campaign for your vote, members of Congress voted to extend the Bush era tax cuts ...

Health department experts say the most important months to protect yourself from mosquito bites in North Carolina is August and September. ...

Frances McGraw Bunting, William Donnell Foy, Charles Hand, William Howard Jones, Angelica Bentley Clinton, Janice Frink Brown, Edna Loyce Randolph ...

When presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced last weekend that the man he felt best suited to be his vice presidential running mate ...

The face of America is changing. In 40 years, the United States will become a minority-majority nation – a remarkable milestone for a country that already boasts ...

Mrs. Rosalind Elizabeth Lennon Rosalind Elizabeth Lennon was born on February 28, 1955, to Mary E. Toomer and the late Robert New.  She was preceded in death by her son, R. Michael Lennon. Rosalind was born and raised with her eight siblings, here in Wilmington, NC.  She was educated in the New Hanover County School System and was a member of Warner Temple AME Zion Church. After settling in her adulthood, R ...

The response from the Obama Campaign managers to NNPA Chairman, Cloves Campbell was; “The audience your newspapers reach is not the demographic of the campaign”. ...

Africa is known for its beauty, majesty and vast mineral and lucrative natural resources of gold, diamonds, oil, copper, cobalt, uranium, platinum, and titanium. ...