The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) announced on Oct 1, an exclusive partnership with Tyler Perry, the award winning actor, director, screenwriter, playwright and producer, to become his singular destination for all new television series and projects, including two new scripted series for the network to premiere in mid 2013 ...

Sheryl Lorraine Parker, James Lettley Sr., James Crumel Jr., Karen Wallace, Mary Bowens Pickett, Bessie Marie Rhames "Beppy", Joseph Percy Adams, Belinda Carter Moore ...

Ivey Hayes, Jacqueline Anna McKoy, Lisa Mae Smith Burney, Doval Leon "Ducky" Keaton, Andrew Wayne :A.W." Jenkins Sr., Deborah Austin, Judith Balloon, James Lettley, Sr ., James Crumel Jr., Mary Bowens Pickett, Mildred Hall Spencer, Karen Wallace ...

  BY FREDDIE ALLEN NNPA WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT   WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Both President Obama and Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger, have rejected an invitation from the NAACP and other Black groups, to participate in a forum to discuss issues important to African-Americans. In late September, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People invited President Barack Obama and former Ma ...

The headlines proclaim that Rep. Maxine Waters, the outspoken Democrat from California, has been cleared of charges that she violated House ethics by advocating on behalf of a Black bank in which her husband held a substantial investment. ...

The U.S. Census Bureau’s new poverty data for the states show millions of families struggling mightily to keep their heads above water in the wake of the Great Recession. Fourteen states saw statistically significant increases in their child poverty rates, 26 states saw small increases, and nine states and the District of Columbia saw small declines in child poverty rates last year. ...