The landmark study titled, “HBCUs Make America Strong: The Positive Economic Impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” said that public HBCUs account for $9.6 billion of that total economic impact, while private HBCUs account for $5.2 billion. ...

COURTESY PHOTO:Man clings to the hood of a car as flood waters rose in Houston.  BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY (TriceEdneyWire.com) – At publication deadline this week, more than 9,000 people – an overflow of evacuees – had packed into the Houston Convention Center fleeing the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Additional people on higher ground south of Houston had been urged to leave their homes immediately due to the ...

Chairman calls meeting a ‘lost opportunity for the president’ and ‘waste of time’ for NNPA ...

Move would signal departure from Obama years of ignoring requests from Black newspaper reporters ...

According to an analysis of U. S. Census Bureau population stats, people of color, including African-Americans, will gradually increase to become a clear majority of America's population over the next four decades. ...

Dr. Benjamin Chavis is a civil rights pioneer. He led the NAACP in the early 90s and he was the director of the Million Man March. ...

In turn, NNPA will have a strong connection with a new generation of readers. ...

2013 CashWorks HD Productions. All rights reserved. Exclusive video showing highlights of the Jan. 5, 2013 worship service/certificates of pardon ceremony at Gregory Congregational United Church of Christ ...

We sincerely hope that now that, at long last, a certain peace can be restored to the shattered lives of the surviving members of the Wilmington Ten, and to the family members Jerry Jacobs, William Joe Wright, Anne Sheppard and Connie Tindall all of whom are deceased. ...