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First Lady Michelle Obama
First Lady to Campaign for Democrats
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Democrats are deploying First Lady Michelle Obama to the campaign trail to help them retain control of Congress in the Nov. 2 mid-term elections ...

Massive March Planned: ‘Jobs, Justice, Peace? Vote!”
DETROIT(NNPA) — Civil Rights activist and Rainbow/PUSH Coalition founder and president, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. and Rev. D. Alexander Bullock, president of the...
Rights Leaders: Obama Needs Race Staff in the White House
  Friday, August 06, 2010

Rangel, Waters Fight Ethics Charges as Black Support Mounts
  Friday, August 06, 2010

Celebrating Victory Over Tea-Party Racism, NAACP Prepares for ''One Nation'' March
  Monday, July 19, 2010

Sweeping Wall Street and Bank Reform Passes Senate, Heads for Obama Signature
  Monday, July 19, 2010

Upon 100th Birthday: NUL Chief Says America Needs More Civil Rights Warriors
  Thursday, July 08, 2010

Wall Street Bill Passes House, Heads for Senate With Significant Black Inclusion
  Thursday, July 08, 2010

Elder Bernice A. King Asks Prayer for SCLC
  Friday, July 02, 2010

Black Leaders to Move Against Conservative Attempt to Distort King Dream
  Thursday, June 24, 2010

Gov. Paterson, Macy's Welcome NNPA With Reminder of Noble History
  Thursday, June 24, 2010

Jackson Hopeful After Key Economic Meetings, but Set to Strategize with NNPA, Rainbow/PUSH This Week
  Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Thousands of Jobs Still on Hold as Teens Leave School for the Summer
  Tuesday, June 15, 2010

America's Racial Temperature Rising, Experts Say Agitators Must Speak Peace
  Wednesday, June 09, 2010

From Black Press to PR With a Conscience - D.C. PR Mogul Recalls Rise to Success
  Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Black Publishers to Celebrate 70th Anniversary in New York - Advertising Capital of the World
  Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Comcast Under Fire: Black Media Reps Demand More Black-owned Channels
  Wednesday, May 26, 2010

NAACP Endorses Kagan for Supreme Court, Black Bar Association Withholds Judgment
  Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Thousands of Graduates are All Dressed Up With No Place to Go
  Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Despite Widespread Appeals, Obama Fails to Appoint Black Woman to Supreme Court
  Tuesday, May 11, 2010

FEMA - Black Officials Work Toward Partnerships After Katrina
  Tuesday, May 11, 2010

College Mother Makes Difficult Decision
  Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Obama's Nuclear Energy Proposal Sparks Debate Among Black Environmentalists
  Tuesday, May 04, 2010

U. S. Flags to Fly at Half Staff for Dr. Height
  Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Dr. Benjamin Hooks Remembered as Great American
  Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Youth Must Continue the Struggle, Say SNCC Veterans
  Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Lenora “Doll” Carter, Revered NNPA Publisher, Beloved Family Woman and Community Servant Mourned at 69
  Monday, April 12, 2010

Black Voters to Play Big Roll in November, Climate Change Issue May be Factor
  Monday, April 12, 2010

Leading Black Pastor Mourned After Police Chase Tragedy
  Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Howard School of Communications' Faculty Honored by the Black Press of America
  Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Secretary of Agriculture Promises Improvements in Civil Rights, Fair Share in Advertising
  Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Black, Civil Rights Groups Applaud Health Care Signing
  Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Health Care Finally Passes: What Will it Mean for Black People?
  Tuesday, March 23, 2010

At Power of the Black Press Luncheon: Bakewell Promises Black Newspapers Will Speak for Themselves
  Monday, March 22, 2010

Celebration of the Black Press to Feature Dr. Height; Other Civil Rights Heroes Next Week
  Wednesday, March 10, 2010

'Great Gathering' Attempts to Confront Problems of Black Males
  Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Bakewell, Other Black Media Leaders Address Congress on Census Ad Dollars - Hearing Results from NNPA Advocacy
  Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Stimulus' Failure to Benefit Blacks Sparks Comparison to Days of Jim Crow
  Tuesday, March 02, 2010

White House Releases Proposed Budgetary Impacts on Black Families
  Thursday, February 25, 2010

'God is With Us’, Says Haitian Minister of Tourism as the Rainy Season Approaches
  Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Black Leaders Finally Meet With Obama on Jobs
  Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Partisan ‘Bottleneck’ in Congress Still Hindering Civil Rights Gains, Says NAACP
  Tuesday, February 09, 2010

NNPA, Black Media Delegation in Haiti This Week
  Tuesday, February 09, 2010

NUL Leads Historic Delegation of African-Americans to Beijing China
  Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Black Gubernatorial Candidate Gets Lowest CBC Grade on NAACP Report Card
  Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Help Pouring Out for Haitians as Death Count Grows
  Tuesday, January 19, 2010

'Don't Give Up on Activism', Obama Tells Black Church at King Day Service
  Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Devastation in Haiti, Help On the Way
  Thursday, January 14, 2010

On MLK Day and Inaugural Anniversary: Has Obama Kept His Promises to Blacks?
  Wednesday, January 13, 2010

U. S. Census Bureau Says Many Blacks Still Identify Themselves as 'Negro'
  Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Activists Call on White House to Use ‘Bully Pulpit’ for Black Economic Progress
  Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Study: African-Americans Are Twice as Likely to Be Caregivers to Older Loved Ones
  Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Obama Gets Christmas Wish As Senate Passes Health Care
  Thursday, December 24, 2009

CBC Members Vow to Escalate Protests if Black Economic Woes are Ignored
  Friday, December 18, 2009

CBC Members Rebuke White House on Unemployment
  Tuesday, December 08, 2009

New Chair of the National Black Chamber of Commerce Leads Organization Upstream
  Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Black Joblessness Becoming Showdown Between Black Leaders and Black President
  Monday, November 30, 2009

Tyler Perry Donates A Million Dollars to the NAACP
  Monday, November 30, 2009

As Hunger Increases Across the Nation, So Do Helping Hands
  Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Senate to Debate Health Care After Thanksgiving
  Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Former Rep. Jefferson Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison - Longest Ever Given to a Congressman
  Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Black Male Unemployment Comparable to 'Great Depression', Says Economic Expert
  Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Black Leaders Applaud House Passage of Health Care Bill - With Public Option
  Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Cost of Incarceration – PART III: The Conspiracy Charge Traps Women
  Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Sen. Edward William Brooke Receives Congressional Gold Medal
  Wednesday, November 04, 2009

National March on Small Town: Fight is on for Walmart Line-Cutter Facing 15 Years
  Wednesday, November 04, 2009

NNPA Chairman Confronts GM and Ford for Lack of Black Ads
  Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Banks Need Look to Small Businesses to Revitalize Economy
  Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Balm in Gilead Remains Rooted in the Black Church
  Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Limbaugh Faces Sharpton Lawsuit If No Apology
  Wednesday, October 28, 2009

After Major Stride on Health Care, Clyburn Assures, 'We're Going to Get There''
  Wednesday, October 21, 2009

''The Old South'' Rises-again: Louisiana Justice of the Peace Denies Interracial Couple
  Wednesday, October 21, 2009

What President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Means for America
  Friday, October 16, 2009

HIV Infections Increasing Only Among Gay Men
  Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Black Youth Face Growing Threat of Violence from Peers
  Thursday, October 08, 2009

Are Chicago Public School Policies to Blame for Melee That Killed Derrion?
  Thursday, October 08, 2009

‘Where’s the Money?’: NNPA Chairman Bakewell Takes Capitol Hill by Storm
  Tuesday, September 29, 2009

CBC Confab Opens With Eyes on America's Poverty
  Tuesday, September 29, 2009

As Obama Gets His Groove Back, Black Leaders Launch Grassroots Campaign for Health Care
  Thursday, September 17, 2009

National Tea Party Event in D.C. Draws Majority White Crowd
  Thursday, September 17, 2009

National Urban League Policy Chief Takes on 'Hateful' Talk Shows
  Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Message Kennedy Leaves for America: ‘Never Give Up’
  Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Back to School Intensifies Responsibilities for Grandparents
  Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Black Press Leaders: Kennedy Legacy Reinvigorates Race for Justice
  Thursday, August 27, 2009

EXCLUSIVE - The Cost of Incarceration – PART I
  Tuesday, August 25, 2009

At Presidential Medal of Freedom Awards: Lowery Continues Quest for Justice
  Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Obama Sets Out to Debunk Health Care Myths
  Tuesday, August 18, 2009

U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Must Be Replaced, Rights Leaders Say
  Monday, August 10, 2009

The End of Rae Lewis-Thornton's 'Secret'
  Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Black Intellectuals Decry White House 'Beer Summit'; Say Notion of a Post-Racial America is a Myth
  Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Gates Arrest Was Not First Racial Embarrassment for Cambridge Police
  Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Rae Lewis-Thornton: The Face of AIDS
  Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Obama Urges 100-Year-Old NAACP to Fight “as Long as it Takes”
  Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Black Reporters Roundtable on Air Force One
  Wednesday, July 22, 2009

At 100th Year Conference: NAACP Chief Issues ‘New Call for a New Century’
  Thursday, July 16, 2009

Bond Says Eliminating the NAACP Would be Like Eliminating the Military
  Thursday, July 16, 2009

Long Lives the King - Michael Jackson Memorial Leaves Lasting Impression of World's 'Greatest Entertainer'
  Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Black Press Photographers Denied Access at Michael Jackson's Memorial - Was it AEG or the Jackson Family?
  Wednesday, July 08, 2009

‘All That’s Left Now is His Music’
  Thursday, June 25, 2009

Black Press of America Elects New Chairman
  Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Test of HIV Testing
  Tuesday, June 23, 2009

On Father’s Day: The Black Man – An American Hero
  Wednesday, June 17, 2009

National Health Care Reform Must Include Remedies for Racial Disparities, Experts Say
  Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Stimulus Dollars Lift Hopes for Teen Jobs This Summer
  Monday, June 08, 2009

New CBC Report May Give Peek at President’s Black Agenda
  Monday, June 08, 2009

U. S. Census Chief Tells Why African-American Count is Critical
  Thursday, May 28, 2009

Rev. Wright’s Successor to be Finally Installed
  Thursday, May 28, 2009

In Economic Crisis: Black Church Memberships Increase While Offerings Decrease
  Tuesday, May 19, 2009

At White House Demonstration: Education Achievement Gap Leaves Advocates Divided on Solutions
  Tuesday, May 19, 2009

21sr Century Mothers Tell How They Deal With Challenges
  Friday, May 08, 2009

Sharpton to Lead Quality Education March on May 16
  Friday, May 08, 2009

First 100 Days: Key Civil Rights Leaders Give Obama 'A', With 'Incompletes' on Grassroots Economics
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Top Black Doctors Tell How to Avoid Swine Flu
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Obama Administration HIV/AIDS Effort Targets Blacks
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Can Black Men Survive Falling U. S. Economy?
  Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Activists Unhappy With Obama Boycott of Racism Meeting
  Wednesday, April 08, 2009

2010 Census Seeks Partners to Get Americans Counted
  Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Black America 2009 – Unchanged and Slightly Worse
  Thursday, April 02, 2009

Black Publishers Give and Receive Honors During White House Celebration of Black Press Week
  Wednesday, March 25, 2009

NNPA Award Winners Exhort Black Press to Hold Friends and Enemies Accountable
  Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Black Press Week to Celebrate, Salute Obama Family, Civil Rights Champions
  Thursday, March 12, 2009

Wilbert ‘Bill’ Tatum - ‘Black Press Giant’ Dies in Croatia
  Wednesday, March 04, 2009

NAACP Protests NY Post Cartoon Nationwide
  Wednesday, March 04, 2009

HBCU President Pushed for Health Secretary
  Thursday, February 26, 2009

GOP's Steele Rejects Obama 'Coat Tailing' Theory; Sets Out to 'Engage' Black Community
  Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Black Colleges Struggle in Economic Downturn
  Wednesday, February 18, 2009

On 100th Anniversary, NAACP Challenges First Black President
  Wednesday, February 11, 2009

White House Unveils Stimulus Package Impact on Blacks
  Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Are Blacks Expecting Too Much From President Obama?
  Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Steele Becomes First Black GOP Chair
  Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Rights Lawyers Await Obama's Appointment of New Civil Rights Chief
  Wednesday, January 28, 2009

What Will President Obama Do for Blacks?
  Wednesday, January 28, 2009

President Obama Expresses Hope to ‘Remake’ America
  Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Obama Breaks Away for Exclusive Black Press Interview During Historic 'Whistle Stop' Train Tour
  Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Obamas Shatter Racial Stereotypes as America Struggles to Become 'One'
  Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Days Before Historic Inauguration, Congressional Black Caucus Anticipates Greater Power
  Thursday, January 15, 2009

Martin Luther King III: 'We’ve Got to Roll Up Our Sleeves'
  Thursday, January 15, 2009

Hope Defines Black Outlook at Dawn of 2009
  Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Obama’s Miraculous Win Leads 2008 Black Press Stories; Stories of Injustices Close Behind
  Thursday, January 01, 2009

NAACP Report Shows TV Industry “Seriously Short” in Achieving Diversity
  Thursday, January 01, 2009

Black State Legislators Want Economic Bailout – 'In the Neighborhood'
  Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Bush Announces $17 Billion Rescue for Auto Industry
  Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Obama Top Advisor: ‘There’s Room for Everyone at the Table’
  Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Jesse Jackson: African-Americans Not Exempt from International Terrorism
  Tuesday, December 02, 2008

NAACP, Others Harken Plea from Georgia Prisoner
  Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Black Businesses Will Rise With Others, Says Obama Economic Advisor
  Thursday, November 20, 2008

Transition Begins at the White House
  Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Barack Obama Elected America's First Black President
  Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Black Youth to Organize After the Election
  Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Millions to Vote in Historic Election on Tuesday, African-Americans Expected to Lead the Way
  Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Skinheads Arrested for Plotting to Assassinate Obama
  Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Colin Powell Endorses Obama
  Monday, October 20, 2008

Jesse Jackson Says Financial Crisis Threatens U.S. Superpower Status
  Monday, October 20, 2008

Black America ‘Gets Pneumonia’ in Cold Economic Climate
  Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Polls Rocketing for Obama, But, Could Racism Undermine Nov. 4?
  Wednesday, October 08, 2008

CBC Members' Debate Watch to Headline 2008 Annual Legislative Conference
  Wednesday, September 24, 2008

‘State of the Black World’ Conference Aims to Set Post-Election Black Agenda
  Friday, September 12, 2008

Black Delegates at GOP Convention Decline 78 percent
  Friday, September 12, 2008

Obama’s Nomination 'A Step Toward' Fulfillment of the Dream
  Monday, August 25, 2008

Incidents of HIV Worse than Previously Known
  Sunday, August 10, 2008

Obama Says, The White House Will Be 'The People's House'
  Sunday, August 10, 2008

McCain’s Turn for a Tour on Foreign Soil – Black Neighborhoods
  Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Morial Calls September ' Voter Registration Month', Applauds New Housing Act
  Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Bond Continues to Scorch Bush Administration, Introduces New CEO at 99th NAACP Convention
  Friday, July 18, 2008

Jesse Jackson Repents for His 'Locker Room, Trash Talk' About Obama, but Calls His Perspective 'Loving Criticism'
  Friday, July 18, 2008

Obama Says He's Not 'Distancing Himself'' from Black Community
  Thursday, July 10, 2008

Sharpton is Cool Despite the Heat
  Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Black Press Told to Speak Like Moses
  Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Black Press Celebrates Legendary Leaders at Summer Conference in Louisville This Week
  Tuesday, June 24, 2008

CBC Asks Bush to Restore Urban Youth Program, Summer Jobs Also Scarce
  Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Obama Prepares to Choose Running Mate
  Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Black Voters Strain to Hear What Presidential Candidates are Not Saying
  Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Black Labor Leaders Vow to Heal Democratic Party
  Friday, May 30, 2008

Former Black Press Executive Named NAACP President
  Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Voting Rights Advocates: America Not Prepared for Big Turnout Nov. 4
  Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Clinton Touts White Support
  Saturday, May 10, 2008

On Mother's Day, It's Often 'Grandma' Who Gets the Highest Honors
  Thursday, May 08, 2008

Obama Takes N.C., Clinton Squeaks by in Indiana
  Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Black Think Tank President Outlines Plans for 'Generation at a Crossroads'
  Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Black Officials Buck the Party Machine to Support Obama
  Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Millions of Offenders to Get 'Second Chance' Under New Act of Congress
  Tuesday, April 15, 2008

A Week Before April 22 Primary, Presidential Forum Lacks Diversity, Black Journalists say Issues Left Out
  Tuesday, April 15, 2008

On Anniversary of King Assassination: Top Black in Congress Warns that Unfairness to Obama Could Cause Voter Relapse
  Wednesday, April 02, 2008

4,000 Dead, Over 29,000 Wounded in Iraq
  Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Sharpton, King III to Host 'Recommitment March'' on 40th Anniversary of King Assassination
  Wednesday, March 26, 2008

A Bridge Between Blacks and Whites: Obama Provides America With ‘a Teaching Moment’ About Racism
  Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Amidst Church Controversy, Obama Envisions Receiving NNPA NewsMaker 'from the White House'
  Wednesday, March 19, 2008

At Forum: Black Press Questions Clinton About Racial Remarks
  Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Obama and Clinton to Interface With Black Press This Week
  Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Youth Tell Why They're Voting
  Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Obama, Conyers, Joyner to Be Celebrated During Black Press Week March 12-15
  Thursday, March 06, 2008

NUL State of Black America 'Amplifies' the Voices of Black Women
  Thursday, March 06, 2008

Texans Rally for Obama
  Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Ten Straight Wins: Obama Rolls as Clinton and Media Go Negative
  Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Tom Joyner, NAACP Launch Voter Empowerment Hotline
  Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Following Obama's Potomac Sweep: Obama, Clinton Look to the Next Primaries
  Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Obama Wins Potomac Primary
  Wednesday, February 13, 2008

W. Va. Grand Jury Indicts Five in Rape-Torture Case
  Wednesday, February 13, 2008

After Super Tuesday: Clinton, Obama Still in Dead Heat
  Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Virginia Democrats: 'We're Fired Up'
  Tuesday, January 29, 2008

King’s Son, Others Warn on His Birthday: Don’t Be Mystified By Historic Candidacies
  Friday, January 18, 2008

Obama, Clinton Head for Democratic Showdown in South Carolina Jan 26
  Sunday, January 13, 2008

In New Orleans: The Struggle for Affordable Housing Met With Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Arrests
  Saturday, January 12, 2008

A Victorious Obama Sweeps into New Hampshire
  Friday, January 04, 2008

Civil Rights Leaders See 2008 as Year of Movement 'Beyond Freedom' to Equality
  Friday, January 04, 2008

What Now With Jena? All Eyes Turn to Other Defendants
  Wednesday, December 12, 2007

HIV/AIDS Still Devastates Black America
  Thursday, November 29, 2007

Frances Murphy II, a Black Press Heroine, passes at 85
  Friday, November 23, 2007

Unarmed – Another Black Teen Gunned Down by Cops
  Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Hundreds March to Support Megan Williams
  Saturday, November 10, 2007

Justice March on Washington Nov. 16
  Saturday, November 10, 2007

Genarlow Wilson’s Life on the Mend, But System is Still Broken
  Friday, November 02, 2007

House Judiciary Testimony Gives Hope for Civil Rights Injustices Nationwide
  Thursday, October 18, 2007

West Virginia Torture Victim Speaks Out in Exclusive Final Call Interview
  Thursday, October 18, 2007

Jackson Calls Democratic Absence in Jena a 'Missed Opportunity'
  Thursday, October 11, 2007

Bi-racial Groups Support W. Va. Torture Victim
  Thursday, October 11, 2007

Congressional Black Caucus Calls for National AIDS Plan, NNPA News Service Poised to Launch HIV/AIDS Op-Ed Series
  Thursday, September 27, 2007

Let My Children Go! Jena 6 Protestors Vow That the Fight Continues
  Wednesday, September 26, 2007

CBC Members Tout New Power at Annual Legislative Conference This Week
  Monday, September 24, 2007

Thousands of Protesters Spotlight Injustices at Jena Six March
  Thursday, September 20, 2007

Sharpton to Lead March for Jena Six
  Monday, September 10, 2007

Blacks and Latinos Majority in Many U.S. Counties
  Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The Dirty South Airs its Dirty Laundry - Jena 6 Reveals a Long History of Oppression
  Friday, August 17, 2007

Newark Killings - Anatomy of a Social Disorder
  Friday, August 17, 2007

After Murder of Popular Editor, NNPA Publisher Encourages Black Press to 'Step Up' Aggressive Reporting
  Friday, August 10, 2007

NAACP Joins Fight to Secure Justice for ''Jena 6''
  Thursday, August 09, 2007

Oakland Journalist Gunned Down - Police Say Chauncey Bailey Was Singled Out
  Thursday, August 02, 2007

Jim Crow Injustice: Activists Pressuring Georgia to Free Genarlow Wilson
  Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Jim Crow Injustice: Activists Pressuring Georgia to Free Genarlow Wilson
  Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Jena 6: Young Black Males the Target of Small-town Racism
  Wednesday, July 25, 2007

NUL Aims for Urban Policy 'Commitment' from Presidential Candidates
  Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Teen Journalists React Strongly to Burial of N-Word
  Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Obama, Clinton Resisting FOX Debate Despite CBC Plan to Lure
  Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Charles Tisdale, Black Newspaper 'Champion' for Civil Rights, Dies
  Wednesday, July 11, 2007

At National Conference: Despite Hardships, Bond Predicts 'Grander Victories' for the NAACP
  Wednesday, July 11, 2007

''All-American'' Debate Reveals Stratified Black Constituency
  Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Civil Rights Leaders Fear Chilling Affect of High Court Decision
  Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Black Press Prepares Next Generation for Leadership
  Thursday, June 21, 2007

Senior Black Democrat Loses Seat After Endorsing Republican
  Thursday, June 21, 2007

The Power of the Black Father
  Thursday, June 14, 2007

Facing a Financial Crisis, Bond Asks Public to ‘Show Some Love’ to the NAACP
  Thursday, June 14, 2007

Rep. Jefferson Indicted on 16 Counts, Lawyer Maintains Innocence
  Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Presidential Candidates Still Silent on Most Issues Pertaining to African-Americans
  Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Black-owned Banks Struggling to Keep Doors Open
  Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Obama Unbowed as Former Candidate Equates Threats With Resistance to Change
  Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Exclusive Interview: Ted Shaw to Step Down From NAACP LDF
  Monday, May 21, 2007

Jackson Pushes for Black Inclusion in MLK Memorial, Project President Makes Big Promise As Another Million Rolls In
  Friday, May 18, 2007

Memorial Service Set for Yolanda King
  Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Honor Student: 'Eurocentric' Curricula Damage Black Students in America's Public Schools
  Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Nicotine Addiction Part 6 -Smokers Struggle as State Bans Get Tighter
  Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Nicotine Addiction Part 5 - Do You Know What Your Child is Breathing? Rat Poison Among Chemicals in Cigarette Smoke
  Thursday, May 03, 2007

High Court to Rule on Affirmative Action - Again
  Thursday, May 03, 2007

Virginia Tech Massacre: Psychologists, Clergy Say Healing Is Always Possible
  Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Sharpton Continues Crusade Against Offensive Hip-Hop
  Wednesday, April 25, 2007

State of Black America: Future of Black Men Critical for ''American Family''
  Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Imus Aftermath: Black Leaders Vow Protest of Rap Industry
  Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Imus Fired From MSNBC and CBS Radio
  Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Shaquanda Cotton Freed, Movement Begins
  Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Tuskegee Airmen Get Late Justice
  Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Bush Veto of War Supplemental Would Thwart Katrina Relief Efforts
  Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Next NAACP President Must Lead on Crucial Issues In Black America
  Wednesday, March 28, 2007

'Murder': Sharpton wanted stronger indictments
  Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Obama: Sharpton's Alleged Jealousy 'Concocted by the Press'
  Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Nagin: 'Tragedy is Still Not Over'
  Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Fireworks over Bush’s Delegation to Ghana
  Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Bruce Gordon Resigns from NAACP Citing Clashes With the Board
  Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Black-Owned Businesses Increasing with Emphasis on Health and Social Services
  Tuesday, March 06, 2007

New Book: It Takes a Village to Raise a Young Person
  Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Oscar-Winning Dreamgirl?in Love with her Roots
  Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Top Executive: Merging Companies can Profit from Maintaining a Diverse Workforce
  Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Lack of Insurance Leaves Kids Vulnerable
  Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Black History ®Left Behind' in Educational Initiative
  Wednesday, February 14, 2007

SCLC Embarks on a Program to Institutionalize Nonviolence - Part II
  Wednesday, February 14, 2007

SCLC President Finds His ‘Groove’ in Italy
  Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Blacks Urged to be Vocal about Excess Defense Funding
  Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Black Publishers Told to Keep Pleading Causes Amidst Change
  Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Charles Steele Breathes Life into SCLC
  Tuesday, January 30, 2007

FCC Commissioner: Declining Black Media Ownership is a ‘National Disgrace’
  Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Schools close, communities fight back across the country
  Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Innovative James Brown was the Most Influential Musician in History
  Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Former President – A Ford, not a Lincoln
  Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Young Blacks at Greater Risk for STD’s Despite Having Safer Sex
  Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Fight Continues for Right to Return to New Orleans
  Wednesday, December 20, 2006

New CBC Chair Plans to Expand Clout by Expanding Technology
  Tuesday, December 12, 2006

When Diamonds Are Not a Girl’s Best Friend
  Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Police Brutality Charges on the Rise
  Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Outrage Over Police Shooting Of Black Man On His Wedding Day
  Wednesday, December 06, 2006

A New Hill May Represent Hope for More HIV/AIDS Reform
  Tuesday, November 28, 2006

School Deseg Cases Inspire Student Activism
  Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Democrats Cautiously Moving Forward on Some Issues
  Monday, November 20, 2006

AFL-CIO “Mobilizes Young Men of Color”
  Monday, November 20, 2006

2006: Anything but ‘The Year of the Black Republican’
  Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Journalist and Legend Ed Bradley Inspired Black Journalists
  Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Democrats Win Battle for House, But Political War Not Over for Blacks
  Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Violent and Juvenile Crime on the Rise
  Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Activists Gear Up for Expected Problems at the Polls on Election Day
  Tuesday, October 31, 2006

International Adoptions -- and Questions about them -- are on the Rise
  Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Deval Patrick Refuses to Compromise Integrity or Racial Pride
  Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Obama Giving “Thought” to a 2008 Presidential Run
  Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Ron Daniels: The U.S. Owes Haiti a ‘Special Debt’
  Tuesday, October 17, 2006

States taking a Closer Look at Ex-felon Voter Rights
  Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Jesse Jackson Accuses Wal-Mart of trying to ‘Buy’ its Critics
  Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Young Blacks are the most politically engaged says study
  Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Former Aides Dismiss Assertion that Dr. King was a Republican
  Thursday, October 05, 2006

Haiti's Hope and Future is in the People's Hands
  Thursday, October 05, 2006

Citing Health Concerns, Farrakhan turns over Control of NOI to Administrative Body
  Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Few Black Churches Take Part in Faith Based Initiative Programs
  Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Whites Understand the Advantages of Being White
  Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Clarke Wins in Contentious N.Y. Congressional Race
  Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Blacks Looking to Represent White Districts Create Mixed Feelings
  Monday, September 11, 2006

White Ad Agencies Accused of Giving Crumbs to the Black Press
  Monday, September 11, 2006

Whites are Increasingly Competitive in Black Districts
  Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Head of Black Uniform Supply Company Prepares to Don Prison Outfit
  Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Gulf Coast Katrina Survivors Fighting for Aid – and Respect
  Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Trying to Make It Home: New Orleans One Year After Katrina
  Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Black Groups Band Together to Fight AIDS
  Wednesday, August 16, 2006

New 'Doll Test' Produces Ugly Results
  Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The High Cost of Being Poor
  Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Marriott: No Room for Smokers
  Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Testers Posing as Katrina Survivors Encounter ‘Linguistic Profiling’
  Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Leaders Toast Voting Rights Victory but Worry about getting Toasted
  Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Black Leaders Credited with Forcing Congress to Act on Voting Rights Law
  Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Judge Blasts Defense Attorney in Duke Case
  Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Voting Rights Hall of Shame
  Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Economic Gap Widens between Blacks and Whites
  Wednesday, July 12, 2006

No Social Justice, no Spiritual Peace
  Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Mixed Report on Black Males' Progress
  Thursday, July 06, 2006

Handful of the GOP Members of Congress Delay Voting Rights Renewal
  Thursday, July 06, 2006

Voting Rights Extension ‘Highjacked’ in Congress
  Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Leon Sullivan Summit to Re-convene Next Month in Abuja, Nigeria
  Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Pork Workers Accuse Top Plant of Treating them like Hogs
  Monday, June 19, 2006

NAACP Launches New Membership Drive; Confirms Numbers Inflated
  Monday, June 19, 2006

Misguided Debate over Undocumented Workers Ignores Larger Challenge
  Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Some CBC Members Secretly Trying to Oust Jefferson from Committee Post
  Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Some CBC Members Secretly Trying to Oust Jefferson from Committee Post
  Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Is a Double-Standard being used to Judge Rep. Bill Jefferson?
  Tuesday, June 06, 2006

County Commissioners not sorry for the Waco Horror
  Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Black Democrats and Republicans Seek More Statewide Offices
  Thursday, June 01, 2006

Action Against Instructor For 'Watermelon' Question On Exam
  Thursday, June 01, 2006

Congressman Jefferson at the Center of a Political Storm
  Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Nagin Re-elected but City Faces Serious Problems
  Tuesday, May 23, 2006

New Orleans Picks New – or Old – Mayor on Saturday
  Wednesday, May 17, 2006

AME Defrocks Pastor in Molestation Case
  Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Damu Smith Loses Last Campaign Against Cancer
  Monday, May 08, 2006

“High-Tech Lynching’ continues in Durham, N.C.
  Monday, May 08, 2006

‘Profit Motive’ Taints Katrina Recovery Efforts
  Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Smoking Gap Between Blacks and Whites Still Too Large
  Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Race will be a Factor in New Orleans Runoff Election
  Tuesday, April 25, 2006

AIDS Activist Phill Wilson Turns 50, Never Expected to see 30
  Tuesday, April 25, 2006

McKinney Urged to Cool Rhetoric
  Monday, April 10, 2006

Are Illegal Immigrants Taking Jobs from Blacks?
  Monday, April 10, 2006

Churches Step up AIDS Campaign this Weekend
  Sunday, March 12, 2006

Fifth Third Bank Employs No Blacks in Pittsburgh
  Sunday, March 12, 2006

Bill Campbell’s Campaign for his Life
  Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Rev. Al ‘Sharp-tongue’ in Rejects ‘Vulture’ Behavior
  Wednesday, February 22, 2006

After 38 years, Coretta Scott King Finally Joins her Husband
  Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Republicans Fail to Make the Grade with Blacks
  Monday, February 06, 2006

‘First Lady’ of Civil Rights Movement Remembered
  Monday, February 06, 2006

Coretta Scott King Shared and Continued Dr. King's Dream
  Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Super Bowl: Where will the Homeless Go?
  Tuesday, January 31, 2006

King Center Sold to the Federal Government?
  Thursday, January 12, 2006

Drop in Teen Smoking May be Ending
  Thursday, January 12, 2006

‘Tookie’ Williams Executed but Debate over his Life Continues
  Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Richard Pryor was a Risk-taking Pioneer
  Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Blacks still in a World of Trouble on World AIDS Day
  Friday, December 02, 2005

Sites Proposed for African-American Museum
  Friday, December 02, 2005

Detroit Black Press Under Attack
  Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Military Faces Decline in Black Recruits
  Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Rosa Parks Could Make History Again
  Monday, November 07, 2005

Obama says Bush 'wasted an opportunity' with choice for High Court
  Monday, November 07, 2005

Rosa Parks Rallies a Nation even in Death
  Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Judge Alito may be more Conservative than Scalia
  Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Rosa Parks, the Spark that Ignited a Nation's Conscience
  Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Rosa Parks - Timeline
  Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Women show support for Millions More Movement
  Thursday, October 20, 2005

Millions More Movement Impacts Youth
  Thursday, October 20, 2005

Millions More Movement Expected to Galvanize Blacks
  Wednesday, October 12, 2005

The Millions More Movement: Repairing Ourselves and the World
  Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Bennett Attacks CBC and Ted Kennedy Over His ‘Aborted’ Logic
  Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Leading Senate Democrats Likely to Give a Pass to Supreme Court Nominee
  Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Former New Orleans Residents Try to Pick up the Pieces
  Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Bush Picks Roberts to Keep Conservatives in Charge of Court; Roberts Chided for ‘Consistent Opposition’ to Civil Rights
  Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Gary Convention Might Sharpen Democrats’ Focus
  Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Sterilization Patients Victimized Again
  Tuesday, August 16, 2005

John H. Johnson, media giant, dead at 87
  Thursday, August 11, 2005

Missing Blacks Get Second-Class News Coverage
  Thursday, August 11, 2005

Rally Planned for Re-authorizing Voting Rights Act
  Tuesday, August 02, 2005

TV Talk Shows: “Sunday Morning Apartheid”
  Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Judge Roberts has a Less than Supreme Civil Rights Record
  Tuesday, July 26, 2005

National Urban League Looks Within
  Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Selection of Supreme Court Justices is Top NAACP Priority
  Monday, July 11, 2005

Selling Tobacco to Minors Online Draws Fire
  Monday, July 11, 2005

Declaring War on the Black Press
  Thursday, June 30, 2005

John Smith Elected Chairman of the NNPA
  Thursday, June 30, 2005

At least Eight Senators Backed Anti-Lynching Measure after it was Adopted
  Monday, June 20, 2005

‘Political Interference’ Undermines Justice Department Anti-Tobacco Effort
  Monday, June 20, 2005

A Thriller: Michael Jackson is Vindicated
  Tuesday, June 14, 2005

NAACP to Name Corporate Executive as its next President
  Monday, June 13, 2005

Pre-K Black Kids Getting Expelled at Alarming Rates
  Monday, June 06, 2005

Judge Janice Rogers Brown may be Confirmed This Week
  Monday, June 06, 2005

Republicans Played Race and Gender Cards
  Monday, May 23, 2005

Senate Democrats Caved in on Right-wing Judges
  Monday, May 23, 2005

Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’ Victims Still Waiting for Justice
  Monday, May 16, 2005

HIV/AIDS will Boom with Baby Boomers
  Monday, May 16, 2005

Bill Clinton Supports Million More March
  Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Emmett Till Relatives Divided over Exhuming His Body
  Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Howard Law Students Defeat Harvard
  Monday, April 25, 2005

Lori Robinson: A Rape Survivor Takes Back her Life
  Monday, April 25, 2005

Community Activist Damu Smith is Fighting for his Life
  Tuesday, April 19, 2005

BET to End Nightly Newscast
  Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Ministers Try to Re-gain Faith and Trust of Followers
  Monday, April 11, 2005

Second Government “Lawyer’ Unlicensed
  Monday, April 11, 2005

The Next Pope Could be Black or Hispanic
  Monday, April 04, 2005

Urban League: Progress Slows
  Monday, April 04, 2005

Is Time Running Out On Essence Magazine?
  Monday, March 28, 2005

The “Other’ Feeding Tubes
  Monday, March 28, 2005

NNPA Foundation Honors Top Leaders
  Monday, March 21, 2005

Laboring Over Organized Labor
  Monday, March 21, 2005

Black Press Presses on for Respect
  Monday, March 14, 2005

Criminal Justice System Neglects Children of Imprisoned Mothers
  Monday, March 14, 2005

Health Disparities called a ‘National Embarrassment’
  Thursday, March 10, 2005

Court Ruling Encourages Death Row Opponents
  Monday, March 07, 2005

Needle Exchange Program Sticks with Addicts
  Monday, March 07, 2005

Anti-Tobacco ‘Truth’ Campaign is Threatened by Dwindling Funds
  Monday, February 28, 2005

Still on the March 40 Years after ‘Bloody Sunday’
  Monday, February 28, 2005

Howard Dean: Democrats Need to Develop Book Sense
  Monday, February 21, 2005

Sunday Begins Black Church Week of Prayer for AIDS
  Monday, February 21, 2005

NAACP says IRS has no “Legitimate’ Claim
  Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Bush Disappoints Congressional Black Caucus
  Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Bush says he included CBC issues in Speech
  Thursday, February 03, 2005

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Admits Link To Slavery
  Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Williams’ ‘Payola’ Was Part of a Covert Propaganda Campaign
  Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Earl Graves: Essence Should have let Blacks Bid on the Magazine
  Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Earl Graves: Essence Should have let Blacks Bid on the Magazine
  Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Chisholm; ‘Unbought and Unbossed’
  Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Disaster Strikes South Asian, East African Nations
  Monday, January 03, 2005

Licking the Whites-only Christmas Stamp
  Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Ed Gordon to Host New Show on NPR
  Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Mary Frances Berry: A Fearless Warrior for Civil Rights
  Thursday, December 16, 2004

New CBC Chairman Seeks ‘New Day’ with Bush
  Thursday, December 16, 2004

Next NAACP President must have Special Qualities
  Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Deadly 'Bugchasing' on the Internet
  Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Kweisi Mfume Quits NAACP
  Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Three-Fourths of Voting Machines will be Used Again on Nov. 2
  Monday, October 11, 2004

Bush’s Waffle House
  Thursday, September 23, 2004

Obama says it’s time to move beyond ‘One Black’ Syndrome
  Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Black Republicans Remain an Anomaly – Even in Own Families
  Wednesday, September 15, 2004

CBC Urges Kerry to Address ‘Black Issues
  Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Tragedy Robs a Youth of Life with His Mother
  Friday, July 25, 2003

Marine Injured in Iraq Says He Would Fight Again
  Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Publishers Elect ‘Sonny’ Messiah-Jiles to Lead NNPA
  Monday, June 16, 2003

Democratic Leader Says Blacks Should Lead Quest for Social Justice
  Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Bush’s Tax Cuts Cripple the Poor
  Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Democrats Botch Firing of Black Staffers
  Wednesday, June 04, 2003

Democrats Find ‘Lot of Work to Do’ for Black Voters
  Friday, May 30, 2003

L.A.’s New 'Eyes and Ears' on Police Misconduct Cases
  Friday, May 30, 2003

Republicans Criticized for ‘Token’ Outreach Efforts
  Saturday, May 24, 2003

A Mixed Reception for Black Soldiers Returning from Gulf War
  Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial Named to Head National Urban League
  Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Series of 'Good Jobs' led Col. Ray B. Shepherd to Doha, Qatar
  Tuesday, May 13, 2003

It’s Time for Bush to Rebuild America, Activists Say
  Wednesday, May 07, 2003

Look for More Black Press War Coverage
  Wednesday, April 09, 2003

Harlem Guard Unit is Prepared for Iraq
  Monday, April 07, 2003

Peace Activists Refuse to Retreat Because of Iraqi War
  Monday, March 24, 2003



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