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Lena Horne

Black Experience, Black History, Entertainment, Lifestyle

Lena Horne Honored by Postal Service in Black Heritage Stamp Series

by WI Guest Author January 30, 2018October 31, 2020

From left: Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP; Leon Russell, the chairman of the NAACP; Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA, and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA sign a strategic partnership agreement to join forces in focusing on key issues that affect the Black community, during the 2018 NNPA Mid-Winter Conference in Las Vegas. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Experience

NNPA, NAACP Sign Historic Partnership Agreement

by WI Guest Author January 29, 2018October 31, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK’s Unheralded Victories Recorded in the Black Press

by WI Guest Author January 15, 2018October 31, 2020

Richelieu Dennis Purchases Essence Communications

by WI Guest Author January 5, 2018October 31, 2020

Kay Coles James

Black Experience

Heritage Foundation Selects Kay Coles James as Next President

by WI Guest Author January 5, 2018October 31, 2020

A portrait of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson sits on an easel for family and friends to view outside the sanctuary at Way of the Cross Church of Christ in Capitol Heights during a Dec. 30 memorial service. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Black History, Community

Mamie ‘Peanut’ Johnson Laid to Rest

by William J. Ford January 3, 2018October 31, 2020

Books

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Time for Kids: Heroes of Black History’ by Editors at Time for Kids Magazine

by WI Guest Author December 20, 2017October 31, 2020

Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.

NASA Celebrates Legacy of First Black American Astronaut

by WI Guest Author December 19, 2017October 31, 2020

Business, National

Golden Krust Founder Lowell Hawthorne Dies at 57

by WI Guest Author December 18, 2017October 31, 2020

Simeon Booker

Black Experience, Black History, National

Simeon Booker, Icon of Black Journalism, Dies at 99

by WI Guest Author December 11, 2017October 31, 2020