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Black Experience, Health, NNPA Events, Stacy M. Brown

Congress Members Urge Vaccination During Black Press Week

by WI Guest Author March 26, 2021December 21, 2021

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) praised President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and urged African Americans to get vaccinated.

The Black press in action (Courtesy of AALBC)

NNPA Events, Stacy M. Brown

Black Press Week Shows Power of African American Newspapers

by Stacy M. Brown March 23, 2021December 21, 2021

President Trump's proposed budget has many concerned about the 2020 census. (Courtesy photo)

Black Experience, National, Stacy M. Brown

Census 2020 Vital for Nation and Various Media Campaigns

by WI Guest Author March 28, 2019October 31, 2020

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (second from left), recipient of the Torch Award for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement in Support of the Black Press of America, poses with the award at a March 21 event during Black Press Week while alongside Amelia Ashley-Ward (left), NNPA Chair Dorothy Leavell (second from right) and Benjamin Chavis, NNPA president and CEO. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Norton, BLM’s Garza Honored by NNPA

by James Wright Jr. March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

Cherie Wilson is the Director of Federal Affairs for General Motors. Her responsibilities at GM include developing and executing legislative and political engagement in vehicle finance, corporate sustainability and diversity. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

GM Rep Talks Diversity During Fireside Chat at Black Press Week

by WI Guest Author March 23, 2019October 31, 2020

Alicia Garza

NNPA Honors Black Lives Matter Founder with Newsmaker of the Year Award

by WI Guest Author March 21, 2019October 31, 2020

Dr. Julius Garvey stands at the exhibit of his father, Marcus Garvey, at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016. (Courtesy of Justice4Garvey.com)

Black Experience, D Kevin McNeir

Son of Marcus Garvey Reflects on Father’s Life, Legacy

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor March 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes discusses educational outcomes for D.C. public school students as DNA Educational Solutions and Support CEO Dr. Robert L. Kirton Jr. looks on during a breakfast session hosted by the NNPA ESSA Public Awareness Campaign, for Black Press Week in D.C. (Mark Mahoney/NNPA)

Education, NNPA Events

Parents, Black Publishers Talk Public Education

by WI Guest Author March 21, 2018October 31, 2020

Donna Brazile

Black Experience, NNPA Events

Donna Brazile: Black Press at Forefront of Change

by WI Guest Author March 21, 2018October 31, 2020

Mark B.D. Sesay

Local Entrepreneur Summons Strength of Ancestors

by Stacy M. Brown April 5, 2017October 30, 2020