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Byron Allen (Courtesy photo)

Byron Allen, Comcast Face Off in Supreme Court

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 13, 2019December 21, 2021

Toni Morrison

Marc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Toni Morrison’s Death a Loss for Racial Justice, Too

by WI Guest Author August 14, 2019December 21, 2021

Black Experience, NNPA History

Former NNPA Chairs Talk Past, Present, Future

by WI Guest Author July 19, 2019December 21, 2021

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine leads community listening session on civil rights at the Emery Heights Community Center in Northwest. (WI photo)

Ward 4 Residents Express Civil Rights Concerns

by James Wright Jr. July 17, 2019December 21, 2021

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (WI file photo)

Racine Creates Civil Rights Section, Holds Listening Sessions

by James Wright Jr. July 10, 2019December 21, 2021

A panel moderated by Melanie Campbell (second from left), president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable, discusses the current federal and state landscape for family and medical leave with a special focus on how the Family Act will make vital improvement to people of color. Panel participants included (from left) Carolyn Davis of United for Respect, Dariely Rodriquez of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jennifer Brown of UnidosUS, and Vasu Reddy of the National Partnership for Women & Families. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

National, Stacy M. Brown

Family Act Key for Blacks, Coalition Says

by Stacy M. Brown June 12, 2019December 21, 2021

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Decades After Brown v. Board of Education, We Risk Going Backward

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. May 15, 2019December 21, 2021

Business, National

Fight for Equal Pay, Gender Parity Heats Up

by WI Guest Author April 9, 2019October 31, 2020

The UAW has played a historic role in pioneering civil rights and freedoms in the workplace in communities and throughout the world. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Press, UAW Moves to Strengthen Already-Solid Relationship

by WI Guest Author February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the First Step Act prison reform bill in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Nov. 14, 2018. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Trump Administration Intent on Weakening Civil Rights Enforcement

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. January 9, 2019October 31, 2020