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Majorie B. Parham
Posted inNNPA Events, Stacy M. Brown

NNPA Publishers Honor Marjorie Parham, Living Legend of the Black Press

by WI Guest Author July 9, 2019December 21, 2021

The NNPA honored Majorie B. Parham with the organization’s Legacy Award during its annual convention in Cincinnati.

**FILE** Vintage copies of Jet magazine are displayed in the offices of Johnson Publishing Company on June 9, 2014, in Chicago. The final print edition of the magazine hits newsstands this month. First published in 1951 and billed as 'The Weekly Negro News Magazine', Jet recently has been published every three weeks with a circulation of 700,000. Johnson Publishing will continue to publish a weekly online edition of Jet. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Posted inBlack Experience, Lifestyle

Johnson Publishing Company Files for Bankruptcy

by WI Guest Author April 12, 2019October 31, 2020
Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience, Education, Stacy M. Brown

Prominent Blacks Blast College Admissions Scandal: ‘Monetary Privilege’

by WI Guest Author March 21, 2019October 31, 2020
NABJ President Sarah Glover (Crusader Newspapers via NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience

CNN Ignores ‘Moral’ Issue in Refusing to Meet with NABJ

by WI Guest Author March 14, 2019October 31, 2020
Posted inBlack Experience

NABJ’s Call for Diversity at CNN Grows

by WI Guest Author March 11, 2019October 31, 2020
A mural depicting the Freedom's Journal mural is seen outside the offices of the Dallas Weekly, a newspaper that reports on events in the African-American community in Dallas. (NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack History

Black History Month: Two Centuries of Black History and the Black Press

by WI Guest Author January 22, 2019October 31, 2020
Aretha Franklin
Posted inEntertainment

Star-Studded Lineup Set for Aretha Franklin Service

by Stacy M. Brown August 29, 2018October 31, 2020
Aretha Franklin
Posted inEntertainment, Lifestyle

Remembering Aretha Franklin

by Stacy M. Brown August 22, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inBusiness, National

GAO Report: Federal Agencies Spend ‘Pennies’ with Minority-owned Businesses

by Stacy M. Brown July 26, 2018October 31, 2020
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Posted inNNPA Events

NNPA Honors Jackson, Scott; Informer Wins 2 Awards

by Stacy M. Brown July 2, 2018October 31, 2020

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