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Black Experience, NNPA History

Former NNPA Chairs Talk Past, Present, Future

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

From left: Tish Kay Bazil, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Augustine Suwedi Chidzanja and Ana E. Chavis (George McKinzie via NNPA Newswire)

International, Stacy M. Brown

Election Process in Malawi Exhibited Best of African Democracy

by WI Guest Author May 23, 2019December 21, 2021

Urban Radio Network White House Correspondent April Ryan (right) and AARP’s Senior Vice President of Multicultural Leadership Edna Kane Williams (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

NNPA President Represents Black Press at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

by WI Guest Author April 29, 2019December 21, 2021

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

A coalition of NYC Black Lives Matter activists and environmental justice groups marching on the 51st anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X to demand justice for the people of Flint, Michigan. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Black Experience, Black History

From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism

by WI Guest Author December 24, 2018October 31, 2020

James Clyburn

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

CHAVIS: James Clyburn for Speaker of the House

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis September 26, 2018October 31, 2020

Lester A. Booker Jr. (center), the Corporate Giving Communications Lead for General Motors, accepts the 2018 National Meritorious Leadership Award on behalf of the global automaker at the NNPA's annual convention in Norfolk, Va. NNPA Chairman Dorothy Leavell (left) and NNPA President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. present the award. (Mark Mahoney/NNPA)

NNPA Honors General Motors with 2018 National Meritorious Leadership Award

by WI Guest Author July 9, 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

From left: Lisa Frison, the vice president of African American segment strategy at Wells Fargo; Julius Cartwright, the former president of National Association of Real Estate Brokers; Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA; Reverend Tony Lee, the pastor of Community of Hope A.M.E. Church; Dr. Amos Brown, the pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco; Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA; and Dr. Lezli Baskerville, the president and CEO of NAFEO pose for a photo during the NNPA's State of Black America 2018 Forum in Las Vegas. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Experience

State of Black America Is Strong, Experts Say

by WI Guest Author January 28, 2018October 31, 2020

Donald Trump

Black Experience, Politics

Trump Continues to Deride African Nations During Immigration Debate

by WI Guest Author January 12, 2018October 31, 2020