Month: August 2026

#NNPA BLACKPRESS –  NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Charlene Crowell, Senior Fellow with the Center for Responsible Lending“Racial residential segregation is a significant predictor of the magnitude of the Black-White disparity in fatal police shootings at the […]

NANCY GREEN’S NEW grave marker was dedicated on September 5 with several items to honor her legacy. By Erick Johnson (Gary Crusader) She was buried in obscurity without a headstone in Oak Woods Cemetery nearly […]

Rap impresario T.I. has been named as one of several people who helped promote a film director’s cryptocurrency scheme that was later used to fund the filmmaker’s lavish lifestyle. The U.S. Department of Justice has secured indictments against […]

By Ashley Harding | News4Jax.com |  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville city leaders will discuss the idea of renaming a local school after civil rights attorney Earl Johnson Sr.. Johnson was the first Black attorney admitted […]

By Leah Freeman-Haskin: Atlanta / Baltimore / Black-owned / Chicago / Houston  / Los Angeles – These days, any cause for celebration is a good one. September 18th is National Cheeseburger Day and we’ve got […]

(The Oscars) By Brian Lowry, CNN Five years after the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag triggered controversy, the group behind the awards has made inclusion a requirement to be considered to win them. In what represents the most […]

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. Black Public Media (BPM) is now accepting applications for the 2021 cohort of its 360 Incubator+ program. Created in 2014 to help BPM identify quality and innovative content by Black […]

By Charlie Penn – RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE RISK IN A LOVED ONE CAN BE CRITICAL. THE FIRST LIFESAVING STEP IS GETTING THEM THE HELP THEY DESPERATELY NEED. SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SUICIDE […]