by Jessica Williams-Gibson – Some are concerned that the kind of activism advocated by leaders such as Rev. Derek King (left) and Rev. Al Sharpton is not as strong in the Black community today as in the past. During the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s, African-Americans mobilized and marched for issues such […]
Politics
Black president but no Black agenda – by Hazel Trice Edney
Grassroots activists struggling to motivate African-Americans to vote this time around (Trice Edney News Wire) -With Black unemployment rates still stuck in double digits while Whites remain consistently below the national average, economic frustration and suffering in the Black community is making it difficult for grassroots organizers to motivate people to the polls Nov. 6. […]
Ohio Unity Coalition Kicks-Off Voter Empowerment Tour with Hi-Tech Mobile Voter Registration Unit Traveling the State
Multi-city “Stand Your Ground” tour aims to prepare voters in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus,Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland, Lorain and Toledo Ohio A coalition of faith, labor, civil and voter rights groups along with community activists launched the Stand Your Ground… Vote, 2012 Ohio Voter Empowerment Tour in Cincinnati this past weekend dispatching a mobile voter registration unit […]
Black Women’s Roundtable Applauds the Supreme Court Ruling On The Affordable Health Care Act
Washington, DC – Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener, Black Women’s Roundtable issued the following statement on Supreme Court Ruling On Health Care Reform: “For decades the lack of access to health care has been a critical issue for low-income, middle-income and self-employed American’s. The historic ruling […]
Open Letter From Rev. Al Sharpton, Julian Bond, Rev. Joseph Lowery & Melanie Campbell
May 11, 2012 (New York, NY) – Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition for Black Civic Engagement, joined Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network, Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus of NAACP, and Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Icon and President Emeritus of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to release this […]
Historic Capital Press Club Elects New President, Leadership Team
Washington, D.C. – Award-winning journalist Hazel Trice Edney, editor-in-chief of the Trice Edney News Wire and President/CEO of Trice Edney Communications LLC, has been elected president of the historic Capital Press Club. Edney, a veteran reporter, who is also former editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service and BlackPressUSA.com, was elected by the […]
George Curry returns as editor of NNPA News Service
Washington, DC (NNPA) — Award-winning journalist George E. Curry has been named editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service, a position he held from 2001-2007, it has been announced by Karl B. Rodney, chairman of the NNPA Foundation, which oversees the wire service “We are pleased that George Curry, a nationally known journalist, […]
Supreme Court weighs whether law reducing crack cocaine sentences is retroactive
By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post – It was in a rare burst of bipartisanship that Congress in 2010 passed the Fair Sentencing Act, which attempted to close the sentencing gap between those convicted of crack cocaine offenses, who tend to be black, and those with powdered cocaine offenses, who tend to be white. But […]
JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON – Slain teen’s girlfriend heard altercation
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY – A Florida grand jury will investigate the controversial shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a Florida gated community. Bernjamin Crump, a lawyer for the Martin family, says a 16-year-old girlfriend in Miami was on the phone with Trayvon at the time of the altercation […]