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 […]
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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 […]
Rachelle Ferrell to Headline the Clark Atlanta University Guild’s 19th Annual Jazz Under the Stars Benefit Concert May 5
Atlanta – Rachelle Ferrell will headline the Clark Atlanta University (CAU) Guild’s 19th annual Jazz Under the Stars Benefit Concert Saturday, May 5, at 7 p.m. on the Harkness Hall Quadrangle on CAU’s campus, 223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W. 30314. Hosted by the CAU Guild with UPS as the presenting sponsor, the concert will […]
Vivica A. Fox to Host Spirit of Democracy Awards Gala Honoring Men Committed to Empowering Underserved Communities
Washington, DC – Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition), today announced the recipients of the prestigious 2012 Spirit of Democracy Awards which will be presented during the 15th annual Spirit of Democracy Awards Gala hosted by actress and producer, Vivica A. Fox (Set It […]
Black Women’s Roundtable National Women of Power Summit Amplifies the Voices of Women and Girls
Washington, DC – The slaying of Trayvon Martin and other innocent teens was foremost on the hearts and minds of nearly 400 Black women from across the country that assembled recently in Washington, DC for the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) inaugural National Women of Power Summit, three days of down-to-earth discussions aiming to “Amplifying the […]
Gripping Urban Drama “A Family On Edge” Wraps Filming in Atlanta
Atlanta, GA – Principal photography wrapped yesterday in Atlanta on A Family On Edge, directed by Bruce Locke, with the assistance of director of photography Hakim Robinson. The urban drama filmed in various locations throughout the Atlanta area for the past month and stars Sean White (MICHAEL), Jules Nobles (RISA) and Gabriel Davis (GABRIEL). There’s […]
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 […]