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Top White House Official Cedric Richmond Affirms to African Americans: “You’ve Got a Friend in President Biden”

February 8, 2021 admin 0

#NNPA BlackPress – President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are not only talking the talk when it comes to racial equity. The new administration is walking that walk. In the first of what […]

Abrams, Black Lives Matter are Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

February 5, 2021 Staff 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Stacey Abrams political activist, voter registration & voting rights advocate has set a national standard for democracy. Her political activism has resulted in a nomination for a Nobel Prize. She deserves it […]

New Administration’s Biggest Challenge: Biden Launches Head-On Attack Against COVID-19

February 1, 2021 admin 0

February 01, 2021 – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia (Source: www.dallasweekly.com) – A Senate impeachment trial, the aftermath of a deadly insurrection, racial tension boiling, and a myriad of foreign policy […]

Black Lives Matter Movement Nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

February 1, 2021 admin 0

By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris | February 1, 2021 | (Source: www.rollingout.com) – The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Petter Eide, a member of Norway’s Parliament, nominated the […]

Porsche Launches New Scholarship and Guest Lecture Series at Morehouse College

February 1, 2021 admin 0

ATLANTA, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — (Source: theculture.xyz) – Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) is teaming up with Morehouse College to launch a new scholarship for business majors and a guest lecture series that […]

Biden Moving Forward with Placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill

January 28, 2021 admin 0

By Shannon Pettypiece is the senior White House reporter for (Source: NBCNews.com) – The Trump administration said in 2019 that the new bill would be delayed for years because of technical issues. WASHINGTON — President Joe […]

Spelman’s Rosalind Brewer Becomes the Only Black Female CEO of a Fortune 500 Company

January 28, 2021 admin 0

Walgreens Boots Alliance today announced the appointment of Rosalind (Roz) Brewer as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective on March 15, 2021. Brewer will also join the WBA Board of Directors upon assuming the role. […]

Black National Guardsman Describes Being Deployed to Protect Biden’s Inauguration: ‘I just felt this huge sense of pride’

January 27, 2021 admin 0

By Marquise Francis – (Source www.news.yahoo.com) As most of the 25,000 National Guardsmen who were called upon to protect Washington, D.C., during the presidential inauguration began heading home this week, one Black service member agreed […]

Biden Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Tackling Racism in America

January 27, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – The order prevents federal agencies from providing local police with military-grade equipment, which was used by Ferguson, Missouri, officers […]

‘THIS IS ME’: Rioters Flaunt Involvement in Capitol Siege

January 26, 2021 admin 0

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press – WASHINGTON (AP) — (Source: www.blacknewschannel.com) – These suspects weren’t exactly in hiding. “THIS IS ME,” one man posted on Instagram with a hand […]