Stamford, CT. – June 11, 2020 – Charter Communications, Inc. today announced the company will invest $10 million in partnership with both the National Urban League (NUL) and National Action Network … [Read more...]
Black Man Killed in a Chokehold by NYPD Officer
By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK – Rev. Al Sharpton was in the middle of his speech recounting how Eric Garner, 43, had been killed in a chokehold by NYPD officer when Garner’s wife … [Read more...]
Jobs still a key issue 50 years after Historic D.C. March
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief One of the primary goals of the 1963 March on Washington was finding or creating jobs for Blacks. At a panel discussion during the annual convention of … [Read more...]
NAACP’s Benjamin Jealous to speak at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial March & Rally
This week, the NAACP announced that president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous will speak at the National Action Network’s (NAN) The Emancipator (Abraham Lincoln) To the Liberator (Dr. Martin Luther … [Read more...]
President Barack Obama addresses Al Sharpton’s National Action Network confab
By Cyril Josh Barker Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News President Barack Obama went to New York last week with a renewed vigor to address the National Action Network’s … [Read more...]
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Census undercount would hurt Black communities, leaders warn
Pharoh Martin, NNPA National Correspondent In a rare appearance, all in one place, a coalition of America’s foremost Black organizations are aiming to assure that the 2010 census does not … [Read more...]