Two years ago, the National Newspaper Publishers Association enthusiastically elected a new National Chair and an Executive Committee with the promise of moving the organization to new heights and re-invigorating the Black Press of America as the trusted voice of Black communities across the…
What do director, producer, writer, professor Spike Lee; Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot; and Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price have in common? There are many similarities but let’s focus on one specific issue. Recently, Mayor Lightfoot called the media out…
It has been a little more than a year since COVID-19 was officially discovered within the boundaries of the United States. It has been devastating to communities of color. The statistics are sobering. Blacks represent only 13% of the U.S.…
Considering the challenges facing Black Businesses and the Black Press as a result of COVID-19, the National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund Black Press Week zeroed in on the theme ‘Black Business Challenges, Responsibilities, and Opportunities Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic.’ The two-day…
News that Montgomery police had arrested Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a bus spread quickly. Within 24 hours, leaders of the city’s Black community called a meeting to propose a bus…
Last week, I explained why we have Black business programs. The evolution of them from the Civil Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the cause for their existence. Title VI of the Act and along with…
