From Freedom’s Journal to The North Star to John Abbott’s Chicago Defender, African American-owned newspapers have sparked fires for truth and equality that have burned with the passion for fighting for freedom throughout history. March 16, 2020 marked the 193rd…
Crystal Etienne is a businesswoman, wife, and mother of two children. She’s also the founder of Ruby Love, a $10 million personal care company that she built in just four years. “My dream was to always work for myself,” Etienne,…
The spectre of White nationalists, neo-Nazis, White supremacists and others that wrongly maintain that the American flag and free speech provide them with moral justification and protection for their abhorrent behaviors, has seen too many journalists frame their inadequate coverage…
Since the founding of the Black Press 192 years ago, African American owned newspapers have served their communities in ways that no other publications have. Historically, these publications have operated on ‘shoe-string’ budgets, are usually understaffed, and also face other…
Media portrayals have the potential to both shape and reflect societal attitudes. Last week the Nashville chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) lead a forum entitled Conversations About Color: How Media Can Shape Perceptions on Civil Injustice,…
I got to see a man last month who had witnessed up-front most of the Civil Rights Movement I’ve only read about. He was there in Chicago when Emmett Till’s sealed coffin was opened, and in Mississippi when J.W. Milam…
