Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter John Legend visited Central State University on Oct. 9 to talk about the importance of the upcoming presidential election. Legend urged students to head to the polls this year, saying that “we have to vote.” Legend also combatted the idea that voting does not matter. “Trust me it does,” Legend […]
DETROIT (AP) — From the pulpit of an African-American church in Detroit not long ago, Bishop Corletta Vaughn offered a rousing endorsement of Hillary Clinton…
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EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — President Barack Obama got a first-hand look at the nation’s criminal justice system Thursday, touring a federal prison and meeting…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul reaches out in his most direct way yet to African-Americans in a new book that highlights his…
SELMA, Ala. (NNPA) – Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama was dogged by one question: Is he Black enough? The question was repeated…
WASHINGTON (AP) — They only lasted minutes, but the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, permanently seared the inhumanity of Southern segregation onto…
Fifty-years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked a joint session of Congress to respond to the brutal beatings of protesters in Selma, Alabama, by passing…
