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BY JESSE JACKSON “That’s what strikes me. There but for the grace of God.” That was President Obama’s reaction when he became the first sitting U.S....

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Calling America “a nation of second chances,” President Barack Obama cut the prison sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (BlackNews.com) -- Yahoshuah Israel, Chairman of the International Council for the Commemoration of Col. John C. Robinson, an organization comprised...

WASHINGTON, DC -- President Obama today named 108 mathematics and science teachers as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and...

President Barack Obama will address the 106th NAACP Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. “We are...

Rawlings-Blake Makes History as the First African-American Female President of Organization  San Francisco, CA – The presidential gavel was officially handed to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie...

Dylann Roof callously told police that he murdered nine innocent black people in cold blood inside a Charleston, South Carolina church because he wanted...

By Ben Brumfield, CNN (CNN)The racial identity of one of the most prominent faces in Spokane, Washington's black community is under question after her...

NAACP President & CEO to Deliver the Commencement Address at Payne Theological Seminary WHO: Cornell William Brooks, NAACP President & CEO On Friday, May 22nd, Cornell...

Southern Christian Leadership Conference Honors Birmingham City Council President Pro-Tem Jay Roberson BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The continued efforts by Birmingham City Council President Pro-Tem Jay Roberson...