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Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. I am pleased to congratulate Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) who led a coalition of lawmakers who wrote to the...
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Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. I am pleased to congratulate Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) who led a coalition of lawmakers who wrote to the...
Revolutionary solidarity doesn’t play tit-for-tat but it does keep score. And Africans and African Americans don’t like the numbers.
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. President Joe Biden will make his State of the Union address on March 7. As a veteran civil rights...
By Cheryl Smith First things first, I need Negroes, Colored, Blacks, Afro-Americans, African Americans, Blackish, and Blackity-Blacks to stand! Actually, anyone with any sense...
By Vincent L. Hall One of the reasons African Americans are enamored and enthralled with everyone else’s fame, while we short change our own,...
By DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika In celebration of Black History Month, we’re highlighting the ways that President Biden and Vice President Harris...
National Wreath Across America Day was December 16
By Defender News Service In an exclusive telephone interview with the National Newspaper Association, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre underscored President Biden’s unwavering...
By Dr. John E. Warren Veterans Day was created as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World...
By Yoonji Han In a letter published in the April 22, 1852 issue of the Frederick Douglass Papers, someone known only by the pen...