Harvard Agrees to Relinquish Early Photos of Enslaved People, Ending a Legal...
By Leah Willingham, Associated PressBOSTON (AP) — Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to...
View ArticleBlack Feminist Movement Mobilizes in Response to National Threats
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National CorrespondentMore than 500 Black feminists will convene in New Orleans from June 5 through 7 for what organizers are calling the largest Black...
View ArticleTrump Got Checked on Tariffs
By April Ryan, BlackPressUSA White House CorrespondentThe Trump White House vows to appeal the three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade’s ruling that the proposed...
View ArticlePoll: Only 38% of Americans Support Reparations for Black Americans
By Edward Henderson, California Black MediaA new poll shows that most Americans do not support paying reparations to Black descendants of enslaved people in America.However, the same survey reveals...
View ArticlePolitical Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
Credit: California Black MediaBy Bo Tefu, California Black Media New Wealth Report: Black Californians Behind in Retirement Savings, Homeownership RatesA new report reveals that Black Californians are...
View ArticleChrisley’s Prison Confession: A White Man Finally Says What Black America’s...
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent & April D. Ryan Black Press USA Washington Bureau Chief & Senior White House CorrespondentJust days after being pardoned by...
View ArticleFive-Decade Study: Black Girls Build on Preschool Success, While Black Boys...
By Lauren Camera, The Hechinger ReportThis story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focused on education. Armed with a grant from the National Institutes of...
View ArticleTulsa Mayor Launches $105M Greenwood Trust to Repair Massacre Legacy
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National CorrespondentOn Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, Mayor Monroe Nichols, the city’s first African American mayor, announced the Greenwood Trust, a...
View ArticleAxe the Tax: Cali’s Marijuana Store Owners Say New Increase Will Break Them
Marijuana dispensary located in San Bernardino County, January 9, 2022. Credit: Photo by Regina B. Wilson, California Black MediaBy Edward Henderson, California Black MediaLicensed marijuana store...
View ArticleSan Diego Unified To Celebrate New Student Wellness Center Opening Friday
San Diego Unified School District Logo Credit: San Diego Unified School DistrictSan Diego Unified School District has expanded its number of student Wellness Centers from three to 12 and on Friday, May...
View ArticleThe Black Hair Industry Imports Products From China. Here’s What Tariffs Mean...
By Charlotte Kramon, Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Before the oppressive summer heat descends on Atlanta, therapist Brittanee Sims usually gets her thick, curly hair braided at a...
View ArticleHoover’s Commutation Divides Chicago as State Sentence Remains
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National CorrespondentThe federal sentence for Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover has been commuted, but he remains incarcerated under a 200-year state...
View ArticleWoman Found Dead By Police in 1981 Identified By Cold Case Detectives
By Tim Fang, CNNSANTA CLARA, California (KPIX) — More than four decades after a woman’s dismembered torso was found in a San Jose field, cold case detectives said they have identified the...
View ArticleCapitol Rioter Rejects Trump Pardon in Unprecedented Rejection of Jan. 6...
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National CorrespondentIn a dramatic and historic repudiation of Donald Trump’s mass pardons for Capitol rioters, one of the former president’s supporters has...
View ArticleNew Orleans Holds Burial of Repatriated African Americans Whose Skulls Were...
By Stephen Smith and Jack Brook, Associated PressNEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for...
View ArticleHarvard Reaches Historic Settlement Over Earliest Known Photographs of...
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National CorrespondentHarvard University will relinquish ownership of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people as part of a historic legal settlement...
View ArticleCongratulations, Morse High Graduates!
By Darrel Wheeler, Contributing Writer The latest class of certificate recipients from Samuel F.B. Morse High School were cheered and revered last Thursday at 6905 Skyline Drive in front of a...
View ArticleBlack Don’t Crack: Building Our Bench, Owning Our Power, Investing in Our...
By Kellie Todd Griffin, Special to California Black Media PartnersOver two million Black Californians call this state home — making us the fifth largest Black population in the country. That’s not just...
View ArticleKuumba Fest In The Park 2025
By Dr. John E. Warren, PublisherSan Diego Urban Warriors proudly announced the return of Kuumba Fest In The Park, a vibrant celebration of Black edutainment and culture, which took place on May 30th...
View ArticleJaja’s African Hair Braids at La Jolla Playhouse
By Barbara Smith, Contributing WriterAs a client is leaving Jaja’s African Braiding Salon, newly coiffed after an extraordinary day of immersion into the complicated lives of the braiders, she sighs,...
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