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Democrats and Republicans alike say they’ve yet to see a proposed redistricting map that President Donald Trump said he wants ...
DALLAS – Former Dallas Cowboys star offensive lineman Nate Newton and 10 others were inducted Saturday into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame. Newton, a six-time Pro Bowler, played on three ...
But he was Black, so his exploits were only reported below the fold on the back pages of the newspapers, if at all. He was born in Calvert, Texas, on Sept. 17, 1879.
The AFRO American Newspapers, now 131 years old, hosted the company’s 2024 Juneteenth breakfast on June 19 at the Center Club in downtown Baltimore. The event was a celebration of the Black ...
Opal Lee gifted back childhood Texas home her family was forced out of by racist mob nearly 80 years ago On June 19, 1939 – Juneteenth – then 12-year-old Opal Flake witnessed the viciousness ...
A collection of Black Texas newspapers at Prairie View A&M includes archived material from one of the oldest Black newspapers – the Freeman, which was based in Houston.
A film being shown Wednesday at the Mayborn tells the story of an overlooked Black cultural and artistic moment at the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition that has shaped history.
Today, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a black press trade group, reports about 200 African-American newspapers publish in the U.S. Almost all are weeklies.
News media made by and for the two largest racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States – Black Americans and Hispanic Americans – have been a consistent part of the American news ...