Author: NNPA

In her latest book, “Living the California Dream – African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era,” author Alison Rose Jefferson provides new insights into how the great migration of Blacks beginning in 1910 from the American South to the urban North, Midwest, and West challenged the prevailing narratives that exclude African Americans and shows their active role in shaping regional identity.

The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) will honor two outstanding academic leaders whose work has changed access to higher education for many generations of minority students. Dr. Wayne J. Riley, President of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, Interim President and President Emeritus of Howard University, will be honored at AFUWI’s 29th Annual “The Legacy Continues” Awards Gala, which is scheduled for April 17, 2026, in New York City.

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Residents in Madison will soon see a slight increase in their monthly bills as city leaders move to address rising costs tied to bulk trash and yard waste collection. The Madison […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Drivers who travel U.S. Highway 72 East in Madison County now have an opportunity to weigh in on proposed safety improvements along one of the region’s busiest — […]

Sherry Tucker Brown’s family roots run deep in New York, and also in a familiar brand of alcoholic spirits.