by Valecia Weeks Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Let’s use the photo part of our brain and picture that you are doing your weekly weigh-in and you just know in [...]

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) –With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis and Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson looking on, President Barack Obama on Thursday credited the Civil Rights [...]

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – Although he grew up in a rural farming community in Georgia during an era of rigid racial segregation in the 1920s and 1930s, former [...]

Nashville, TN – The Lee Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is inviting the public to join them at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park located at Jefferson St & 6th Ave North. The Worship Celebration begins at [...]

Nashville, Tenn – More than 190 regional artists will display and sell one-of-a-kind, handcrafted work at the 43rd Annual Tennessee Craft Fair held in Nashville’s Centennial Park on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Tennessee [...]

By Jason Luntz The race for the Davidson County District Attorney’s office in the May 6 primary election is getting close scrutiny from the African-American community. It is the District Attorney who decides which [...]

By Ronald W. Weathersby Thirty year old Tarrick Sands entered the New Life Project (NLP) Fatherhood Program on the advice of his parole officer last summer. The Antioch High School graduate had been incarcerated [...]

As the April 15 tax deadline looms, IRS spokesman Dan Boone offered these top five tips for last-minute filers: 1. Avoiding the late-filing penalty is simple. File either your tax return or an extension [...]

By Nyla Fearn Addressing hundreds of thousands of people worldwide is a part of the training and lectures presented annually as part of the international ministry and occupation of best-selling author Dr. Myles Munroe, [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mayor Karl Dean today visited local volunteers at an event hosted by the Tennessee Respite Coalition as part of the second annual Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service. Volunteers on [...]