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By Debora Timms Richmond native Betty K. Bynum said her first steps into the world of children’s literature were a fluke. The actress and singer, who lives in Los Angeles,…

By Janna M. Hall “I have never been able to discover that there was anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient…in America.”  The…

The Town of Bowling Green Kicks Off Its First Annual John Cephas Piedmont Blues Festival The first John Cephas Piedmont Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, viagra buy June…

Black History Museum and Cultural Center ask for public support By Shea Tuttle Richmond’s Black History Museum and Cultural Center is moving to a new home, there and it needs…

By Hazel Trice Edney NNPA President Benjamin Chavis         PHOTO:Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire Civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis, now president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association,…

Petersburg City Public Schools unveiled The Crimson Beauty Salon during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Petersburg High School last week.   “This is beautiful. I love it! I’m proud and excited…

By Ron Busby, Sr.   As America begins the annual ritual of “celebrating” the countless achievements of African Americans during the February observance of Black History Month, I think it…

Adia Shabazz A “Day On”, not a day off. For many years now, the holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. has been a day for people to…

“I Have a Dream” I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our…

By Laquita Jacobs Intern, sickness hospital VCU Mass Communications A majority of the American public views the prison systems as one of the necessary evils of a society that punishes…