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    Ramona Hood’s Historic Rise from Receptionist to CEO

    Ramona Hood’s Historic Rise from Receptionist to CEO

    By Emiene Wright Ramona Hood was a college student and young mother when she started at FedEx Custom Critical in 1991 as an administrativ...
    Black History Month Highlight: Beatrice Dixon, Founder of The Honey Pot

    Black History Month Highlight: Beatrice Dixon, Founder of The Honey Pot

    By Niema Jordan During Black History Month last year, Target ran a 30-second TV commercial promoting the Black-owned company The Honey Po...
    COVID-19 Vaccine and African Americans

    COVID-19 Vaccine and African Americans

    By Cindy George For the last six years, vaccine scientist Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett has been working on the best and safest immune response f...
    Honoring MLK: King Day celebration is incomplete without economic focus

    Honoring MLK: King Day celebration is incomplete without economic focus

    by Deborah Douglas Many Americans are reeling from the Capitol siege by homegrown terrorists in defiance of hard-won voting rights for Af...
    The Insurrection

    The Insurrection

    by Sherri Williams Moments after President Trump spoke at the “Save America” rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, and repeated lies abou...
    The Crisis Celebrates 110 Years

    The Crisis Celebrates 110 Years

    In 2020, we celebrated 110 years of The Crisis Magazine. W.E.B. Du Bois created the magazine as "a record of the darker races" with the f...
    Black Voters Made the Difference

    Black Voters Made the Difference

    Findings highlight how Black people voted, why they voted and how they are at the front of a powerful political coalition. By Maria Moral...
    A Tribute to Marian Wright Edelman – The 'Conscience' of the Nation

    A Tribute to Marian Wright Edelman – The 'Conscience' of the Nation

    In 1967, Marian Wright Edelman advised the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy of New York to recommit themselves in ...
    NAACP Values Partnerships with the Divine 9

    NAACP Values Partnerships with the Divine 9

    By Maria Morales The Black Greek-letter fraternities and sororities also known as the “Divine Nine” have had a long and invaluable strate...
    A Promise Built on Hope

    A Promise Built on Hope

    Our nation’s first Black president remembers the sacrifice of our civil rights veterans and sees a bright future in a new generation of a...
    Beyond the Election: Influential Black Voices Look at Issues Facing Black Communities Post-Election

    Beyond the Election: Influential Black Voices Look at Issues Facing Black Communities Post-Election

    Compiled by Ida Harris In the past four years, President Donald Trump has emboldened the white supremacist voice and attitude; upended th...
    How We Survived A Year of Grief

    How We Survived A Year of Grief

    By Dani McClain This fall, Josie Pickens lost two family members in a week’s time. Though neither of them died from Covid, both Pickens’s...
    Three Giants

    Three Giants

    By Ambassador Andrew Young Three giants have gone to glory — the Rev. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C.T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis. My...
    New App Brings Support for HBCUS

    New App Brings Support for HBCUS

    By Ida Harris Financial support for historically Black colleges and universities has taken a turn toward innovation. A new micro-donation...
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