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PHOTO COURTESY OF BIOGRAPHY.COM VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis may be pushing the envelope on interpreting Catholic doctrine, but he hasn’t asserted that his …

The Tom Joyner Foundation awards a “Full Ride Scholarship “that allows a high school student to attend an HBCU, all expenses paid. PHOTO COURTESY OF …

By DERRICK JOHNSON The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s premier civil rights organization, issued the following statement following the …

Barbara Bush, left and President George Bush. PHOTO COURTESY OF FAMOUS BIOGRAPHIES Another icon passes. Barbara Bush, matriarch of the Bush family (the most influential …

By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY You too, Starbucks? Once considered a ‘safe’ territory, this past week set off a round of outrage and calls for economic boycotts …

By ROGER CALDWELL Everywhere you look in Donald Trump’s cabinet and administration, there is a scandal and the rule of law is not being followed. …

By AL CALLOWAY What I know to be a great secret throughout black America is a definitive plan for the future of our young people. …

Grace LaJoy Henderson and her mother, whom she located after 50 years PHOTO COURTESY OF GRACE LAJOY HENDERSON Staff Report Kansas City, MO — Grace …

Rev. Maria Mallory White and Rev. John F. White II PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WHITES By REV. MARIA MALLORY WHITE AND REV. JOHN F. WHITE …

By ROGER CALDWELL Dr. King was murdered by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee, at the Lorraine Motel. Most family members, …