By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), which represents the Black Press of America, has embarked on a national series featuring NBA owners on the issue of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Because of the Phoenix Suns and owner Robert Sarver’s significant outreach to the African American […]
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By Frances Y. Spencer | The Drum Newspaper Zindy Laursen’s parents, a Danish go-go dancer and a Louisiana GI headed to Vietnam, met more than 50 years ago in Australia. Armed with only that tiny bit of information, the Danish pop singer and actress embarked on a 30-year journey to find her father. Her quest […]
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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Dr. Helen Chavis Othow, the beloved author, college professor and sister of National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., died at the age of 89 on January 1, 2022 in Oxford, North Carolina. A lover of reading, writing, and history, […]
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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Dr. Helen Chavis Othow, the beloved author, college professor and sister of National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., died at the age of 89 on January 1, 2022 in Oxford, North Carolina. A lover of reading, writing, and history, […]
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