‘We honor those who walked so we could run’
Editor's note: Here are excerpts from President Obama's speech on March 7 at the during the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march....
RETRACING THE STEPS
‘Bloody Sunday’ marchers recall pains of the past and the present
BY VERN SMITH
TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE
A day after President Barack Obama walked across the...
‘THE LEAST EXPENSIVE NEGRO’
A Black media owner sues the Rev. Al Sharpton and civil rights organizations for allegedly providing cover for discrimination against Black-owned media, and says...
Ferguson violates Blacks’ rights
Feds won’t charge Brown’s killer
COMPILED FROM WIRE REPORTS
FERGUSON, Mo. – The Ferguson Police Department – whose actions after Police Officer Darren Wilson’s fatal shooting...
ISRAEL’S BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPEAKS TO CONGRESS
‘It’s a very bad deal’
President Obama shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a frosty meeting in the White House in October...
State leads nation in fraud and identity theft
Florida's transient population makes it easier for criminals to take advantage
BY WILLIAM E. GIBSON AND DONNA GEHRKE-WHITE
SUN SENTINEL (TNS)
WASHINGTON - Florida remained the hotspot...
Leaders clash over struggles’ direction
Black History Month program at Howard turns to how generations can work together
BY JACQUELYN JOHNSON
TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE
WASHINGTON – On one hand was Julian...
Mississippi judge delivers epic sentencing speech to three involved in hate crime
BY ZENITHA PRINCE
TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE
The stirring words of U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, read during the Feb. 10 sentencing of three men involved...
President Ben Carson? Retired neurosurgeon formally exploring run
BY JOHN FRITZE
BALTIMORE SUN (TNS)
WASHINGTON — Retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who has become a star among conservative Republicans, announced Tuesday he is...
