Nearly 90 percent of Black voters plan to cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, according to the 2016 National Black Voter Poll.

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Nearly 90 percent of Black voters plan to cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, according to the 2016 National Black Voter Poll.

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It doesn’t matter now. The late Congressman William Clay (D-Mo.) often said that black folks should have “no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent issues.”

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In an historic effort to measure the pulse of African-American voters, the National Newspaper Publishers Association [NNPA] partnered with Howard University to conduct the first scientific poll of the Black community during the 2016 election cycle.

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[BIRMINGHAMTIMES.COM/NNPA MEMBER] On Tuesday, 24-year-old Brandon Dean became the youngest mayor in the City of Brighton’s history, winning in a field of five candidates including incumbent mayor Barbara E. Watkins. “The mandate we received in being able to secure a majority in an [election] filled with candidates is overwhelming,” Dean said. “In addition…I was able […]

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In honor of the 53rd anniversary of the March on Washington tomorrow, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “Tomorrow, we mark the date on which hundreds of thousands of Americans marched on Washington on behalf of human rights. Standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered words now etched forever […]

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By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bank of America, Kaiser Permanente, Prudential Financial Inc., Target and Toyota have each provided $2 million in sponsorships to support the grand opening and inaugural events for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Each company is a founding donor of the museum and their […]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON—The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) announced that legendary actors Cicely Tyson, Richard Roundtree, and music icon Dionne Warwick will accept awards for their lifetime achievements in the arts during the 20th Annual Celebration of Leadership in the Fine Arts. The awards ceremony, which will take place Sept. 14 at the […]

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By Dwight Brown (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) “I been poor my whole life. It’s like a disease.” And with that thought in mind, two brothers, Toby (Chris Pine, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk) a divorced dad and Tanner Howard (Ben Foster, “Lone Survivor”) an ex-con, go on a bank-robbing spree in rural, arid West Texas where […]

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By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Keith Bullock, a bus operator for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), wants to transform the leadership of his local union and push for greater diversity in top labor positions nationwide. According to a 2013 report by the Labor Center at the University of California at Berkeley, […]

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