From "Mothers of the Movement" to former attorney general Eric Holder and Bernie Sanders, the NAN convention is required attendance for those who are serious about the sanctity of Black life in America.

Erica Garner, daughter of slain cigarette seller Eric Garner, says comments she made about Rev. Al Sharpton in a video released by conservative activist James O’Keefe‘s…

National

Washington, D.C. hosted the most high-profile and traditional of Saturday’s protests against racial bias in the legal system.  The march and rally was organized by National Action…

Thirteen organizations — which include the ACLU, NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Action Network, and Rainbow Push Coalition — sent…

In response to the unjust verdict in the Zimmerman trial:   THE MOTHER & FATHER OF TRAYVON MARTIN TO JOIN REV. AL SHARPTON & NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN) FOR THE 100 CITY “JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON” VIGILS IN FRONT OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS ON SATURDAY, JULY 20TH AT NOON— MARTIN LUTHER KING, III, JUDGE GREG MATHIS, KADIATOU […]

H-Town

Up-to-the-Minute Trayvon Martin Updates:  Houston will join 100 cities in a peaceful protest for Trayvon Martin Saturday, organized by Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network. The Houston protest will unfold at 11 a.m. on the steps of Houston City Hall, near the reflection pool. The goal of the protest, Bishop James Dixon said, is […]

While folks like Cicely Tyson, Phylicia Rashad, Maya Angelou, Voncile Mallory (my mother) and others are gracefully aging, we younger folks aren’t doing as well.…