National Newspaper Publishers Association

Oct 27 2011

Investiture of Supreme Court justice captured for the first time by a Black female photographer

Richmond Free Press photographer Sandra Sellars made history when she covered the historic investiture of Cleo E. Powell, the first Black woman Supreme court justice in Virginia’s history, last week.

Sep 29 2011

At $1 trillion, it’s larger than the GDP of most countries

By the year 2015, African Americans will be spending $1.1 trillion a year on products and services.
Currently, the Black population in the U.S. has a buying power of nearly $1 trillion—a figure larger than the gross domestic product of most countries in the world.

The number of African American households earning $75,000 or more has grown by 63.9 percent in the past decade, a rate greater than that of the overall population.

Aug 18 2011

Most big advertisers don’t respect the African American consumer

How much do most big corporate advertisers respect the African American consumer—25 percent, 15 percent, 5 percent, or 1 percent?

If you guessed 1 percent you were wrong. It’s less than that—.68 percent, to be exact.

Of the $263.7 billion spent annually on advertising within the nation, less that 1 percent is used to target African American consumers, despite the fact that Black buying power is estimated at around $857 billion, according to the 2010 census.

Jun 30 2011

Group considers the past but looks ahead

CHICAGO, Ill.—More than 200 National Newspaper Publishers Association members who gathered at Chicago’s legendary Drake Hotel saw the torch of Black press excellence passed to a new, younger generation in the person of Arizona legislator, the Honorable Clovis Campbell Jr., publisher of the Arizona Informant.

Jun 23 2011

Debate, roundtable highlight agenda

Among the highlights of the National Newspaper Publishers Association conference which kicked off yesterday in Chicago and will continue through Friday, is a debate between Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network and Cornel West, Ph.D., professor of religion and African American studies at Princeton.

They will debate about President Barack Obama and the Black agenda at 12:30 p.m.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”