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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Dear Black News & Views family, thank you for all of your support over the years. Check out our final newsletter: conta.cc/44P1qEO

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

From the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre to the youngest of the Freedom Riders, the world said goodbye in 2025 to people who changed our world. Watch Allison J. Davis's video tribute: bit.ly/3KLjBof

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

When a Black real estate developer bought a sprawling property in Georgia, he had no idea it would lead to multiple citations and bench warrants. And as Greg Morrison reports, the situation is not unique. bit.ly/4q1aZcn

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Puerto Rican musical sensation Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February, and as contributor Eugene Holley Jr. reports, the roots of Afro-Puerto Rican music run deep. bit.ly/4azaDVu

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

From the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre to the youngest of the Freedom Riders, the world said goodbye in 2025 to people who changed our world. Watch our video tribute: bit.ly/3KLjBof

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

From Angie Stone to Sly Stone, and from the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre to the youngest of the Freedom Riders, the world said goodbye in 2025 to people who changed our world. Watch: bit.ly/3KLjBof

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Five years ago, a community in Alabama's rural Black Belt got a badly needed brand new hospital. But three years later, lack of money forced it to shut down. As Greg Morrison reports, this is becoming a trend in rural America. bit.ly/4ovF420

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

When 111-year-old Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher died on Nov. 24, her fans were trying to raise enough money to buy her something she'd never had -- her own home. Now, they've come up with a good use for the money. bit.ly/48HDxAf

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Imagine you are Dorothy Jackson. You have a brain tumor. But the new, state-of-the-art hospital in your Alabama community is closed from lack of funds. Watch Greg Morrison's piece on a crisis afflicting rural America. bit.ly/4ovF420

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

A special council in Haiti has cleared the way for an electoral calendar for the country's first elections since 2016. bit.ly/3KaenSF #Haiti

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday. Please consider a pledge to support the journalism that Black News & Views brings you. bit.ly/PledgeToBNV

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The music of saxophonist Mark Turner has been praised. The work of late Harlem Renaissance writer and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson has drawn praise. Audiences can find both in Turner's latest album, writes contributor Eugene Holley Jr. bit.ly/3M7mfVq

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

As climate experts from around the globe met recently in Brazil, representatives for communities made mostly of descendents of escaped enslaved Africans pressed for recognition of their environmental work with the environment. bit.ly/48eNN2E

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The music of saxophonist Mark Turner has drawn praise. The work of late Harlem Renaissance writer and civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson has been praised. Audiences can find both in Turner's latest album, writes contributor Eugene Holley Jr. bit.ly/3M7mfVq

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

As climate leaders from around the globe met recently in Brazil, representatives for communities made mostly of descendents of escaped enslaved Africans pressed for recognition of their environmental work with the environment. bit.ly/48eNN2E

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Viola Ford Fletcher, oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111. Mayor Monroe Nichols said she "endured more than anyone should, yet she spent her life lighting a path forward." bit.ly/BNV-National...

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A judge has dismissed the criminal indictments against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, ruling that the Trump-supported prosecutor was illegally appointed. bit.ly/3LW56hv

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, singer and also star of the classic movie "The Harder They Come," has died at the age of 81. Cliff came up in the emergencing music scene in Kingston, Jamaica, along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. bit.ly/4irBZik #JimmyCliff

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A port in downtown Rio received an estimated 1 million captured Africans in the Transatlantic Slave Trade — the most in the world. That is one piece of the history visitors are learning as Brazil explores afrotourism. bit.ly/48a6tAG

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Jurors in Ohio are hearing closing arguments in the case of an officer who killed a pregnant Black woman in a supermarket parking lot. Ta'Kiya Young, 21, was suspected of shoplifting when Connor Grubb shot her in 2023. bit.ly/4o0xZ9H

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Relatives of the Rev. Jesse Jackson are flying in to be by his bedside at a Chicago hospital, CBS News is reporting. The civil rights leader was hospitalized last week as he battles a degenerative illness. bit.ly/BNV-National... #jessejackson #JesseJackson

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The National Urban League's groundbreaking new headquarters in Harlem — and more in our weekly newsletter. conta.cc/4o0BcWL

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The National Urban League opened brand new headquarters in Harlem, New York, this week. The children of late civil rights leaders whose work made it happen talked with BNV's Allison Davis about the significance. bit.ly/4nVHk2w #nationalurbanleague

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who has been battling a degenerative condition, has been hospitalized with a rattle in his chest. The Rev. Al Sharpton, his longtime friend, is asking the public to pray. bit.ly/BNV-National...

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Many are celebrating the fact that the government shutdown has ended and federal employees are returning to work, but one important question — when SNAP food will resume — remains unclear. bit.ly/4oEXyyf

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Meeting someone we admire can be scary because there's always the chance they'll turn out to be unkind or arrogant in person. But that was never the case with late NBA legend Lenny Wilkens, who always displayed grace and kindness, writes Marc Spears. bit.ly/Sports-BNV

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The U.S. Senate has moved closer toward ending the government shutdown after a handful of Democrats crossed over to join Republicans. But most Democrats are not happy with the move that leaves health insurance up in the air. bit.ly/3sLpdVY

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

NBA fans are mourning Lenny Wilkens, the legend known as the "godfather of Seattle basketball." Wilkens, a Hall of Famer, died Sunday at the age of 88. bit.ly/Sports-BNV #lennywilkens

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Did you enjoy our fact-based reporting on the 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall? Or our collaboration with the Associated Press and the Amsterdam News on voting rights today? Then pledge to support Black News & Views: bit.ly/4hOgOXj

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Republican efforts to Block Democrats from gaining power in Congress, and the Ohio Players still on "fire" — in this week's Black News & Views newsletter. conta.cc/3XfPHed

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The name of the R&B/funk group the Ohio Players was a household name in the 1970s. Now, all these decades later, the surviving group members are still on "Fire." bit.ly/43hoMSM #OhioPlayers

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The passage of California's Prop 50 is part of the election sweep favoring Democrats. The measure allows for a recast of Congressional districts in a way that could tip control of the U.S. House. But already, the measure is facing a challenge. bit.ly/47v9AUM

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The federal government shutdown is now at day 36. It is the longest shutdown in U.S. history. But as the struggle for nonworking families drags on, contributor Sughnen Yongo talked to people and organizations trying to help. bit.ly/47hLUmB

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Democrats logged election wins from coast-to-coast Tuesday night, including New York City's mayoral race, the gubernatorial contests in Virginia and New Jersey, and a Congressional redistricting proposal in California. bit.ly/3sLpdVY

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

A mayoral race in the country's largest city, two heated governor's races, and a redistricting proposition that could affect control of the U.S. House — all of this is part of Election Day this year. bit.ly/43fVWlH #ElectionDay

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This week, the government shutdown is poised to become the longest in U.S. history. But a number of organizations and elected officials are stepping up to help furloughed federal workers, Sughnen Yongo reports. bit.ly/47hLUmB #federalworkers #furlough

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Kenyans Hellen Obiri and Benson Kipruto helped log milestones at the NYC Marathon Sunday, with a course record in the women's race and the closest finish ever in the men's race. bit.ly/47yFs9x @hellenobiri #bensonkipruto #nycmarathon

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

"We've felt harassed and devalued most of this year," one furloughed federal worker told BNV about the government shutdown. "Frustration is high," they said. But there are groups and people working to ease that pain. Contributor Sughnen Yongo talked to some of them. bit.ly/47hLUmB

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"We've felt harassed and devalued most of this year. ... Frustration is high." That is what one furloughed federal worker told BNV as the government shutdown continues. Contributor Sughnen Yongo talked to people and groups trying to ease the pain. bit.ly/47hLUmB #furlough

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba are picking up the pieces after the unprecedented destruction left by Melissa. bit.ly/47ylITK #Melissa #Jamaica #Haiti #Cuba

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The civil rights community is expressing satisfaction over today's conviction of Sean Grayson, an Illinois sheriff's deputy, in the July 6, 2024, murder of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman who called 911 about a prowler. bit.ly/BNV-National... #sonyamassey #seangrayson

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Jamaica is reeling after a catastrophic direct hit from Hurricane Melissa while Cuba is suffering the effects of landfall as the storm barrels through the Caribbean. bit.ly/BNV-Global #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #Cuba

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Jamaican officials say they have prepared as best they can for the imminent landfall of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. The event could be catastrophic for this island nation in the Caribbean. bit.ly/3Wsu75R #HurricaneMelissa

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

"I am not done" with politics, former Vice President Kamala Harris told the BBC this past weekend, leaving the door open for a second White House run. bit.ly/3sLpdVY #kamalaharris

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened to a Category 5 storm and is aiming for the island of Jamaica, where residents are preparing for the hit. bit.ly/BNV-Global #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

In case you missed our latest newsletter — get caught up on Gary Bartz's latest masterpiece, one Black woman fighting the high unemployment numbers for Black women, and Misty Copeland's curtain call. conta.cc/3Lc5pnQ

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

BNV contributor Jane Tillman Irving interviewed MistyCopeland, the first Black woman principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, in 2011, and she also witnessed Copeland's final on-stage pirouette this past week. bit.ly/3Lrrhvv #mistycopeland

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Many people are talking about and worrying about the hundreds of thousands of Black women the federal government says are losing jobs. But one Minneapolis advocate and podcaster decided to do something about it, Alexis Rogers reports. bit.ly/48Lgjeg

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Ballerina Misty Copeland, the first Black female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, hung up her pointe shoes Wednesday night after a retirement performance before an adoring crowd in New York. bit.ly/4nZqRuV #mistycopeland

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NABJ Black News & Views @blacknandv.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Ten years ago, Misty Copeland became the first Black woman principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, marking her place in history. Tonight, the dancer who used her platform to advocate for diversity will dance for ABT one last time. bit.ly/4nbjv6d #mistycopeland

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