“It is the highest honor that we can bestow on a citizen from the U.S. Congress,” said CBC Chairman Steven Horsford, D-Nev. Congressional Black Caucus members on Capitol Hill have nominated Henrietta Lacks for a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for her contributions to modern medicine. […]
Montreal police officers are facing public outrage after erroneously detaining a Black man they believed stole a car that turned out to be his. The man is now saying how “humiliated” he felt while in law enforcement’s custody, believing he was discriminated against because of […]
Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds expressed frustration on Thursday that he has not been allowed to join the Congressional Black Caucus despite communicating his interest in doing do. Donalds said he has “not really heard much from the CBC” in the months since he expressed interest, […]
On Tuesday, May 8, the Congressional Black Caucus will be hosting a Twitter town hall focused on community policing and police accountability, during which they will be responding to questions and comments from constituents, celebrities, activists, and advocates alike. In the wake of the recent […]
By J. Zamgba Browne Chief Correspondent Members of the Congressional Black Caucus made it clear they weren’t going to remain mum as President Trump claimed credit in his State of the Union address for what his predecessor; Barack Obama did to boost […]
By Freddie Allen (Editor-In-Chief, NNPA Newswire) Rep. Cedric Richmond, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus railed against President Donald Trump’s boasts about the economy, especially his claims about the Black community, in a blistering response to the president’s State of the Union (SOTU) address. […]