The following release was sent to Watch The Yard to be published by the NPHC. Title: STATEMENT OF DR. EVERETT B. WARD, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL...
It is with great sadness that we inform you that Congressman Elijah E. Cummings has passed away. According to reports, Cummings passed away at Johns Hopkins...
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. released an official statement today addressing the recent abortion ban in Alabama as well as other laws that deny women access...
Tonight, Stacey Abrams will make history as the first Black woman to give a State of the Union rebuttal. Two months ago Abrams narrowly lost her...
Two sorors of Zeta Phi Beta have teamed up to raise $100,000 for women of color for upcoming elections. Zeta sorors Nicole Butler and Mae Whiteside...
Mandela Barnes made history Tuesday when he was elected Wisconsin’s first Black Lieutenant Governor. The 31-year-old Milwaukee native is just the second black person elected to...
The women of Zeta Phi Beta issued a statement Tuesday urging members of the sorority and its auxiliaries to contact their senators and let them know...
The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma have issued a public statement on Supreme Court candidate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The statement, which was released by the fraternity...
Did you know that the first Black Mayor of New York, David Dinkins is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha? Dinkins crossed the Beta Chapter of...
Over 1,200 women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. showed up in Washington, DC this week to have their voices heard. The members of the organization...
The White House recently announced that Ashley Bell, Esq., a member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. will take over the director position of the Small...
Watch the live-stream of President Trumps State of the Union address below. politics This video is courtesy of ABC News..
Justin Fairfax, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, was just elected Virginia’s next lieutenant governor, making him the second African-American elected to statewide office in Virginia. Fairfax has...
Alpha Phi Alpha brother Melvin Carter III made history Tuesday night by being elected the first Black mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota. The 38-year-old earned more...
San Fransisco 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick has decided to use his own money and the money he has made from his jersey sales to help the...
Florida Representative Shevrin Jones (D-West Park) a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. says he will file legislation to immediately remove all Confederate statues, signs...
By Laura D. Reid When Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Kamala Harris became Senator-Elect in California this month, she walked through a glass ceiling that had previously been...
California’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, just made history becoming the second black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate ever. Many may not know this, but...
The women of Alpha Kappa Alpha are women of firsts and it looks like these they can celebrate another first added to their list! On December...
President Barack Obama has appointed Gentry O. Smith, a career Foreign Service officer and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., to be director of the...