OAKLAND POST — Kit was born July 16, 1950, in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Horace and Esther Littlejohn. She was raised in Washington, D.C., where she married Attorney Gregory (Greg) R. McConnell in 1973. The couple first met at Backus Junior High School in 1963. They attended Coolidge High School and Howard University where Kit graduated in 1972 with a degree in English.
Times Weekly Staff
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Commentary, Community, Featured, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics
OP-ED: Empowering Black Communities Means Ensuring We Can Make Our Own Decisions with Dignity
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While activists of color have historically practiced reproductive justice through our grassroots organizing, campaigns, and broader social justice work, naming it has helped further focus on the needs of our communities as mainstream leaders have failed to recognize the unique challenges that Black women in particular face when trying to obtain abortion […]
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Business, Commentary, Community, Lifestyle, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, The Drum, The DRUM Newspaper
Looks delicious. Smells divine. But don’t eat these candles
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Created by Kenyata Fountain, all candles uniquely smell and look like a drink or dessert. The Unwine Collection is a collection of candles that look like alcoholic beverages. The Old Fashion candle is scented with bourbon and vanilla. Coffee candles are light and dark roast and there’s even the affogato candle with […]
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Business, Commentary, Community, Education, Entertainment, Media, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Press Room
PRESS ROOM: Landmark 15th Year of Disney Dreamers Academy Program Awaits 2022 Class of Talented High School Students
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For its 15th year, Disney Dreamers Academy is supporting students in even more ways. In a new initiative, Disney Dreamers Academy, in partnership with ESPN’s The Undefeated and GRAMMY-nominated rap artist Cordae, is awarding college scholarships to 11 students from underrepresented communities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The post PRESS ROOM: […]
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Commentary, Community, Featured, National, News, NNPA, Politics, Rolling Out, Rollingout.com
10 little-known facts about Martin Luther King Jr.
ROLLING OUT — As the nation pauses to pay homage to one of America’s greatest sons, take a look at some little-known facts about the late civil rights icon.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, ♃ Recent Stories ☄, Birmingham Times, Black Experience, Black History, Commentary, Community, Denise McNair, Featured, justice, National, News, NNPA
A Listing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nearly Two Dozen Visits to Birmingham
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Many point to King’s efforts in Birmingham in the spring of 1963, when he helped direct thousands of demonstrators to fill up Birmingham jails, as legacy-defining. His work during that pivotal year helped loosen the grip of segregation not just in the South but nationwide. However, King, whose birthday will be […]
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Commentary, Community, Featured, National, News, NNPA, Op-Ed, Opinion, Politics
AFRO Archives Jan. 28, 2015: They Stood Together
THE AFRO — Most knowledgeable political historians agree that the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and the Voting Rights Acts, which passed one year later, became law because President Johnson passionately supported them. In addition to the two landmark civil rights measures, the nation also witnessed the passage of legislation that introduced Medicaid and Medicare […]
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Atlanta Voice, Black Experience, Black History, Commentary, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Lifestyle, National, News, NNPA, Religion
Atlanta church service will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
THE ATLANTA VOICE — In a news release, the King Center in Atlanta said the 10 a.m. Monday service will be broadcast live on Atlanta’s Fox TV affiliate and on Facebook, YouTube and thekingcenter.org. The Rev. Natosha Reid Rice and Pastor Sam Collier will preside over the service. This year’s keynote speaker is the Rev. […]
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Chicago Defender, Commentary, Community, Digital Daily, Featured, National, News, NNPA
Ways to Give Back for MLK Day
THE CHICAGO DEFENDER — In this new year, and particularly around MLK Day, you can set a 2022 goal to volunteer as a family. Honeycomb’s schedule of upcoming volunteer opportunities is on their website. Families can, for example, sign up to prepare a home-cooked meal for those staying at a Wicker Park shelter, help protect […]
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Chicago Defender, Commentary, Community, Digital Daily, Featured, Local, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Op-Ed, Opinion, Politics
OP-ED: Candidate for Congress Kina Collins Says It is Time to Let Young People Lead
THE CHICAGO DEFENDER — John Lewis was 25 when he marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and was beaten by state troopers who fractured his skull. The Greensboro sit-ins at the Woolworth’s lunch counter were led by four college students. And the nine students who bravely integrated Little Rock Central High School […]
