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Defender edges Courier to win prestigious Russwurm Award
MINNEAPOLIS (NNPA)—The Chicago Defender Newspaper, which at 104, is historically among the nation’s oldest and most influential Black-owned newspapers, has been awarded the prestigious Russwurm Award during this year’s NNPA Merit Awards Gala June 26. The Defender edged out its sister paper, the New Pittsburgh Courier, by a single point.
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BIG WINNER—Chicago Defender Publisher Michael House, left, receives the prestigious Russwurm Award from NNPA Foundation Chair Dorothy Leavell (not shown) and Chair John B. Smith Sr.
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Supreme Court expected to take up Davis case
WASHINGTON (NNPA)—The fate of Troy Davis now rests in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. The nation’s highest court was expected this week to consider hearing the case of Davis, a Georgia man convicted 20 years ago of killing a Savannah police officer. Davis’ execution has been stayed three times as lawyers ran through options to keep him alive, but his final appeal now rests with the Supreme Court.
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Remaining Jena 6 are free
WASHINGTON (NNPA)—The racially-charged Jena 6 case came to a quiet end last Friday as the remaining five young defendants accused of beating a classmate accepted a plea deal.
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Black focused series is casualty of NPR ax
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Obama appoints ex-Dallas mayor as first Black Trade rep
(NNPA)—President-elect Barack Obama continued his history-making cabinet appointments when he selected former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as the first Black U.S. Trade Representative.
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Alaskan officials look into racist Obama e-mails
(NNPA)—Alaskan officials are looking into racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state government e-mail accounts.
