July 23

1900—The first Pan African conference takes place in London, England. Blacks from throughout the world gathered to plot strategies for bringing about rights for all people of African ancestry, independence from colonialism for African countries and international Black unity. This “conference” was the precursor of all the subsequent Pan African “Congresses.” Among the most prominent names present in 1900 were African-American activist and intellectual W.E.B. DuBois and West Indian lawyer H. Sylvester Williams. “Pan Africanism” became both a movement and a way of thinking.

W.E.B. DuBOIS

(NNPA)—The NAACP is “deeply concerned” about the absence of African-Americans among the hosts or anchors in the Cable News Network’s just-released prime time schedule.

“As CNN announced their new schedule, a glaring omission was present–-no African-Americans were hosts or anchors in their prime time lineup,” NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said in a statement. “The NAACP is deeply concerned with the lack of African-American journalists in prime time news, both on cable and national network news shows.”

Apparently, this is not just a CNN problem. According to the NAACP, there are currently no African-Americans hosting or anchoring any national or cable news shows during peak viewing hours.

The nationwide movement encourages Black men to drop students off on their first day of school and guard school doors to symbolize their support and protectiveness of all children earning their education.

(NNPA)—The media’s obsession with the Casey Anthony murder trial has brought attention to an unspoken and significant question: If Casey’s daughter had been Black, Hispanic or Asian, would the case have garnered as much attention?

Known as “tot mom” by HLN’s host Nancy Grace, Casey Anthony was acquitted July 5 of a first-degree murder charge, which left viewers across the country puzzled and angry that no one had been held responsible for the death of two-year-old Caylee Anthony. Some news outlets questioned the trial’s overwhelming coverage and said race and social status played a major role in a case that saturated social media.

Casey Anthony waits in the courtroom before the start of her sentencing hearing in Orlando, Fla., July 7. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)

The International Business Times (IBT) was shocked that the Casey Anthony trial drew as much attention as it did because significant elements that attract spectators were not there.