today in black history

November 17, 2025

Massachusetts' Edward Brooke, Andrew Young of Georgia and Texan Barbara Jordan are among 16 Blacks elected to Congress in 1972.

Today in Black America - November 17

POSTED: November 17, 2025, 5:30 am

  • POST
    • Add to Mixx!
  • SEND TO FRIEND
  • Text Size
  • TEXT SIZE
  • CLEARPRINT
  • PDF

Note: Some newspapers listed use a pay wall that requires a subscription before you can access the article.

The Associated Press

Dozens arrested in North Carolina immigration enforcement surge, Border Patrol official says

Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump’s immigration policies are shaking that belief

Most of Gaza’s schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class


The Washington Post

In shift, Trump says House should vote to release Epstein files

China expands desert nuclear test site as Trump revives nuclear tension

Fight over abortion could doom Congress’s health care plans


USA Today


Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioter for gun charges

Trump calls Zohran Mamdani a "communist," but here is what democratic socialism actually is

Trump lied about DOGE 'dividends' that never came. His chatbot just admitted it. | Opinion


The New York Times


They Rushed to Buy Homes During the Pandemic. Now, Some Feel Trapped.

Bruni: A Democratic Senate Majority? That’s Not an Impossible Dream.


Calvin Duncan’s Unlikely Journey: Convict to Exoneree to Elected Official


The Los Angeles Times


Flood advisory remains in effect across L.A. as ‘intense’ rain continues

McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers. Economists call it a symptom of the stark wealth divide

At L.A. Public Library literary salon, a military historian offers hope: ‘We have faced grimmer times’



NJ.com

N.J. is finally getting its version of NYC’s elevated High Line park

5 shot, child and woman dead after tragic shooting


Islamic group wants to transform 10 acres of wooded N.J. land into a ‘social mosaic’ for all faiths


The Chicago Sun-Times


Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. stabilized, breathing on his own

Pastors speak of brutality of arrests at hands of local cops at Broadview ICE facility

Tear gas, car crashes, chokeholds: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

City Council proposes oversight commission for Dickens’ $5 billion plan


Gwinnett superintendent search marks pivotal point for school district


‘Digital is real time, print is lifetime’: Farewells to the paper AJC



Note: Some newspapers listed use a pay wall that requires a subscription before you can access the article.

Related References