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Anti-Protest Bill is Anti-American

February 22, 2021 admin 0

By Patricia Brigham (LWV) & Former Justice Justice Peggy A. Quince (LWV) – Floridians, your First Amendment right to peacefully protest is under attack. Not by extremist groups, but by our very own Florida Legislature. […]

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Black History Month Should Also Celebrate Black Republican Trailblazers

February 19, 2021 admin 0

By Ronna McDaniel –  Black History Month is the time where the nation honors and celebrates the contributions of Black Americans and Black American culture in the United States. This year, I challenge other working […]

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Lawful Use of Medical Marijuana Could Raise Issues for Employees

February 16, 2021 admin 0

(Source: flcourier.com) 2.16.21 – Last November, the Marion County School Board fired a high school administrator after he refused to stop using medical marijuana to treat chronic pain related to a combat injury he sustained […]

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What if Women Didn’t Talk?

February 15, 2021 admin 0

Patriarchy baffles me as much as white supremacy does. How do the men, birthed by women, consider us inferior? When we raise our voices, we are irrational or hysterical. When we are emphatic, we are […]

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Are We Worthy of the Right to Call it “Our Black History?”

February 9, 2021 admin 0

A Message From The Publisher – By Bobby Henry, Sr. (Source: www.westsidegazette.com) – I answered, “We are servants of the God who rules from heaven, and he will make our work succeed. So we will start […]

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Why Black America Could Care Less About Emanuel Jackson’s Fate

February 9, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE —By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent –  Jackson turned himself into the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, admitting his role in the Jan. 6 Trump-inspired insurrection that resulted in the […]

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I SAW THE SIEGE: ‘We Were Outnumbered’ On Capitol Hill, Says Congressional Aide

February 8, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on I SAW THE SIEGE: ‘We Were Outnumbered’ On Capitol Hill, Says Congressional Aide

During Black History Month, Zenger News presents “I Saw the Siege,” a series of on-camera interviews with African-American eyewitnesses to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “I say a prayer every […]

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Celebrating Black History: The St. Augustine Four is a Vital Part of Black History

February 8, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – It was while in St. Augustine that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., urged President Lyndon B. Johnson to send federal […]

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I SAW THE SIEGE: ‘You’re There, You’re In The Heart Of It So It Felt So Unreal’

February 5, 2021 zenger.news Comments Off on I SAW THE SIEGE: ‘You’re There, You’re In The Heart Of It So It Felt So Unreal’

During Black History Month, Zenger News presents “I Saw the Siege,” a series of on-camera interviews with African-American eyewitnesses to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “We knew that this was […]

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It’s Time For Our Leaders To Make Good On Their Promises To Black People

January 28, 2021 admin 0

(Source www.newsone.com) –  Written By Karissa Lewis –  With the new administration in office, the Movement for Black Lives will keep mobilizing and organizing to reverse centuries of disinvestment in Black communities for a future where […]

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