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Justice for Ahmaud Arbery:  The Sentencing

January 7, 2022 admin 0

By Dr. Valerie Wardlaw – In the Superior Court of Glynn County, Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery took the podium to tell her story of what life has been like for her family without her […]

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Sen. Schumer Says Senate Will Vote on Changes to Filibuster by MLK Day

January 6, 2022 admin 0

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – NNPA NEWSWIRE — (www.blackpressusa.com) – “The weaponization of rules [means that rules] once meant to short-circuit obstruction have been hijacked to guarantee obstruction. We must […]

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NAACP Reaches Settlement with Postal Service Over Delivery of Mail-in Ballots

January 5, 2022 admin 0

(Source: www.telegramnews.net) – Pallets filled with mail-in ballots cram an unloading area at a U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center. The United States Postal Service has reached an agreement with the NAACP on a […]

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dead at 90

December 26, 2021 Staff 0

(CNN) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his […]

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MLK Family Calls For ‘No Celebration’ on Their Father’s Annual Holiday

December 20, 2021 admin 0

Source: www.rollingout.com – By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris  – There may not be a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration this year if the King family and millions of Black Americans don’t get their equal voting rights. The family […]

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HBCU Presidents Pen Letter Pressing Senate to Pass Biden’s Build Back Better Act

December 2, 2021 admin 0

by Derek MajorDecember 1, 2021 – www.blackenterprise.com – HBCU presidents wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urging them to support and pass the Build Back Better Act. […]

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African Countries Rage at New Travel Bans by Vaccine Hoarding Countries

November 30, 2021 admin 0

(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN) – (Source: www.michiganchronicle.com) – Staff Writer – November 30, 2021  – Southern African countries are facing new travel restrictions after the discovery of a handful of coronavirus variants, first found in Botswana. For some […]

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Golf Legend Lee Elder Passes at 87

November 29, 2021 Staff 0

(CNN)Lee Elder, who was the first Black golfer to play at the Masters, has died at the age of 87, the PGA Tour confirmed on Monday. Elder broke through Augusta’s race barrier at the 1975 edition of the […]

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Carrie Meek, Daughter of Sharecroppers Who Blazed Path to Congress, Dies at 95

November 29, 2021 Staff 0

Former Congresswoman Carrie Meek died on Sunday, and will be remembered as a trailblazer, becoming one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction. The late congressman John Lewis had another way of […]

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JUSTICE FOR AHMAUD: Guilty Verdicts

November 24, 2021 Staff 0

By Dr. Valerie Wardlaw Brunswick, Ga. – After more than 11 hours of deliberation and eight days of testimony, a nearly all-white jury in the seaside town of Brunswick, Ga., have brought back guilty verdicts […]

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