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Hundred of Returning Citizens Traveling to the State Capitol for Florida Rights Restoration Coalition’s (FRRC) Advocacy Day

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-Group Advocating For Second Chance Employment, Housing and Voting Initiatives on February 16th-  TALLAHASSEE, FLA. – February 7, 2022 Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), including hundreds of returning citizens from across Florida, will return to the […]

President Joe Biden chose to focus on the just-released unemployment numbers in September jobs report, describing that measure as “great progress.” Biden delivered those remarks on October 8 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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President Biden Confirms He Will Select a Black Woman for the U.S. Supreme Court

February 7, 2022 admin 0

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent – Source: www.blackpressusa.com) -NNPA NEWSWIRE — At the White House before Breyer spoke, the President said, “I have made no decision except one. The person I will nominate […]

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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Mourns Sudden Loss of President

January 24, 2022 Staff 0

By Dr. Valerie Wardlaw Cheryl A. Hickmon, the 27th National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and Chair of the Board of Directors “transitioned peacefully on January 20, 2022, after a recent illness”, the […]

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Maya Angelou First Black Woman on U.S. Coin

January 13, 2022 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown  – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – – “Each time we redesign our currency, we have the chance to say something about our country — what […]

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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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