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HBCUs Divided Over Free Community College

January 23, 2015 Staff 0

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNNPA) – Black college educators and supporters are sharply split over whether President Obama’s proposal to offer a free two-year community college education to students making progress […]

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MLK Estate Drops Lawsuit Against King Center Over Licensing

January 23, 2015 Staff 0

KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With the dismissal of one of two lawsuits that effectively pitted them against each other, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s children took a step Thursday toward resolving […]

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Black Lives Still Matter to Grassroots Organizations and Black Media

January 14, 2015 Staff 0

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The last several months have seen an outpouring of activism, with slogans coming in waves: “Justice for Mike Brown,” “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” and “I Can’t […]

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Harriet Tubman Historic Park Established

January 14, 2015 Staff 0

Congress has voted to establish a national historic park for Harriet Tubman, a conductor on the Underground Railroad. The U.S. Senate voted in December to establish a Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in her former […]

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Judge Could Rule in Dispute over MLK Bible and Nobel Medal

January 13, 2015 Staff 0

Kate Brumback, ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s traveling Bible hasn’t gone on regular display since President Barack Obama used it while taking his second oath of office two years […]

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Edward Brooke, 1st Black Elected U.S. Senator, Dies

January 5, 2015 Staff 0

BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate, died Saturday. He was 95. Brooke died of […]

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Feds to Create Wrongful Convictions Unit

November 20, 2014 Staff 0

By Jazelle Hunt U.S. Attorneys across the nation are professional prosecutors, making sure criminals are locked up for their crimes. Beginning this fall, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia will take on […]

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