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Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., Last Surviving Birmingham Bomber, Denied Parole

August 5, 2016 Staff 0

by CORKY SIEMASZKO An Alabama parole board has denied the last surviving Birmingham church bomber’s first attempt to get out of prison. Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., an 86-year-old Ku Klux Klansman serving a life sentence for […]

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Slavery Reparations Sought in First Black Lives Matter Agenda

August 2, 2016 Staff 0

By Eric M. Johnson | SEATTLE A coalition affiliated with the anti-racism Black Lives Matter movement called for criminal justice reforms and reparations for slavery in the United States among other demands in its first […]

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Marilyn Mosby on Freddie Gray’s case: We Could Try the Cops 100 Times with the Same Result

August 1, 2016 Staff 0

(Andrew Burton/Getty Images) by Victoria Massie (Vox) A year after Freddie Gray, 25, died from a neck injury he incurred while in the custody of Baltimore police officers after an unlawful arrest, prosecutors announced that […]

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Bipartisan Backlash for Trump for Criticizing Muslim Father

August 1, 2016 Staff 0

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump sparked bipartisan backlash, after the Republican attacked the bereaved parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain who spoke at the Democratic convention last week. Critics from both parties on […]

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Courts in 3 States Block GOP Effort to Restrict Voting Rights

August 1, 2016 Staff 0

CHICAGO (AP) — Courts have dealt setbacks in three states to Republican efforts that critics contend restrict voting rights — blocking a North Carolina law requiring photo identification, loosening a similar measure in Wisconsin and […]

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Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Announces Annual Legislative Conference

July 28, 2016 Staff 0

WASHINGTON—The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) will welcome over 10,000 attendees at its 46th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC), scheduled for September 14 – 18, 2016, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. […]

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Ribault Pilot Program Spotlights Careers in Aviation

July 27, 2016 Staff 0

by Lynn Jones Ribault High School Student Don’terrio McCray made a presentation to the Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) Board of Directors about his experiences during his six week internship this summer with Malone Aviation at […]

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Donna Brazile visits DNC Black Caucus

July 27, 2016 Staff 0

Ayana Jones, phillytrib.com On a day when she was announced as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, Donna Brazile chose to spend the morning in a caucus of Black Democrats in Center City. […]

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Looking to Build Base, Democrats Court Those Aggrieved by Donald Trump

July 27, 2016 Staff 0

The Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem preceded the roll call vote in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Photo credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times) By Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times One after another, they have […]

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Comcast Gives Millions of Low Income Families Internet Service for $10

July 25, 2016 Staff 0

The largest broadcasting and largest cable television company in the world has just announced that they will be expanding their $9.95 per month Internet service so an additional 1.3 million low-income families will have Internet […]

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