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by Austin R. Cooper Jr. – via www.washingtoninformer.com – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was created under President Lyndon B. Johnson on Sept. 9, 1965 to allow the federal government […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – @StacyBrownmedia – That’s enough of racism and bigotry, says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. The Democratic representative from Texas has introduced House Resolution 61, which would amend Title 18 […]
@StacyBrownMedia, By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Rep. Steven Horsford, a Democrat from Nevada, and Rep. Yvette Clarke of Brooklyn, NY, said that the government’s policy, which is very similar to […]
By Ryan Dailey – THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA – TALLAHASSEE — Saying that an African American studies course “lacks educational value,” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is defending its rejection of the curriculum, while Black religious leaders and […]
by AFRO Staff – On Jan. 18, Governor Wes Moore was officially sworn into office on the steps of the Maryland State House. The first Black man to take the governor’s seat in the state publicly […]
This past fall, a record number of Black men and women ran for U.S. Senate and governor seats. The unprecedented candidates had the potential to increase diversity in the nation’s top elected offices, which are […]
by Andrew Pantazi – via https://jaxtrib.org – A federal court has agreed to waive part of the Jacksonville charter’s residency requirements for City Council candidates ahead of the March elections. Normally, candidates must reside in a district for […]
via www.miamitimesonline.com – Gov. Ron DeSantis was sworn in Tuesday to start his second term and delivered a divisive inauguration speech that further embraces the culture wars. Here are select excerpts from his remarks: Freedom […]
A bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without consent or compensation and used to revolutionize biomedical research, will be erected in her hometown of Roanoke, Va. WABE reports that […]
Shaneka Ferrell, a Duval County Public School counselor at Douglas Anderson School for the Arts was recently selected as the winner of the Wolfburg Fellowship for Social Justice in Education. Established in 2020, the Wolfburg […]
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