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Benjamin F. Wilson

Benjamin F. Wilson is a Managing Principal of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., a 100-lawyer firm that is focused on environmental and natural resource law, litigation and project development.

In this role, Wilson serves as lead counsel in complex litigation matters for major corporations

and developers, and represents cities and local government agencies on Clean Water Act

enforcement, wetlands development, Superfund and environmental justice matters. Currently, Wilson serves as the Court Appointed Monitor for the Duke Energy ash spill case.

In 2014, The Network Journal profiled Wilson in its “Attorneys at the Top” feature. Wilson established the African-American General Counsel and Managing Partners Network in 2012, and founded the Diverse Partners Network in 2008.
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WASHINGTON: Observing that the recent killings of African-Americans in the US have exposed the horrifying reality of anti-blackness in the country, an Indian-American advocacy group has said that many people of Indian- and South Asian-origin have been, at best, silent and at worst, complicit for
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Pastor Seth Martin, a resident of Minneapolis spoke to the AFRO about the May 25 death of George Floyd, the calls for the prosecution of the officers and the tension mounting in the Black
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Charles Payne says he’s ‘proud’ 404,000 black Americans received jobs in June
Fox Business host Charles Payne reacts to Trump stating ‘African American workers made historic gains in the June jobs report’ on
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In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief | Afro
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Harriet Tubman House
In 1904 the Harriet Tubman House was founded in Boston's South End neighborhood by six Black women who donated their time, resources, and even their property to establish a settlement house to 'assist working girls (from the South) in charitable ways.' Julia O. Henson (a personal friend of
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MacArthur Fellows
Five African-Americans of Boston have received the prestigious MacArthur Fellows award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago: Elma Lewis (1981) for Arts Education; Robert Moses (1982) Philosophy and Education; Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (1984) Sociology of Education; Muriel
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DeSoto ISD Superintendent Speaks on Social Justice | Dallas Weekly
As an educator, I’ve seen our public education system fail at effectively ensuring that students not only learn core content at equitably rigorous levels, but also fail at helping students learn about the realities of race, class, privilege, and collective
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Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital
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The Association of Black American Ambassadors (ABAA) joins the nation and people of conscience around the world, in mourning the brutal deaths of George Floyd, Ahmed Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed Black
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Source: allAfrica.com
Uganda: Key Issues Ugandans Expect in Museveni Nation Address
Mr Julius Mukunda, the executive director of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), yesterday said the first thing the President should tell Ugandans is how to revamp the private sector by clearing all domestic arrears worth
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Birmingham Mayor Woodfin joins ‘HBCU Students for Biden’ Town Hall
On Thursday, Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin joined the national Co-Chairs of “HBCU Students for Biden” to discuss Vice President Biden’s policies and to answer
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Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Reflects On Moving Forward | L.A. Focus Newspaper
“At the beginning of today’s Board meeting we did take a moment of silence in recognition of the tragic death of George Floyd and the persistent racialized violence against
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Nike Makes Juneteenth An Annual Paid Holiday
In an internal memo, Nike has revealed that it will be recognizing Juneteenth as an annual paid
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WHY HOLDING BIDEN HOSTAGE TO BLACK FEMALE VP PICK COULD BACKFIRE | Black Star News
Seven prominent Black women activists have made a strong case, and a bit of stir, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, "Biden Still Needs Black
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Temperance Society
In the early 1830s Jane Putnam and Susan Paul formed a temperance society. In 1833 the group was responsible for 114 African-Americans taking the 'cold water pledge' denouncing liquor. Two years later in 1835 the New England Temperance Society of People of Color was formed.
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Social Justice
This weekend took me back to December 2015, when my former student, Quintonio LeGrier, was killed on his front porch by a Chicago Police Officer who stated he reacted out of
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United Airlines appoints first African American president
Chicago based United Airlines announced Brett J. Hart as the
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#Election2020 – The South is red. It's also Black | The Atlanta Voice
His rally is a stick in the eye not only of people concerned about coronavirus, but also to Oklahoma’s Black
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The events of the Civil Rights movement were a catalyst for blacks to leave the Republican Party in
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Amber Riley Says She Was Once Told That White Women Aren't 'Fireable,' Weighs In on Former 'Glee' Co-Star Lea Michele's Behavior on Set
Amber Riley spoke about her former “Glee” co-star Lea Michele being accused of mistreating cast mates after Michele was called out by Samantha Marie Ware, who also was on the
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Boldly “All In” – Driving Diversity and Inclusion and Making Strides
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Keep Your Statues And Movies- Give Us Our Reparations Now – Your Black World
The paper says, “HBO Max temporarily removed the epic from its service after the surge of Black Lives Matter protests across the country and a re-energized discussion about racial inequality” ) But While Hollywood copes with their conflicts and contradictions for promoting White supremacy in their
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Bob Johnson Calls on BLM to Establish Independent Black Political Party to Help Advance Black Interests
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Open letter: African writers in solidarity with African Americans
Dozens of writers from across Africa and the diaspora have co-signed a letter of support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the face of growing protests in the United States following the latest death of an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, at the hands of white police
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100 Black Women Lawyers Go Live on Zoom Call | Afro
100 BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS GO LIVE, MAKING HISTORY WITH ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL ABOUT INJUSTICE
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Alfred W. Zollar
Alfred W. Zollar was the General Manager of IBM Tivoli Software from July 2004 until January 2011. In this role, Zollar was responsible for the executive leadership, strategy and P&L of the Tivoli brand, a global, multi-billion dollar business within IBM’s $20 Billion Software
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