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Civil Rights Icon Benjamin Chavis to Host Weekly Black Talk Show on PBS - Carolina Peacemaker

WASHINGTON, DC - Civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin Chavis, former NAACP executive director and current president/CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), will become host of a weekly Black-oriented public affairs talk show on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) in October. As racial tensions and disparities have skyrocketed in almost every category of American life, […]

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