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Opinion: Honoring John Lewis' legacy should go beyond renaming Selma bridge - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The bridge should have been renamed long ago. Pettus was a domestic terrorist who fought in a traitor army for the right to claim ownership of human beings. Children aren't brought to Edmund Pettus Bridge to learn about him; families now make the pilgrimage to teach the next generation that men
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Bay Street entrepreneur pledges to fight racism
A major figure in Canada’s corporate world is challenging that sector in the country to confront racism. In light of the death of George Floyd while in the custody of police officers in Minneapolis in the United States, Jamaican Canadian Wes Hall,...
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Fraser-Pryce looking forward to representing region in Athletics Association - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Four-time 100m World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says that she is excited about advocating for change in track and field as a founding board member of newly created Athletics
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'He is free at last.' Activists and politicians honor John Lewis - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Lewis was the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama. He ultimately became a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US
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Capital Punishment on the rise as Prisoners is being executed : TheGrio : TheGrio
The federal government is now executing convicted murderers after a 17-year hiatus. Since 1950, there have been 26 federal executions.... View Article The post Federal execution of capital punishment on the rise appeared first on TheGrio.
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Letter To The Editor: We stand by this superintendent | New Pittsburgh Courier
  Dear Editor: The Western PA Black Political Assembly was founded in 2003 with purpose of educating and empowering the African American community politically. We are writing an open letter to the City of Pittsburgh to state our full and unequivocal support of Dr. Anthony Hamlet the
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Rev. Vickey Gibbs, beloved Houston pastor and activist, dies at 57 - L.A. Focus Newspaper
At her church, she spoke about racial tensions in our country and the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. She also talked about Covid-19 testing shortages and remembered the more than 100,000 people who have died from the coronavirus in the US in the last four
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'Twins': Fans Say Eva Marcille's Throwback Pic Makes Her Look Like Keri Hilson
Some folks are flipping out over the similarities between Eva Marcille and singer-songwriter Keri Hilson. The former cast member of 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' […]
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Our Democracy Depends On Expanded Voting Options | Afro
By Kathi Kramer Dear Editor: The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on all of our lives is clear. Even as some states begin to recover or even reopen, many of us are still worried for the health and wellbeing of our families, friends, and colleagues. But I’m also worried about the impact
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Sports can unite us; racial slurs divide us – Daytona Times
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GREEN ACRES URBAN FARM AND RESEARCH BIO-PARK PREPARES FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITIES AND JOB GROWTH
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What's Going On | New York Carib News
SUMMERTIME IN AMERICA The July 4th gun violence afflicting Black America from coast to coast continues in NYC. During the July 11/12, fifteen people were shot. On Monday, July 13, seventeen people were shot in the city, ten of them in Brooklyn where there were seven fatalities, including
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Fox's Chris Wallace fact checks Trump - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Chamisa councillors snub Khupe
MDC Alliance councillors yesterday snubbed MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe, with 14 out of 71 councillors from Greater Harare attending her party meeting at Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House. BY MOSES MATENGA Khupe’s team tried to inflate the attendance figures, with two
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About John Lewis | Afro
By Ralph Moore About John Lewis: The documentary, 'Good Trouble' is such a wonderful video of a marvelous man. Planned awhile ago, our Peace Campers will learn about John Lewis this upcoming week of 7/20/2020. Our Teacher-Counselors are excited to be teaching about him using that documentary with
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Obituary: Remembering US civil rights icon John Lewis
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C.T. Vivian was one of the Civil Rights Movement’s Bravest Leaders and Greatest Storytellers, SCLC President Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. said | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Vivian, Steele said, Helped Pave the Way for the Next Generation of Social Justice Leaders Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., president and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization co-founded and first led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., issued the following statement
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Trump Orders Flags Lowered at Half Staff in Honor of John Lewis
As a show of respect for the memory of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) who passed away Friday at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, President Donald Trump ordered flags on all federal buildings to be flown Saturday at half-staff. “ Despite Lewis’ 2017 boycott of Trump’s inauguration in
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Reflections on the Passing of Congressman John R. Lewis and Dr. C.T. Vivian | Afro
Congressman John Robert Lewis died last night. He was eighty. That’s two Civil Rights icons in one day, and three since March 27, inclusive of Dr. C. T. Vivian and Dr. Joseph E. Lowery. Vivian was 95 and Lowery was 98. Their testimony, their theology, their style of advocacy are fast becoming
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Gary businesses reap over $56M in PPP loans | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Powers and Sons Construction awarded $1M to $2M loan, the largest among known Black firms in NW Indiana By Erick Johnson Some 531 businesses in Gary were recently awarded at least $56,519,207 in loans from the federal $669 billion Paycheck Protection Program, according to a Crusader analysis of
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Jamaica: Law genius Crafton Miller still winning big cases at age 90 - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer) Legal luminary Crafton Stephen Miller is not even thinking of a water break as he moves on from 90 to a score that will take him further into life's record books. The article Jamaica: Law genius Crafton Miller still winning big cases at age 90 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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