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AME Zion Bishop Staccato Powell found guilty, disrobed | Afro
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By Nyah Marshall, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – It would have been hard to miss Brita Filter even if he weren’t at the forefront of the tens of thousands of people marching through the nation’s capital demanding their voting rights be upheld. Filter, whose real name is Jesse
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