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Feb- 2024 -12 February#NNPA BlackPress
Disturbing Disparities in Homicide Rates Highlight Urgent Need for Action on Black Women’s Safety
In 2020, the homicide rate among Black women was 11.6 per 100,000, a stark contrast to the rate of 3…
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Apr- 2020 -20 April#NNPA BlackPress
OP-ED: Remembering Dr. Dorothy Irene Height
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During the early Civil Rights Movement when women worked behind the scenes, Dorothy Height’s quiet power brought…
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8 April#NNPA BlackPress
Signs COVID-19 is Disproportionately Impacting African Americans Grow Larger
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “States MUST start tracking and reporting race data in connection with #Covid_19. As of Friday morning, African…
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Mar- 2020 -24 March#NNPA BlackPress
OP-ED: New York City is Moving on Up
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In December 2020, Mayor DeBlasio and the New York City Council announced more than 150 awardees of…
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23 March#NNPA BlackPress
NAACP holds teleconference to reach out to community
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The truth is, there are so many within this nation who are disenfranchised from receiving adequate and…
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8 March#NNPA BlackPress
FILM REVIEW: Burden
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Forest Whitaker’s character, Reverend Kennedy, gets involved when the Klan opens up a KKK museum right in…
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8 March#NNPA BlackPress
COMMENTARY: No War on Poverty — The King Holiday and American Hypocrisy
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the…
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Feb- 2020 -19 February#NNPA BlackPress
OP-ED: By the Content of their Character
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the summer of 1963, Reuther teamed up with Dr. King in Detroit for The Walk to…
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11 February#NNPA BlackPress
Black voters are the cornerstone of the Democratic Party and the most reliable voting block.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump is increasingly highlighting his pitch to African Americans as Democrats struggle to decide amongst a crowded…
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Jan- 2020 -20 January#NNPA BlackPress
COMMENTARY: Renewing Martin Luther King’s Dream by Renewing Our Minds
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King's youngest child, Bernice King, has followed in her father’s footsteps, becoming an ordained minister and…
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