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Sep- 2019 -3 September
Kawhi Leonard makes back-to-school donation of backpacks
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Two-time NBA Finals MVP and new Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard announced a donation Aug. 20 of 1 million backpacks for every student in the Moreno…
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3 September
Hip-Hop and Fashion Film Featured at 2019 Sidewalk Festival, Wins Award
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Coming of age during the growth of hip-hop in the mid-1980s and working at the legendary Def Jam Recordings and Rush Artist Management gave filmmaker Lisa Cortés a…
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3 September
Clark Atlanta Alumni in Birmingham Area Welcome Dr. French
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — One thing Miles College President George T. French Jr., PhD, has learned since announcing his resignation from Miles and new position at Clark Atlanta University (CAU): the…
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2 September
IN MEMORIAM: Baxter Leach, a Soldier for Labor
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mr. Leach and fellow sanitation workers rose up and in unison shouted to the world, “I AM A MAN.” They marched against the powers that be, earning…
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2 September
Education in the Segregated South: A Determined African American Culture
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The long struggle over the development of education in the postbellum South occurred in large part because no dominant class could convince the freed people that its…
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2 September
National Congress of Black Women to Honor Shirley Chisholm at Annual Brunch
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We in the National Congress of Black Women consider it an honor to tell the stories of Black women and to remember them at our events as…
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2 September
Court-Ordered Mediation in Maryland HBCU Case Ends without Agreement
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2013, Judge Catherine Blake of the U.S. District Court of Maryland, found the state in violation of the 14th Amendment rights of its HBCU students and…
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2 September
Tennis Center gets council OK; priority question raised
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — After some controversy, Memphis City Council members approved a resolution appropriating $3 million of the $19 million needed for the expansion of the Leftwich Tennis Center at…
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1 September
Knock Knock Angels Transforms Lives Via Makeovers
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — Vicki Lobo is up to her ears in furniture with donations that keep pouring in. It’s far more than she imagined she would receive, and that’s…
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1 September
Green Book of Tampa Bay highlights area’s black vendors and businesses
THE WEEKLY CHALLENGER — Describing itself as a “mobile travel guide,” Green Book of Tampa Bay is an online resource that offers its readers information on African American cultural sites, black…
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