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Aug- 2024 -1 August
High School Students to Descend Upon Disney for HBCU Week
America’s High School Students to Descend Upon Walt Disney World Resort for HBCU Week Foundation College Fair in October Written by Jason Roberts NNPA NEWSWIRE — Walt Disney World’s support of…
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Apr- 2020 -20 April
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 wisdom and a social worker’s perspective to deliberations and strategies…
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19 April
While Struggling Americans Await $1,200 Stimulus, Nation’s Wealthiest Reap Windfall
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The $2.3 trillion coronavirus stimulus package includes a temporary tax change for individuals who make at least $1 million a year, according to the Joint Committee on…
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3 April
OP-ED: Making Sense of the 2020 Census
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the Census Bureau post-enumeration survey, 800,000 African Americans went uncounted. What does this mean? It means once again, the voice of African Americans was denied.…
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2 April
CENSUS Must Move Forward During COVID-19 Pandemic
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mail service continues and now advocates are doing what they can to encourage people to fill out CENSUS forms knowing so many Americans are in their homes…
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Mar- 2020 -24 March
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 the Complete Count Fund. Each awardee received from $15,000 to…
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23 March
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 affordable care due to socio-economic circumstances,” said Derrick Johnson, NAACP…
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19 March
OP-ED: We Count Too
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last time the census happened in 2010, I was a 16-year-old high school student and I made sure that we definitely did a better job of…
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13 March
EXCLUSIVE: Rory Gamble Named First African American President of the UAW
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I was sitting at home and brainstorming on things that I needed to do, and then the phone started to ring,” stated Rory Gamble, a welder fixture…
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Feb- 2020 -28 February
Voting Rights Advocates File Emergency After Georgia Officials Strike Early Voting Sites in Gwinnett County
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gwinnett County’s plan means that history is likely going to repeat itself. During the 2016 and 2018 election cycles, Gwinnett County had only one voting location at…
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