The Final Call
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Dec- 2024 -18 December
Polk County Woman Wins $1 Million Prize Playing MONOPOLY™ SECRET VAULT SCRATCH-OFF GAME
Tuesday, the Florida Lottery announced Sarah Caceres, 44, of Winter Haven, claimed a $1 million prize from the $5 MONOPOLY™ SECRET VAULT Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Caceres…
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Mar- 2020 -8 March
COMMENTARY: No War on Poverty — The King Holiday and American Hypocrisy
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the Poor People’s Campaign was about building on that power to…
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Jan- 2020 -11 January
The Black struggle in 2019: Staying aware, facing injustice and fighting for the future
THE FINAL CALL — There was a mass shooting in this country every single day in 2019 and 29 of those 385 mass shootings were also mass murders. Some of…
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Aug- 2019 -22 August
Black businesse$, Black consumer$: A necessary alliance
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There are approximately 2.6 million Black-owned businesses in the United States. The number of Black or African American-owned firms grew 34.5 percent between 2007 and 2012— from…
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12 August
Mass shootings, widespread death, White hatred permeate America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to authorities, Patrick Crusius, the 21-year-old White male identified as the shooter, drove nearly 10 hours from his hometown of Allen, Texas, about 30 miles north…
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Jul- 2019 -21 July
COMMENTARY: Is U.S. marching steadily to war with Iran?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A war, Mr. Trump may be estimating, could “rescue” him politically, and inject more money into the Pentagon. The U.S. “war strategy” was revealed by Reps. Elissa…
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11 July
‘Black snow’ from sugarcane harmful to Black, poor communities in Florida?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While these burnings have been going on for several years with groups rising up to combat them, a recent lawsuit against the Florida sugar industry has brought…
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11 July
A troubled police force and hope for change
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a trial where one prosecutor called the officers “gangsters with a badge,” eight cops were indicted, six pled guilty, and four opted to testify in the…
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