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COMMENTARY: The Martin Luther King They Love

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Whites framed their malice toward King as something other than racism. They did not oppose MLK because…

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COMMENTARY: Them Texas Chickens!!!

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “If Malcolm was alive today, he would tell you that the chickens have come home to roost…

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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…

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POLITICS 2019: Moses still maneuvering to get on mayoral ballot

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Local activist Pamela Moses wants her name on the October 3rd ballot and will move forward…

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IN MEMORIAM: Community honors Sadie Roberts-Joseph

NNPA NEWSWIRE — BATON ROUGE (The Drum/NNPA)—For more than three decades, Sadie Roberts-Joseph was an exceptional force of civic and…

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Dolores Huerta Square honors longtime activist

WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Civil rights activist and labor union leader Dolores Huerta had her name enshrined at the intersection of…

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OP-ED: Women’s Suffrage Forged by Founding Sisters: Happy Birthday to Ida B.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ida B. revered the Black press as an organizing tool. Though her newspaper The Memphis Free Speech…

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COMMENTARY: Happy Juneteenth? …No Check?!

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Dallas County Commissioners Court approved by voice vote, a resolution that honors the life, death and…

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