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Jan- 2020 -19 January#NNPA BlackPress
Black News Channel Network Launch Fulfills Lifelong Dream of JC Watts
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Tallahassee, Florida-based BNC counts as the brainchild of J.C. Watts, Jr., who is described by Tommy…
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19 January#NNPA BlackPress
OP-ED: Redefining Suffrage, Unerasing Black Women
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 19th Amendment was adopted Aug. 18, 1920, after the required number of states ratified the constitutional…
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18 January#NNPA BlackPress
EXCLUSIVE: Rev. Dr. William Barber Addresses Systemic Racism, Poverty & Voting Rights During Call with the Black Press
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Following the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court case, which gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights…
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18 January#NNPA BlackPress
Census Officials Kick Off $250 Million Ad Campaign in Washington
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At a news conference at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., Census officials revealed that they would have…
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18 January#NNPA BlackPress
NNPA Urges Better U.S.-Cuba Relations
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The majority of the people of the United States want better relations with Cuba, and that is…
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18 January#NNPA BlackPress
Blacks Make up Majority of Inmates in Mississippi’s Debtors Prison
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An investigation led by The Marshall Project and the nonprofit Mississippi Today discovered that hundreds of Mississippi…
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17 January#NNPA BlackPress
Inhumane Conditions, Violence and Death Represents Everyday Life at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Tuesday, January 14, hip-hop superstar Jay-Z sued the head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and…
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17 January#NNPA BlackPress
COMMENTARY: Silence the Violence for 2020
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our nation is at war with itself. If you are young, gifted and black, chances are you…
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17 January#NNPA BlackPress
Dallas Examiner Publisher Mollie Belt to Receive NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It is with great pleasure that the NNPA Executive Committee has selected Mollie Belt for the honor…
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17 January#NNPA BlackPress
Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. Head 2020 Rock Hall of Fame Class
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition to Houston and Wallace, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, the Doobie Brothers, and T. Rex…
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