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Oct- 2020 -19 October#NNPA BlackPress
Black Scholars Form Group to Educate and Dismiss Election Myths on Social Media
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Black voters continue to face enormous hurdles in the U.S. electoral process. Voter disenfranchisement and suppression are…
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Mar- 2020 -24 March#NNPA BlackPress
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…
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Sep- 2019 -30 September#NNPA BlackPress
Cane Creek revisits ‘Free Joe’ connection as the church notes its 159th anniversary
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Pastor Dawson and the nearly 300-member congregation marked the church’s 159th anniversary with a program that marked…
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2 September#NNPA BlackPress
COMMENTARY: Commemorating 400 Years of the African Diaspora Experience
THE AFRO — History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and…
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Aug- 2019 -30 August#NNPA BlackPress
LeMoyne-Owen College ceremony marks 400-year odyssey of Africans in America
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — It was 400 years ago when the first Africans arrived in Jamestown, Va., marking the beginning of…
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30 August#NNPA BlackPress
Author Pam Bailey’s Ancestry Search Led to First Time Reunion with Close Family in South Florida
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — America’s dark tragic past with African Americans through slavery, reconstruction and Jim Crow laws led to many…
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28 August#NNPA BlackPress
NNPA Celebrates the CBCF’s Annual Legislative Conference
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As the CBCF prepares for its 49th ALC, the focus for all involved will be on social,…
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22 August#NNPA BlackPress
‘Weeping Time’ Author, Historian Anne C. Bailey Discusses Slave Auctions and her Involvement in NY Times’ 1619 Project
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An auction took place on March 2 and 3, 1859, at the Ten Broeck Racetrack, where slaves…
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Jul- 2019 -26 JulyNational
Schumer Latest to Support Reparations for African Americans
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Count New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer among those supporting House Resolution 40, legislation by Texas Rep.…
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23 JulyBlack History
Verniecia Green-Jordan Builds Family/Perris Legacy
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — From the far reaches of the antebellum south where Afro-Appalachian descendants fought through slavery, reconstruction and…
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