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NAACP, Black Leaders demand Congress act on voting rights

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent With voter suppression laws taking shape in Texas, Georgia, Arizona, and just about every GOP-led state...

Cash and King and Justice

“Quit Playin” You can run on for a long time…but sooner or later God will cut you down.– Johnny Cash The arc of the moral universe...

Preventing the Fall of America

As we have celebrated the birthday and contribution of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one has to be concerned about the America that has...

Congressman John Lewis, Mayor Kasim Reed speak on death of Ralph David Abernathy III

ATLANTA — Ralph David Abernathy III, the former Georgia state senator who was the sociopolitical heir to his father, the iconic Ralph David Abernathy Jr.,…

Civil rights groups oppose MLK memorial on Stone Mountain

ATLANTA — Local civil rights leaders implored Gov. Nathan Deal not to move forward with plans to hoist a memorial of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on…

This Week In Black History…For the Week of August 26-September 1

  August 26 1943—In a primarily token gesture Black Chicago Congressman William L. Dawson is recommended to be the Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate. For several...

From ceremony to action

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, we must not forget that the fight for equal voting...

Jimmie Lee Jackson inspired Selma march

(NNPA)—Although Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis captured the headlines, it was the death of 26-year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson that inspired the...

Selma: White Savior Not Required

  The fierce and aligned, if not coordinated, campaign to smear the motion picture “Selma” by suggesting it inaccurately portrays the role of President Lyndon...

Youngest participant in 1965 Selma march speaks out

NEW YORK (AP) — The youngest person in the 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, demanding voting rights for African-Americans says she still has the...

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