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Occupy the Vote – No Bullies at the Polls – By Marc H. Morial

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By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #38) – Last week, a new report by Common Cause and Demos, entitled “Bullies at the Ballot Box,” took direct aim at Jim Crow-like tactics designed to challenge and intimidate voters at the polls. The report especially notes the campaign of intimidation that is currently being waged by […]
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New Solo Recording Artist Jey Gibbs Wants to “Touch Yo Body” With Debut Single Release

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Brooklyn, NY – When Jey Gibbs stepped foot on the stage of the legendary “Showtime at the Apollo,” and opened his mouth, he was only 13, but he knew destiny was calling out to him. Singing since the age of four, the young artist was blessed with a gift that made the adults around him […]
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A.M.X and Bobby DeBarge Jr. Collaboration, “One and Only (Deluxe Edition)” Makes iTunes “Hot Tracks”

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Hollywood, CA – What happens when you put two musical forces together to collaborate on a hot single? Well in the case of emerging pop/R&B artist A.M.X. and heir to the Debarge throne, Bobby DeBarge Jr. – the answer is “One and Only (Deluxe Edition).” Written and produced by A.M.X. and performed by Bobby DeBarge, […]
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Activists use education to overcome new voting laws

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by Deborah Barfield Berry, Gannett Washington Bureau (USA Today) – At Jackson State University and Tougaloo College in Mississippi, students are setting up voter registration tables at football games and at Friday “hot spots” where classmates gather for music and fun. “Everybody comes out and we get students registered,” said Brian Wilks, president of the […]
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Voter ID laws provoking black women, who had highest turnout in 2008, to turn out voters

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Suzanne Gamboa, AP (The Washington Post) — Deidra Reese isn’t waiting for people to come to her to find out whether they are registered to vote.  With iPad in hand, Reese is going to community centers, homes and churches in nine Ohio cities, looking up registrations to make sure voters have proper ID and […]
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Hair Stylist to the Stars, Dr. Boogie Says “Hold It” with New All Natural Product Line

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Hollywood, CA – Celebrity hair stylist Dr. Boogie is well known for getting his “mane” business on. With a reputation for teasing the tresses of Hollywood’s finest, including Vivica Fox, Debbie Allen, Kym Whitley and even VH1’s “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta’s” own Mimi Faust, the hair doctor is now offering his branded prescription to […]
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2012 Political Slavery – By Lucius Gantt

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The Gantt Report – Three or four hundred years ago there were two distinct kinds of Black people living in America.There were so called House Negroes and Field Negroes. The House Negroes were preferred, not loved, by their masters. The House Negroes ate leftovers and the Field Negroes ate pig guts and other foods that […]
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Following His Debut Single Featuring Snoop Dogg Pop/R&B Sensation A.M.X. Boasts “We Can Do Whatever” With Next Release

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Hollywood, CA – When new pop/R&B sensation Andre Mieux aka A.M.X. boasts “We Can Do Whatever” in the hook of his latest single release, he means it! Unleashing the track on the heels of his debut “You Made Me Change My Number,” which featured none other than rap icon Snoop Dogg, A.M.X. spits game with […]
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Black Women’s Roundtable Shifts the Focus to the Issues and Voting Power of Black Women at the Republican and Democratic Conventions

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Washington, DC – In their continuing efforts to make Black women’s issues a top priority and remind elected officials and candidates of the voting power of Black women, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s (NCBCP) Black Women’s Roundtable co-hosted nonpartisan round table discussions in conjunction with the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, FL, […]
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