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Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine, dies

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By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post – Jefferson Thomas, one of the “Little Rock Nine” who provoked a major civil rights battle when they integrated Arkansas’ largest public high school in 1957 over the opposition of Gov. Orval E. Faubus, died Sept. 5 at a care facility in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Thomas, who was 67, had […]
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Year of Black Republican? JC Watts Seems Optimistic

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By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – This week I had the pleasure of attending a Leon County GOP luncheon where the keynote speaker was former Oklahoma Congressman JC Watts. The irony was not lost among lunch goers that nearly 30 years after Watts twice quarterbacked the Oklahoma Sooners to victories over the hometown Florida State Seminoles, […]
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NMA president to tackle women’s health, environmental illnesses and economic relief

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WASHINGTON (NNPA) Leonard Weather Jr., M.D., R.Ph. has been named the 111th president of the D.C.-based National Medical Association, an organization representing more than 30,000 Black physicians around the nation and their patients. …..As a resident of Louisiana, with its many oil refineries, the devastation of hurricane Katrina, and the recent oil spill, environmental issues […]
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Glen Beck’s Restoring Honor

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by Raynard Jackson – Originally, I wasn’t going to write about radio talk show entertainer Glen Beck’s supposed “March on Washington;” but, because you, my readers, asked me to comment, I will. The event was called, “Restoring Honor.” Its stated purpose was to be a “celebration of America’s heroes and heritage. So, I have a […]
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Is America Marching in Two Different Directions?

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To Be Equal by Marc Morial – This past Saturday in Washington, DC, two groups of Americans gathered on the National Mall to express their vision of freedom 47 years after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech. Unfortunately, the two groups seemed to be marching in different directions. One rally, co-convened […]
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Photo of Rev. Sharpton’s Reclaim the Dream March in DC

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Rev. Al Sharpton leads the Reclaim the Dream March held on the anniversary of Dr. King’s “I have a Dream” speech.
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UNCF Walk Aims to Raise $200,000 to Send Kids to College

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New Orleans, LA – The New Orleans office of UNCF-the United Negro College Fund-the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, announced that it is hosting its 23rd Annual Walk for Education on Saturday, October 2, 2010 in New Orleans at the Audubon Zoo Riverview. Members of the community and friends of UNCF are […]
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President Obama Addresses his Birthplace & Religion– AGAIN

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Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management Scholarship $2,000 for STEM-related degree in the Carolinas

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College Park, MD – BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) and the Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management (CESM) are proud to announce the first annual CESM Scholarship for BDPA Students. One rising high school senior will be awarded a $2,000 scholarship to pursue a college degree focused on information technology. The CESM Scholar will be […]
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