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OP-ED: January 6th, Voting Rights and the Tyranny Threatening America

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the past year, we have witnessed loyalists of the 45th President work to unravel the threads that hold the fabric of our representative democracy together. His followers, fueled by a constant diet of disinformation, have...

OPINION: Black and Asians Are United No Matter What the New York Times Says

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Blacks and Asians may not have done anything at the level or speed as the Times expected to happen over the past year. But it doesn’t mean “nothing” is happening. Communities around the country, Black and...

Martin Luther King Jr. Association Announces 2022 Celebration Events

The association is also announcing in conjunction with J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care that there will be an opportunity for the community to get vaccinated or booster on January 17th. Setup will be located at the Tremont Temple Baptist Church’s parking lot.

IN MEMORIAM: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and More Mourn the Death Of Desmond TuTu

ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — On Sunday (December 26), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his death in a statement, saying, “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa.”

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John F. Kennedy Middle school student’s letter sparks Civil Rights lesson

John F. Kennedy Middle School eighth-grader Sofia Mercado wrote a letter to Civil Rights advocate Edith Lee-Payne, prompting her to visit the school and speak to the entire eighth-grade class about her experiences in the Civil Rights movement.