“The Reclaiming the Narrative project certainly made it evident that Joliet’s African American churches and cultural organizations have long been responsible for collecting and documenting so much imperative – yet often overlooked – historical information.”
Dr. Martin Luther King
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Pace lends 1949 bus, same model Rosa Parks famously rode, to DuSable Black History Museum for Martin Luther King Day
“We hoped this contribution to a remarkable museum experience would spark reflection and conversation,” said Lorri Newson, Pace’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Officer.
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Black Voices from Joliet’s south end community
“Janice and I had both been involved in civil rights protests on our campuses,” he recalls. “But then I turned on the TV one day and saw her leading a march that would shut Bowie down. She called me to come pick her up, and I did.”
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Rosetta Perry, ‘Queen Mother’ of the Black Press
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “She began as a pioneer in the industry, and she’s been speaking the truth no matter what,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper stated. “That’s why, 30 years later, her words speak to our conscious. She advocates passionately for the future of our city, for affordable housing, for HBCUs, for our communities, and for us to have a better city.”
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COMMENTARY: What A Difference A Day Makes
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The symbolism was stunning, but it was far more critical that President Biden hit the ground running, and he did. He signed 17 executive orders, reversing some of the most onerous declarations of his predecessor. He dissolved the 1776 Commission, an odious truth-erasing propaganda body charged with developing “patriotic education.” Replete with lies, peppered with quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln, neither of whom would have cosigned the report, the previous administration had the utter audacity to release this madness on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday holiday. One of the final slaps in the face from the deranged “leader.”
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OP-ED: Where We Go from Here
NNPA NEWSWIRE — So, for me, 2021 is about hope and about working for a better life for all and a better nation together as we rise from the terrible test that 2020 has been. It is about recommitting to one another and to good works to help our brothers and sisters in need. And even before we voted for inclusion, we were already making good trouble. White, Black and Brown nationwide took to the streets this past spring and summer to ask our nation — to demand of our nation — that we address the systematic racism that has plagued this country since its founding. That has torn the very fabric of our country and created so much pain and loss. With one voice, all were saying: ‘Please, at long last, fix this.’” — Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW
