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Category: Austin R. Cooper Jr.

**FILE** Marcia Fudge (Freddie Allen/NNPA)
Posted inAustin R. Cooper Jr.

HUD’s Six Black Secretaries

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

Since its inception, HUD has had six Black secretaries.

Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American from Chicago, was tortured and murdered in 1955. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inOpinion

COOPER: Vote for Emmett Till

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. November 2, 2022November 3, 2022
man people woman flowers
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COOPER: The Global Fund for Widows is Changing the World

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
Posted inOpinion

COOPER: Questions Remain Unanswered Nine Months After the Insurrection on ‘Sacred Grounds’

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. September 1, 2021December 21, 2021
**FILE** Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station set up at Grady High School for the midterm elections on November 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
Posted inAustin R. Cooper Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

COOPER: So Why Are You Still Undecided?

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. October 28, 2020December 21, 2021
President Donald Trump speaks during a July 28 interview with Axios national political correspondent Jonathan Swan. (Screen grab courtesy of HBO)
Posted inAustin R. Cooper Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

COOPER: Trump’s House of Lies

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. September 2, 2020December 21, 2021
George Floyd died after being pinned down against the pavement by Minneapolis police officers during a May 25 arrest, which a bystander caught on video.
Posted inAustin R. Cooper Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

COOPER: Mama Could Not Save Him

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. June 3, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of President Trump via Instagram
Posted inAustin R. Cooper Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

COOPER: A President Without Common Sense Cannot Lead a Nation

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. May 13, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of Trice Edney News Wire
Posted inAustin R. Cooper Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

COOPER: My Child is Safer in South Korea Than Here in the U.S.

by WI Guest Author March 18, 2020December 21, 2021
A voter takes advantage of the DCCC's "Cycle of Engagement Initiative" which provides greater access to voting for people of color. (Courtesy of DCCC)
Posted inAustin R. Cooper Jr., Columnists

COOPER: Vote Like Your Life Depends on It — Because It Does

by WI Guest Author March 11, 2020December 21, 2021

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