Black People
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Three Quarters of Whites Don’t Have Any Non-White Friends
(The Washington Post) – “All my black friends have a bunch of white friends. And all my white friends have one black…
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Bush Says Education Achievement Gap is ‘Scandalous’
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – Former President George W. Bush said the education achievement gap…
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Obama to Focus Civil Rights Message on Voting
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after hailing the Civil Rights Act as a lasting legacy of…
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Obama Says Civil Rights Movement Opened Door for His Election
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis, Julian Bond…
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Bill Clinton Says Voter ID Laws Undermine Civil Rights Progress
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, TEXAS (NNPA) – Former President Bill Clinton praised President Lyndon B. Johnson for…
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Jimmy Carter Says His Life Shaped by ‘Black Culture’
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – Although he grew up in a rural farming community in…
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Reflecting on Progress, Obama Honors Civil Rights
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Barack Obama was 2 years old when Lyndon Baines Johnson sat in…
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Buy Black: An Economic Empowerment Strategy
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Margarita “Maggie” Anderson wants to transform “Buy Black” from a leftover 1960s slogan to…
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NUL State of Black America: Growing Income Inequality
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The wealth gap between African Americans and Whites has expanded in…
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Dutch Push Back Against “Black Pete” Criticism
TOBY STERLING, Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Facebook page seeking to preserve the “Black Pete” clowns in blackface who…
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