Charleston shooting
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Race, Flags, and the Second Amendment
By Robert McWhirter NNPA Guest Columnist The church shooting in Charleston, S.C. once again showed us the connection of guns…
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Investigators Probe Fires At 6 Black Churches In 5 Southern States
Sam Sanders, NPR (NPR.com) — Glover Grove Baptist Church is nestled in a woody, quiet part of Warrenville,…
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NOBCO Mourns the Loss of One of Our Own, Senator Clementa Pinckney
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOBCO Mourns the Loss of One of Our Own, Senator Clementa Pinckney Washington, DC – June 24,…
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Hate Group That ‘Informed’ Roof’s Racism Is a Tax-Exempt ‘Social Welfare Organization’
(Slate) – The group that “informed” Dylann Roof’s deeply racist beliefs, and writings, is the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC). Roof even cited the…
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Why Business Fought the Confederate Flag
(CNN) – It happened in a matter of days. In South Carolina, the governor called for the Confederate flag…
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What This Cruel War Was Over
(The Atlantic) – This afternoon, in announcing her support for removing the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds, South…
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Whites Still Live in ‘State of Denial’ on Race
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley is fond of saying, “Slavery was America’s original…
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Emmanuel AME and the Buoyancy of Hope
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Rev. Clementa Pinckney and his fellow congregants of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal…
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South Carolina Supreme Court Orders New Judge In AME Shooting After Racist Comments Revealed
By Christina Coleman Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender (NNPA) — The South Carolina judge who urged…
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Leader of Group Cited in ‘Dylann Roof Manifesto’ Donated to Top Republicans
Jon Swaine, THE GUARDIAN (The Guardian) — The leader of a rightwing group that Dylann Roof allegedly credits…
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