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Rev. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 98
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a witty preacher who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr. and…
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JESSE JACKSON: Civil Rights at Risk Under Sessions
Sen. Jeff Sessions is an unimaginable nominee as attorney general, an implacable opponent of the very rights and liberties that…
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John Doar, Ex-Civil Rights Lawyer, Dies at 92
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Doar, a top Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s who…
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To Be Equal: Unfinished Business—50 Years After the Civil Rights Acts of 1964
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The purpose of the law is simple…those who are equal before God shall now…
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NNPA President’s Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
National Newspaper Publishers Association @NNPABlackPress #NNPA #BPUSA #VoiceofBlackAmerica For Immediate Release: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Interim President and CEO…
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5 Things to Know About the 1964 Civil Rights Act
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law…
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Clinton: New Voter Restrictions Are a Step Back
JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton used the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights…
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J. Edgar Hoover’s War on Black America
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist By the early 1970s, Black Americans could reasonably say they had emerged victorious…
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Child Watch: “Ask What You Can Do For Your Country”
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “It should be clear by now that a nation can be no stronger…
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Blacks Continue Fight to Secure Voting Rights
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When lawmakers ratified the 15th Amendment in 1870, protecting voting rights…
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