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Tag: National

Posted inHealth, National

Trump’s EPA Awards Flint $100M for Water Crisis

by WI Guest Author April 6, 2017October 30, 2020
From left: Marc Morial, the president and CEO of the National Urban League; Wade Henderson, the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund; Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under the Law; and Melanie Campbell, the president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation hold a press conference following a meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. in March 2017. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Civil Rights Leaders Meet with AG Jeff Sessions

by WI Guest Author April 3, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Trump Administration Targets Immigrants

by WI Guest Author March 14, 2017October 30, 2020
Dred Scott, oil on canvas by Louis Schultze, 1888. (David Schultz/Missouri Historical Society/Wikipedia Commons)
Posted inBlack History

Dred Scott Descendants Meet Justice Taney’s

by WI Guest Author March 10, 2017October 30, 2020
**FILE** Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of NAFEO (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience, Education

NAFEO’s Baskerville Calls HBCU White House Meetings Successful

by WI Guest Author March 6, 2017October 30, 2020
Alan "AP" Powell
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Louisville Native Gives Back to the Black Community

by WI Guest Author February 27, 2017October 30, 2020
Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne (center) speaks at the "Defending Against Radical Islamic Terrorism in Texas" summit in Austin, Texas. (David Wilfong/North Dallas Gazette)
Posted inFaith, National, Religion

Minority Leaders Feel Muslims Are Unfairly Targeted

by WI Guest Author February 20, 2017October 30, 2020
Roosevelt McClary (left), secretary of the Broward Teachers Union, speaks as NNPA President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. (center) and Westside Gazette publisher Bobby Henry look on during the ESSA/NNPA student workshop at the 2017 NNPA Mid-Winter Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience, NNPA Events

Roosevelt McClary III Motivates Students During ESSA/NNPA Workshop

by WI Guest Author January 29, 2017October 30, 2020
President Obama speaks at The White House during his last press conference of 2016.
Posted inPolitics

With Final Press Briefing of 2016, Obama Reflects on His Record

by WI Guest Author December 28, 2016October 30, 2020
The Electoral College began with slavery. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inNational

Origins of Electoral College Steeped in Slavery

by Stacy M. Brown December 9, 2016October 30, 2020

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