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Congressman John Lewis, Last Surviving Speaker from 1963 March on Washington, dies at 80
Georgia Congressman John Lewis, one of the most prolific voices of the civil rights movement, has died following a months…
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Rev. C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 95
The Rev. C.T. Vivian, a staunch civil rights veteran who marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday,…
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BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Show Them the Power of Black Press
President Donald Trump can leapfrog Barack Obama among Blacks by doing something Barack neglected to do: award the Presidential Medal…
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Trump Fills Cabinet Quota with Token HUD Black
In 1984, at age 33, Ben Carson became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital. He pioneered…
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Obama: No Mechanism to Revoke Cosby’s Medal of Freedom
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected the idea of revoking Bill Cosby’s Presidential…
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BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Simeon Booker Deserves Presidential Honor
By William Reed NNPA Columnist At the White House, President Barack Obama recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to…
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President Honors ‘True Champions’ with Medal of Freedom
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – During what he called one of his “favorite events every year,”…
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Dr. Ben Carson: ‘Gifted Hands,’ Foot in Mouth
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Dr. Ben Carson became the darling of conservatives earlier this year by stridently…
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