Rev. Al Sharpton
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Health Insurers Must Answer for Coronavirus-Related Disparities in Black and Latino Communities
Black and Latino communities throughout the United States have disproportionately suffered the most devastating impacts of the coronavirus, including a…
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D.C. Residents Protest Police Brutality at National March
Even though it occurred as a national event, District residents were a major element in the 57th Anniversary of the…
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Ben Crump Heralded as Black America’s Attorney General
Crump is widely known as the go-to attorney when police violate the rights of Black men and women. And, sadly,…
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Mourners Remember George Floyd at Memorial Service in Minneapolis
Civil rights leaders, elected officials and family members and friends converged Thursday on the campus of North Central University in…
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Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Supports CBC in Protecting Black Health
National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Action Network (NAN) founder Rev. Al Sharpton,…
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Civil Rights Leaders Call on Congress to Address Disproportionate Impact of Coronavirus on Black Americans
The NAACP has requested an urgent meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer regarding racial…
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Documenting History: Rep. John Lewis Leads 55th Anniversary Selma March
Legendary Rep. John Lewis made an inspiring return to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 1 to…
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Trump Takes Aim at Sharpton Amid Baltimore Barbs
After a weekend of insulting Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), President Trump on Monday continued his Twitter tirade — this time…
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Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
New U.S. Census data projects that in 2045 the United States will be “minority white,” and with several factors considered,…
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‘The Queen’s’ Eulogy: Tactful Testimony or Tasteless Tirade?
The family of the late Aretha Franklin has recently added its disgruntlement to a surging wave of critical remarks from…
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