Selma
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JESSE JACKSON: Selma, the Birthplace of Modern Democracy in America
Selma should be more than a symbol of past struggles; it must also become a beacon for a new hope.
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SCOTT: Sessions Has Black Friends — So What?
Many people offering support to Sen. Jeff Sessions in his nomination for U.S. attorney general have stated that he has…
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Man Shoots Infant Son, Ex-Girlfriend in Alabama Church
KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The Sunday service at Oasis Tabernacle Church had started like any other:…
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Amelia Boynton Remembered as the ‘Rosa Parks’ of Selma Movement
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Amelia Boynton Robinson, who died Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala. at…
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Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson Dies at 104
PHILLIP LUCAS, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who nearly died while helping…
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Hundreds In NYC Greet Civil Rights Legend Amelia Boynton Robinson
By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK (NNPA) – At 103, Amelia Boynton Robinson may be bound…
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Every High School In The U.S. Will Be Sent A Copy Of ‘Selma’
Natalie Robehmed, FORBES (Forbes.com) — The Academy Award-winning epic Selma is on its way to the classroom. Paramount Home…
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THE RELIGION CORNER: The Dream Marches On
by Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer This is a critical time when we all must…
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Slain Civil Rights Activist to Receive Posthumous Degree
Corey Williams, ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT (AP) — For 24 years, a stone marker has stood along U.S. 80 in…
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Continuing the Selma-to-Montgomery March
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Fifty years ago I traveled from Mississippi to Selma, Ala. on March…
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