Wilmington 10
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CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY: The Wilmington Ten, 50 Years Later
While things may be different in today’s Wilmington. It was not that long ago that Wilmington, like too many other…
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NAACP, NNPA Lead Protest Against Police Brutality
Several prominent civil rights activists joined in a peaceful demonstration in Florida to denounce police brutality.
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Applying Racial Bias During Jury Selection is an American Tradition
While the Wilmington 10 defendants were eventually exonerated, their case is just the exception and not the rule when it…
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‘Pardons of Innocence’ Film to Debut at CBC Friday in D.C.
Special to the NNPA from The Wilmington Journal The much acclaimed feature-length film, “Pardons of Innocence: The Wilmington Ten,” will have…
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Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Named NNPA Interim President and CEO
PORTLAND, OREGON – (NNPA) – Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. a global business leader, educator, and longtime civil rights activist, was…
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Mary Alice Thatch: From ‘Janitor’ to NNPA Publisher of the Year
Mary Alice Thatch, NNPA Publisher of the Year (Photo by Fran Farrer, The County News) by George E. Curry NNPA…
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Former N.C. Governor Stands Up for Justice
by Maya Rhodan Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – They were Southern governors who shared the same last name – Perdue…
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Wilmington Ten Team Thanks Black Press for Pardons
by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief Wilmington Ten Leader Benjamin F. Chavis thanks Black Press (Photo by George E. Curry/NNPA)…
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Wilmington Ten Seeks Compensation for Unjust Imprisonment
by Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from the Wilmington Journal WILMINGTON, N.C. – Now that the Wilmington Ten, after…
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N.C. Governor Resisted Pressure Not to Pardon Wilmington Ten
By Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from The Wilmington Journal WILMINGTON, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says right…
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