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Tag: Wilmington 10

Mary Alice Jervay Thatch (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
Posted inObituary

Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, Freedom Fighter and Publisher of Wilmington Journal, Dies at 78

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent December 29, 2021December 29, 2021

Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, who often told the story of how as a baby, she used her diaper to clean the floor of the Wilmington Journal and who went on to become the editor and publisher of the historic newspaper, has died at the age of 78.

Posted inBlack History

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY: The Wilmington Ten, 50 Years Later

by WI Guest Author February 9, 2021December 21, 2021
Attorney and activist Ben Crump, Broward/Fort Lauderdale NAACP President Marsha Ellington, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Westside Gazette Publisher Bobby Henry and the late Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton were among the many to participate in the march. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience, National

NAACP, NNPA Lead Protest Against Police Brutality

by WI Guest Author May 7, 2019December 21, 2021
The Rev. Benjamin Chavis gives a clenched fist salute on December 14, 1979, after being paroled by then-North Carolina governor Jim Hunt. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience

Applying Racial Bias During Jury Selection is an American Tradition

by WI Guest Author December 14, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inNational

‘Pardons of Innocence’ Film to Debut at CBC Friday in D.C.

by Washington Informer September 23, 2014October 30, 2020
Posted inBenjamin F. Chavis Jr., Columnists, National, Op-Ed, Opinion

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Named NNPA Interim President and CEO

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis June 26, 2014October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

Mary Alice Thatch: From ‘Janitor’ to NNPA Publisher of the Year

by Washington Informer July 10, 2013October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

Former N.C. Governor Stands Up for Justice

by Washington Informer March 20, 2013October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

Wilmington Ten Team Thanks Black Press for Pardons

by Washington Informer January 29, 2013October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

Wilmington Ten Seeks Compensation for Unjust Imprisonment

by Washington Informer January 22, 2013October 30, 2020

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