June 2013 Archive

Tax credit change favored by film industry could cause $22 million budget hole
By Tyler Bridges http://thelensnola.org Has Louisiana’s film and television industry dodged a financial hit next year? It may, due to a subtle, but important, change to a budget bill. ...
The ‘Four Little Girls’ honored as American heroes

By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) - The four little girls who were killed by a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan at Alabama’s 16th Street Baptist Church nearly 50 ...
The Hard Truth – Assata- Darkening the complexion of terror
“The first time I met Assata Shakur we talked for a long time. We were in Havana, where I had gone with a delegation to offer humanitarian ...
We are dangerously close to regressing
By Rev. Al Sharpton TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist payday loans ellensburg This year marks the 50th anniversary of the great “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” It was there, at one of the ...
Plessy Day set for June 7
The Plessy & Ferguson Foun­dation, The NOCCA Institute and The Crescent City Peace Alliance recently announced plans to come together with the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, ...
Woman recalls Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up seat
By Alvin Benn The Montgomery Advertiser MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — When Rosa Parks was arrested for not surrendering her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus in 1955, Mineola Dozier ...
Putting the IRS ‘scandal’ into perspective
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Like too many personal loan in 24 hours events since the beginning of the Obama presidency, various attacks on the administration by the Republicans end up ...
Should Internet sales tax pass, who should benefit?
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Next time you buy an item on the Internet, you may have to pay sales taxes. At least, that is how the U.S. Senate voted a month ...
Photo by Elizabeth McMillan, NOCCA
Young virtuoso receives news that is ‘music to her ears’
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer While our city is known as the birthplace of jazz, a local teen will be representing the state by sharing her gift through another musical genre.
St. Mary’s Academy holds 54th Annual Debutante pageantry
St. Mary’s Academy held its 54th Annual Debutante Ball recently to the theme Dazzling Diamonds in honor of the thirty-nine sparkling multi-faceted jewels that were formally ...

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