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By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When lawmakers ratified the 15th Amendment in 1870, protecting voting rights for Blacks, opponents of the law lashed out, violently at times, employing ... ‘Buying Power of Black America’ probes economic spending shifts
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By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer In September 2005, just after Hurricane Katrina, a small, ragtag group founded the Common Ground Health Clinic (CGHC) in the McDonough neighborhood of Algiers. This mobilization ... Access to excellent teachers is civil right
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A new study suggests that access to “excellent teachers” should be a civil right and that students should be able to “take legal ... Congressman’s cocaine bust illuminates race and gender sentencing disparities
By Brentin Mock Contributing Writer (Special from Colorlines) – Last week, freshman Florida Congressman Trey Radel pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and was sentenced to one year of probation after buying ... Conley offers to quit law firm to preserve status as disadvantaged business
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By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., president/CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, visited Louisiana over the weekend, including stops in both the New Orleans and Baton Rouge ... Taking diabetes to heart: A recipe for type 2 diabetes management
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