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Voting Rights: We Are In A Fight For Future Of American Democracy

Photos: Twitter Video Screenshot\YouTube Screenshots\Facebook Last year, the Freedom to Vote Act came achingly close to enactment. It passed the House, had a majority ...

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Most Influential And Elite HBCUs, Top 30

Photo: Academic Influence HBCUs are hot. America’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities are attracting more students and generating more press attention—and deservedly so. Historically ...

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It’s Time for U.S. Business Leaders to Talk Reparations

[Black Business\Reparations] Michael Gee: “I believe a strong reparations program would accelerate economic growth and kickstart a new era of public discussion around racial ...

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SHIRLEY CHISHOLM’S 1970 CONGRESSIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT SPEECH: “WHAT DOES SEX HAVE TO DO WITH IT?”

[Women’s History Month\Shirley Chisholm] Shirley Chisholm: “The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no ...

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As Dr. Martin Luther King Said If We Can Spend Billions On Unjust Wars We Should Spend Billions On Full Employment

More than 50 years ago Dr. King warned about income inequality and poor wages [Commentary: The Economy] In 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court ...

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2014: The Meaning of July Fourth For The African American

Frederick Douglass   From Frederick Douglass’s “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro – 1852”: “I say it with a sad sense of ...