Measure the Movement NAN Convention 2017
Immigration, voting rights and gender discrimination took center stage in Manhattan at the National Action Network’s annual convention, a
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Voting Rights on Trial on the Bayou
A federal lawsuit challenges a decades-old vestige of Jim Crow, and opens up new questions about the current state of
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Sylvia Moy, Motown Songwriter Who Worked With Stevie Wonder, Dies at 78
Sylvia Moy, a Motown songwriter and producer who collaborated with Stevie Wonder on “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” and “My Cherie Amour,”
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Maxine Waters On The Strong Black Women Who Taught Her To Create Her Seat At The Table
The 78-year-old spoke about her unapologetic approach to politics, social justice and being underestimated. Maxine Waters stood before a crowd
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Nigerian King Blesses Hospital President
On April 18, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Michael Odunayo Ajayi, of Nigeria visited Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and
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10th annual celebration International Women’s History Month
Courtesy District 37 Enthusiasm was contagious at DC 37 March 10, as a coalition of unions, including the New York
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Georgia lynching victims remembered as racial reconciliation efforts expand
[Episcopal News Service] In one of the darkest corners of American history – the lynching of black victims by white
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NY Becomes 1st State to OK Tuition-Free College at Public Institutions
Courtesy of Ebony Magazine Under proposed scholarship, students from households earning up to $100,000 can attend school tuition-free New York
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Hundreds Join Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Religious and City Leaders in March to Promote Racial Justice and Religious Tolerance
Demonstration for Solidarity kicked off first ever STANDING UPtown for Justice march through Morningside Heights NEW YORK – In an
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand gives rousing anti-Trump speech at Harlem church
On Sunday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) delivered a rousing speech during a visit at First Corinthian Baptist Church, a
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