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CULTURE 

LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG

October 19, 2017October 26, 2017 The Positive Community Culture, History, Music

by Jone Johnson Lewis Updated March 11, 2017 Known for: first major woman jazz instrumentalist; part of King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band; marriage to Louis

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CULTURE 

NEA to honor Washington human and civil rights hero Delbert Richardson

June 29, 2017July 5, 2017 The Positive Community Award, Diaspora, History

Annual gala marks 50th anniversary of the NEA-American Teachers Association merger WASHINGTON— Founder and curator Delbert Richardson’s traveling African-American museum,

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NEWS 

Tennessee Episcopalians add to growing efforts to honor lynching victims

June 29, 2017July 5, 2017 The Positive Community Atlanta, Church, History

The Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee is leading efforts to research and memorialize lynching victims in Nashville and statewide, following in

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MONEY 

A Basquiat Sells for ‘Mind-Blowing’ $110.5 Million at Auction

May 19, 2017May 25, 2017 The Positive Community Art, History, Money

Joining the rarefied $100 million-plus club in a salesroom punctuated by periodic gasps from the crowd, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s powerful 1982

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NEWS 

Supreme Court justice honors Thurgood Marshall during Harlem event

May 15, 2017June 14, 2017 The Positive Community Harlem, History, Law

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer made an appeal for the importance of courts and the rule of law at an

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ENTERTAINMENT 

Oprah Wants The World To Know Henrietta Lacks

April 21, 2017May 4, 2017 The Positive Community History, movie, Oprah

Oprah Winfrey, center, Dr. Jungmiwha Bullock, right, and artist Kadir Nelson, left, with his painting of Henrietta Lacks, attend the

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CULTURE 

Black Panthers 50 Years Later: What They Wanted Is What We (Still) Need

March 30, 2017October 5, 2020 The Positive Community Black Community, Black Power, History

Courtesy of Ebony Magazine Two generations ago, a group of young people stood up and demanded education, housing, food, jobs

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NEWS 

Roger Wilkins, Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 85

March 28, 2017October 2, 2020 The Positive Community Activist, History, NAACP

Courtesy of The New York Times Roger Wilkins, who championed civil rights for black Americans for five decades as an

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NEWS 

Essex County Freeholders Celebrate African-American History Month

March 22, 2017October 2, 2020 The Positive Community Culture, History, NJ

Vice President Brendan Gill (right) reads the Board’s plaque and Commendation honoring Orange Councilmember Adrienne Wooten ( BY GLEN FRIESON

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NEWS 

Chuck Berry Dies at 90

March 19, 2017September 28, 2020 The Positive Community History, Music, Rock and Roll

Chuck Berry, who with his indelible guitar licks, brash self-confidence and memorable songs about cars, girls and wild dance parties

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LATEST ISSUE

OPINION

It’s Still Christmas
OPINION 

It’s Still Christmas

December 25, 2020December 31, 2020 The Positive Community Magazine

BY R.L. WITTER It’s been a tough year. So many of us are dealing with uncertainty, grief, loss, financial insecurity,

We’ve Come this Far by Faith: God Bless the Children
OPINION PUBLISHER 

We’ve Come this Far by Faith: God Bless the Children

December 7, 2020January 4, 2021 The Positive Community Magazine
Blowing In The Wind
OPINION 

Blowing In The Wind

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Tribute to Uncle Dave
OPINION 

Tribute to Uncle Dave

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PUBLISHER

We’ve Come this Far by Faith: God Bless the Children
OPINION PUBLISHER 

We’ve Come this Far by Faith: God Bless the Children

December 7, 2020January 4, 2021 The Positive Community Magazine

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OPINION PUBLISHER 

Saving Our Own Community-Bluestime in America

October 26, 2020November 30, 2020 The Positive Community Magazine
Movement for Positive Community Change!
OPINION PUBLISHER 

Movement for Positive Community Change!

May 12, 2020May 19, 2020 The Positive Community Magazine

TPCTV

Rev. DeForest B. Soares, JR  speaks at the Newark Public Lecture Series
TPCTV 

Rev. DeForest B. Soares, JR speaks at the Newark Public Lecture Series

October 10, 2019October 21, 2019 The Positive Community Magazine
Dr. Rudy Crew speaks at the Newark Library
TPCTV 

Dr. Rudy Crew speaks at the Newark Library

February 15, 2019April 4, 2019 The Positive Community Magazine
Michellene Davis, Spirituality and the Future
TPCTV 

Michellene Davis, Spirituality and the Future

July 20, 2018October 18, 2018 The Positive Community

SERMON

“Birth of a Nation”, Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley
SERMON 

“Birth of a Nation”, Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley

July 27, 2020July 30, 2020 The Positive Community Magazine
Pastor Jeffery Bryan’s Sermon
SERMON 

Pastor Jeffery Bryan’s Sermon

December 1, 2017December 13, 2017 The Positive Community
Rev. Dr. Marilyn M. Harris Sermon
SERMON 

Rev. Dr. Marilyn M. Harris Sermon

November 16, 2017December 1, 2017 The Positive Community
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