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No Second-Class Families
African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in
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Arrest strengthens Mendez’s resolve
Dr. John Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, became one of the first local pastors to take a stand against what many are calling regressive legislation that is being handed down by the Republican-controlled
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Giovanni to accept honorary degree, speak to graduates
Nikki Giovanni will serve as the speaker for Winston-Salem State’s (WSSU) 2013 commencement on Saturday, May 18 at 9:45 a.m. in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. “One of the most widely-read American poets,
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Gay Rights Advocates Increasing
You can call it the “bandwagon effect,” or “political opportunism” or, the “wake-up-call effect,” or, less cynically, an old American tradition. Whatever you call it, in the last month it seems everybody and their
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GOP leader questions president’s faith, agenda
Felice Pete, president of the Wake County Republican Women, told local residents that she’s long taken heat for being black and Republican. She “came out” as a Republican when she was an undergrad at
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Watt awarded Human Rights Medal
U.S. Rep. Melvin L. “Mel” Watt received the 2013 North Carolina A&T State University Human Rights Medal on Feb. 1 during the school’s 53rd Sit-In Anniversary Breakfast. Watt, 67, was elected to the U.S.
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Sit-in museum to present awards
The International Civil Rights Center & Museum will hold its annual gala and banquet in the Imperial Ballroom of the Koury Convention Center on Saturday, Feb. 2 beginning at 5 p.m. The theme is
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Some to spend MLK holiday helping others and causes
Many will be honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday – the federal holiday in his honor – by giving back to their communities. In 1994, 11 years after the MLK holiday began
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Civil Rights icon says practice ‘aggressive patience’
Hollis Watkins has been fighting for freedom for more than five decades. Watkins, the youngest of 12 children born to sharecroppers in Lincoln, Miss., became the first student from his state to join the
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