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State NAACP leader honored for fighting for all
North Carolina NAACP President Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II recently received two awards acknowledging his work to help re-build the freedom movement in the South. Barber received “The Grio.com’s 100 Making History Today”
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Black ministers’ group still divided over gay marriage
The church of the president of the Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity made national headlines, announcing that it would not perform any more heterosexual marriage ceremonies until same-sex marriages are also honored by
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Black Catholics find hope in Pope Francis
Local black Catholics are looking to the future with new hope after the selection of the first-ever Latin American pope. Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio, 76, was elected by his fellow cardinals as the 266th pope
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Guest Columnist Bill Fletcher
Leading up to November 6, I found myself focused on the matter of voter suppression and electoral shenanigans committed by the Republicans. This concern was not for nothing. Prior to and on Election Day, there
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