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Op-Ed
MUHAMMAD: The Third American ‘Reconstruction’ is Now
We are living through the Third American Reconstruction.
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Op-Ed
MORIAL: The Lasting Legacy of the Queen of Soul
If you could choose one artist to embody the African-American experience of the 20th century, it would have to be…
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Op-Ed
SAUNDERS: MLK’s Dream on the Ballot
The March on Washington was about more than desegregation, voting rights and equal access to public accommodations. It was also…
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D Kevin McNeir
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Fifty-Five Years after MLK ‘Dream,’ America Remains a Land of Gun-Slinging Maniacs
How much more violence, bloodshed and death must the innocent endure before adults will stop acting on our feelings like…
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D Kevin McNeir
Sobering Repeat of History Forecast at SCLC’s 60th Convention
Members and supporters of the South Christian Leadership Conference recently convened in the nation's capital for its 60th annual convention,…
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Lifestyle
March on Washington Film Festival Returns
Film, music and other artistic mediums compel deep examination of the human condition and reflection on how one can affect…
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Faith
Rev. Barber Leads Thousands in Civil Disobedience in Around Nation
Thousands gathered at the U.S. Capitol and at capitol buildings in more than 30 cities across the nation this week…
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Lifestyle
‘Teenarama’ Dance Show a Pillar of Stability During 1968 Riots
In 1963, D.C.'s WOOK-TV launched "Teenarama," the first Black dance program in the country, on the first television station in…
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Black Experience
Poor People’s Campaign Brings Activism to D.C.
Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s original Poor People's Campaign, its follow-up resurgence involving more than 30 state capitals…
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Black History
Lynching Memorial and Museum Opening Highlights America’s Racist Past, Parallels Today’s Killings of African Americans
Hundreds of people lined up in the rain to experience a long overdue piece of American history and honor the…
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