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The Woman Whose Tireless Efforts Helped Launch The Famed Tuskegee Airmen

zengernews - March 31, 2022

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Ilyasah Shabazz Talks About ‘The Awakening of Malcolm X

Site Editor - October 23, 2021

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Ilyasah Shabazz, the third daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, acknowledged being inspired by the...

Major Progress in Efforts to Create Congressional Gold Medal for Harlem Hellfighters

RTMNews - June 17, 2021

Major Progress in Suozzi, Espaillat and Beatty’s Efforts to Create Congressional Gold Medal for Harlem Hellfighters Overwhelmingly Passes House of Representatives Gillibrand Introduces Companion Bill in...

Ignore bogus COVID vaccine survey

RTMNews - March 23, 2021

Scammers are using a new trick to steal your money and personal information: a bogus COVID vaccine survey. by Colleen Tressler, Division of Consumer and...

Atlanta Community Partnering to Ensure Vaccine Equity

RTMNews - March 14, 2021

By Rev. William Watley and Shauna Markes-Wilson President Biden’s recent announcement that there will be enough vaccine supply to inoculate the entire U.S. population by...

Hidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls

Roz Edward - January 10, 2020

New Oral History Project Documents Julian Bond’s Role in the Atlanta Student Movement, SNCC

ADW News - August 28, 2019

The Julian Bond Oral History Project has launched a comprehensive website dedicated to the work and career of Julian Bond from 1960-1968 and the...

VIEWPOINTS | From Jamestown to Jamestown: 400 Years of the African Diaspora Experience

ADW News - August 21, 2019

By Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and odd...

What 1860 and 1968 Can Teach America About the 2020 Presidential Election

ADW News - August 12, 2019

By Austin Sarat, Amherst College Photo: Ali Lapetina / NBC News Fresh evidence of the nastiness and divisiveness of the 2020 presidential election emerges every day. President...

Music Was Form of Resistance for Women During Civil Rights Movement

ADW News - August 8, 2019

By Katie Elyse Bohn, Penn State University When Nina Simone belted out “Mississippi Goddam” in 1964, she gave voice to many who were fighting for...

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