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J. Pharoah Doss

Jan. 6: When does ‘Never Forget’ also mean ‘Don’t Remember?’

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier Right now, you can go online and buy a tee-shirt that says: "Never Forget January 6, 2021." That’s...

J. Pharoah Doss: Events before Juneteenth that are worthy of recognition

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier Right before Juneteenth was made a federal holiday last year, a Forbes columnist wrote, “On June 19,...

Check It Out …The Walmart Juneteenth controversy

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier In January 2021 headlines announced 20 must-have items from Walmart’s MLK day sale, and there were no...

J. Pharoah Doss…What money can’t buy?

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow along with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Chair of the Presidential Initiative on Harvard...

J. Pharoah Doss…BIPOC: Empowering the marginalized?

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier Last week, I mentioned a press conference in 1988 when Rev. Jesse Jackson stated “Black” no longer...

African American: In defense of the term

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier In 1988 Rev. Jesse Jackson urged Black Americans to drop the adjective “Black” and replace it with...

Check It Out … The BLM activist who shot by the door

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier For years Black Lives Matter demanded the elimination of cash bail because its negative impact on people...

Defunding public schools to ‘Save American History?’

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier Recently, Angela Burks Hill, a Republican state senator in Mississippi, introduced a bill called, “Saving American History...

MLK, the Kerner Report, and the Fourth Estate

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier First, let me explain the terms in the above title that might be unfamiliar to some. The Kerner...

President-elect Biden’s ‘unrelenting’ commitment to diversity

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier President-elect Joe Biden told the American people, “My administration’s going to look like America, not just my...

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