12 Voices Archives

The Power of Us: Confronting a Nation in Denial

RTMNews - August 9, 2021

We stand at a pivotal time in history, where the “Power of Us”, the collective energy and wisdom of our community, can be the...

Black Voters Matters Blackest Bus in America Comes to Atlanta Today

RTMNews - June 21, 2021

BLACK VOTERS MATTER’S “FREEDOM RIDE FOR VOTING RIGHTS” TO STOP IN ATLANTA AS PART OF NATIONAL VOTER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN “Blackest Bus in America”...

‘You Is All Free Now. Yankees Going Home.’ Recordings Reveal What Happened On First Juneteenth

zengernews - June 19, 2021

Laura Smalley’s voice crackles and comes to life. It is 1941, and she is talking in her native Hempstead, Texas, to a University of Texas...

T.I., Roland Martin, Sen. Cory Booker, And More Join The Juneteenth 2021 Freedom Festival

RTMNews - June 19, 2021

Two-day virtual and in-person festival brings together influential voices in business, media, politics, and entertainment to celebrate Black liberation, history, and culture Today The Juneteenth...

Sierra Club Announces Historic Support for Black Reparations

RTMNews - June 17, 2021

Nation’s Largest Environmental Organization Urges Support from Other Major American Institutions Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club, announced its full support for reparations for...

Memorial Foundation Deadline Extended

RTMNews - June 8, 2021

Deadline June 11 for Memorial Foundation for Social Justice Fellows Program Program recruits and trains young leaders from across the nation to realize Dr. King’s...

Calling tomorrow’s social justice leaders

RTMNews - June 8, 2021

The Memorial Foundation, which built the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, is now recruiting the next generation of social justice...

Five Facts About the Tulsa Race Massacre

RTMNews - June 7, 2021

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In 1921, a White mob entered the Greenwood District and destroyed Tulsa’s Black community. During Memorial Day weekend,...

Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of Murdering George Floyd

Staff Writer - April 20, 2021

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd, NY Times reported. Chauvin was found guilty on all three...

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President on Reparations: “…There Should Be a Discussion About Redress”

Staff Writer - April 12, 2021

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Count Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, among the growing and vocal majority...

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