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On this day in 1919, Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born founder of the United Negro Improvement Association, survived an attempt on his life due in part to…

  Civil rights leaders will gather in Raleigh today to announce the bills they want state law makers to support. The state NAACP and the Forward Together Moral Movement are calling for support expanding Medicaid, raising the minimum wage, restoring voting rights and funding to public education, fair taxes, environmental protection, women’s health, and challenging […]

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Just three weeks after Rev. Joseph Lowery (pictured right) led the chant “Fired up! Read to go!” at the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on…

Among the outspoken African-American political and social figures that have criticized President Obama for not doing more for black Americans in these tough economic times, Al Sharpton has emerged as the voice of support for Obama’s presidential initiatives designed to help all Americans. According to an article written for The Wall Street Journal, “President Barack […]