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King’s Lasting Impact on Equity in Education

January 13, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Champion for Equity in Education By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s influence on the Civil Rights Movement is … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, Reverend Al Sharpton, Stacy M. Brown

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Prohibitions and Bans: Serious, Unintended Consequences

June 3, 2017

By Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association Rapidly shifting U.S. demographics are fueling the urgency of civil … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dr Benjamin F Chavis Jr, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Reverend Al Sharpton

Battered NY Mayor Calls for Temporary Protest Halt

December 27, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) via Yahoo News — As the New York Police Department mourns two of its own, Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for a pause in protests and rancor amid a widening rift with those in a grieving … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bill de Blasio, Edward Mullins, Eric Garner, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, Protests, Rafael Ramos, Reverend Al Sharpton, Wenjian Liu

The Funeral of Michael Brown Was a Catalyst for Change and Peace

August 30, 2014

By Karen Stokes “Mike said he was going to shake the world,” said Cal Brown, Michael Brown Jr.’s stepmother during the funeral. And shake the world he did. This week approximately 5,000 … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ferguson Missouri, Funeral, Karen Stokes, Lesley McSpadden, Michael Brown, Reverend Al Sharpton

FBI Taking Over U.S. Police Shooting of Teen

August 16, 2014

Jim Suhr, ASSOCIATED PRESS FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) — The FBI was taking over the investigation of a suburban St. Louis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, a death that … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: James Knowles, Jim Suhr, Michael Brown, Missouri, Police Shooting, Reverend Al Sharpton, St. Louis, Tom Jackson, Trayvon Martin

Community in Outrage Over Handling of Eric Garner Police Killing

August 2, 2014

By A.B. Nickerson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News When a white police officer kills an unarmed Black man, as it happened last week on Staten Island, you can expect a … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bill Bratton, Chokehold, Eric Garner, NYPD, Police Brutality, Reverend Al Sharpton

Black Man Killed in a Chokehold by NYPD Officer

July 26, 2014

By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK – Rev. Al Sharpton was in the middle of his speech recounting how Eric Garner, 43, had been killed in a chokehold by NYPD officer when Garner’s wife … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bill de Blasio, Chokehold, Eric Garner, Esaw Garner, Herb Boyd, Herbert Daughtry, National Action Network, NYPD, Reverend Al Sharpton, William Bratton

Jobs still a key issue 50 years after Historic D.C. March

August 10, 2013

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief One of the primary goals of the 1963 March on Washington was finding or creating jobs for Blacks. At a panel discussion during the annual convention of … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Unemployment, George Curry, George E. Curry, Job Creation, Marc Morial, National Action Network, Reverend Al Sharpton, Unemployment

Gov. Bev Perdue issues pardon for Wilmington 10 citing ‘Naked Racism’

January 5, 2013

North Carolina Governor pardons Wilmington Ten before leaving office By Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from The Wilmington Journal RALEIGH, N.C. – In what civil rights leaders across the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Beverly Perdue, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Naked Racism, Pardons, Reverend Al Sharpton, Wilmington 10

Death of Trayvon Martin is waking up America

March 31, 2012

Complied by Courier Staff and George Curry, NNPA exclusive coverage The story begins with the heartache of a family losing their 17 year-old son, yet it continues to grow and touch … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Compiled By Courier Staff, David Patterson, Dwayne Wade, Emmett Till, George Curry, George Zimmerman, Jeb Bush, Joe Oliver, President Barack Obama, Reverend Al Sharpton, Rick Scott, Self Defense, Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin, Trayvon Martin

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