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Coretta Scott: The Queen Behind the King
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Coretta Scott: The Queen Behind the King

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterJanuary 16, 2020

  She is most notable as the wife of the one of the most iconic Civil Rights figures in the world, but Coretta Scott King’s legacy can stand all on its own. A leader in her own right, Scott King was an author, an activist and advocate. Long after the death of her husband, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she continued to fight for equal rights for all. Coretta Scott was born April 27, 1927 in Marion, Alabama. She was the third of four children born to Obadiah and Bernice Scott, two upwardly mobile African Americans in that

Cliff Hall, Sentinel Photographer and Car Designer, Passes Away
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Cliff Hall, Sentinel Photographer and Car Designer, Passes Away

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2020

As a photographer, Cliff Hall had few equals. His artistic talents graced the pages of the Los Angeles Sentinel as he chronicled the news, social and entertainment life of the African American community in the 1950s and 1960s. Many Whites celebrities in Hollywood and Bel Air utilized his services as well.

Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame
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Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentSeptember 26, 2019

“At each significant turning point in my life, when I was introduced to the world of progressive political activism, anti-racist prison abolition struggles, when I myself was on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List and ended up spending two years in jail and on trial, when I became involved in many international solidarity efforts, intersectional feminist movements, I’ve always been one of many,” Davis said during her induction speech. “My own consciousness has always been enabled by shared endeavors and collective consciousness.”