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Biden-Harris Administration Commits to Ensure Government Spending with Black and Minority-Owned Media Businesses

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentDecember 3, 2020

President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration plans to support legislation offered by District of Columbia Democratic Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton that would ensure federal agencies advertise with minority-owned businesses, including the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA).

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Congresswoman Norton Fighting for Black Press in New Congress

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent March 7, 2019

“I’m born and raised in this segregated city without any Home Rule rights and no equal rights when the city was segregated,” Norton said. “I’m a third generation Washingtonian and I’m the great, great granddaughter of a runaway slave, so motivation is built into my DNA.”