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Fighting to Keep Blackness

March 7, 2025

A group of African American people protest racial injustice. Photo courtesy of NNPA By April Ryan As this nation observes the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, the words of President Trump reverberate. “This country will be WOKE no longer”, an emboldened Trump offered during his speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Since then, Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell posted on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter this morning that “Elon Musk and his DOGE bros have ordered GSA to sell off the site of the historic Freedom Riders Museum in Montgomery.” Her post

60th Anniversary of March on Washington, Black Americans Under Attack
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60th Anniversary of March on Washington, Black Americans Under Attack

Dr. Valerie Wardlaw, Contributing WriterAugust 31, 2023

As thousands gathered on the Mall of Washington last Saturday, August 26, to continue the fight for social justice and civil rights, commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington, it was clear that it remains unsafe to be Black in America today just as it was 60 years ago.

IN MEMORIAM: Keeping the Legacy of Legendary Supremes Star Mary Wilson Alive
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IN MEMORIAM: Keeping the Legacy of Legendary Supremes Star Mary Wilson Alive

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentFebruary 11, 2021

“I was extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of a major member of the Motown family, Mary Wilson of the Supremes,” Motown founder Berry Gordy wrote in a statement emailed to NNPA Newswire shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday. “The Supremes were always known as the ‘sweethearts of Motown.’ Mary, along with Diana Ross and Florence Ballard, came to Motown in the early 1960s.

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Organizations Gear up For 60th Anniversary of Montgomery Bus Boycott

Jennifer Bihm, Staff WriterNovember 26, 2015

National Bar Association members are inviting the public to join them in their national celebration starting November 30, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. They will acknowledge the historical event via a Civil Rights Commemoration Tour on November 30 and December 1. They are only one of many organizations celebrating the event across the nation. “NBA CLE seminar lawyers retrace the journey of American civil rights battles fought in Alabama,” said Bar members on their registration website. “The public meeting on December 1st will feature Secretary Hilary Rodham Clinton, Esq. and include great Civil Rights