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What Happened On January 6, 2021
Rev. Jesse Jackson

What Happened On January 6, 2021

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.January 21, 2021

Be very clear. What happened on January 6, 2021 was an attempted coup d’etat that had an inside and outside dimension and strategy! It was an undemocratic effort by President Donald Trump and over 150 Republicans to reject the popular votes of the American people in the 2020 presidential election and replace them with their own Electoral College Votes. They rejected the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and tried to keep Donald Trump in office for a second term.

Famed African American Buffalo Soldiers of the U.S. Armed Forces
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Famed African American Buffalo Soldiers of the U.S. Armed Forces

Sentinel News ServiceJune 16, 2016

Honored by the State Senate at a Capitol Ceremony & Reception Sacramento – To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Buffalo Soldiers, an historic group of African American service members, Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) and Senator Isadore Hall III (D–Compton), Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, hosted a reception in the State Capitol and presented Senate Concurrent Resolution 128. “I am honored to recognize the great accomplishments and service of the Buffalo Soldiers. These men made history by breaking barriers and serving our country with honor and distinction during war and peacetime under tremendously challenging circumstances,” said Senator Tony Mendoza.

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President Obama Celebrates 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment

Janelle Berry, Special to the NNPA News Wire from the HU News ServiceDecember 17, 2015

Ask Americans what the Emancipation Proclamation is and most who know of President Abraham Lincoln’s executive order will respond like 20-year-old Ebony Harris, a student of Howard University from Chicago, Ill., and say, “Isn’t that the thing that freed the slaves?” But, the Emancipation Proclamation did not actually free the slaves. It freed three of the four million slaves in states that were in revolt against the Union during the Civil War. What’s more,, and it was n’ot permanent. Ask peoplethem about the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, and most responses sound like Josephine Jacob-Cox’s, a schedule manager for the