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Transcript: Barack Obama’s address at John Lewis’ funeral
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Transcript: Barack Obama’s address at John Lewis’ funeral

Sentinel News ServiceAugust 1, 2020

As a boy, John listened through the door after bedtime as his father’s friends complained about the Klan. One Sunday as a teenager, he heard Dr. King preach on the radio. As a college student in Tennessee, he signed up for Jim Lawson’s workshops on the tactic of nonviolent civil disobedience. John Lewis was getting something inside his head, an idea he couldn’t shake that took hold of him – that nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience were the means to change laws, but also change hearts, and change minds, and change nations, and change the world.

Lifting Up Lowery, Vivian and Lewis: Living the Legacy, Freeing the People
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Lifting Up Lowery, Vivian and Lewis: Living the Legacy, Freeing the People

Dr. Maulana KarengaJuly 23, 2020

Clearly, there are several lessons to be gleaned from the legacy of these freedom warriors and workers for a new society and world. And the first is to rightfully locate them in Black history among their people, our people in the midst of an unfinished and ongoing Black freedom struggle. Indeed, there can be no correct understanding, appropriate appreciation or honest emulation of their lives and the lives of all those who preceded them and made them and us possible and of those who were their co-combatants, unless we place them all in the context of their people, our people, Black people and our struggle.

Black Press of America Celebrates 193 Years of Freedom-Fighting Journalism
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Black Press of America Celebrates 193 Years of Freedom-Fighting Journalism

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentMarch 19, 2020

“As we deal with some of the most challenging times in modern history, it is important that we understand the significance of the Black Press in reporting on and recording our history,” said National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Chair, and publisher of the Houston Forward Times, Karen Carter Richards. The NNPA is the national trade association representing America’s Black Press.

NNPA EXCLUSIVE — Biden Says, ‘The Black Vote Will Determine the Nominee’
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NNPA EXCLUSIVE — Biden Says, ‘The Black Vote Will Determine the Nominee’

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentMarch 5, 2020

“I got started in the African American community. I got involved in the Civil Rights Movement when I was a kid. I helped de-segregate a movie theater, that kind of thing,” Biden noted. “I was the only guy who worked in the projects on the East Side who was White. That’s how I got started, and the Black community is the community that, as we say, brung me to the dance. That’s how I got elected.”

Bill Russell Attended the March on Washington
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Bill Russell Attended the March on Washington

Amanda Scurlock, Sports WriterJanuary 16, 2020

Legendary basketball player Bill Russell is one of the most decorated athletes in the NBA in all sports. While having a successful career, he endured discrimination and racism, even in the town that he played for in Boston. Yet, Russell had no problem in fighting against racism and worked to be a vocal figure in the Civil Rights Movement.

A Tribute to a Living Legend: Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
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A Tribute to a Living Legend: Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

Stacy M. Brown NNPA, Newswire Senior CorrespondentJanuary 9, 2020

In 1965, Lewis and fellow activist Hosea Williams led what was planned as a peaceful 54-mile march through Alabama from Selma to Montgomery. The march, a protest of the discriminatory practices and Jim Crow laws that prevented African Americans from voting, would be remembered in history as “Bloody Sunday,” one of the most dramatic and violent incidents of the American Civil Rights Movement.

INTERVIEW: Protecting Democracy – An Interview with Sen. Nina Turner
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INTERVIEW: Protecting Democracy – An Interview with Sen. Nina Turner

Terri L. Crawford, JD, The Omaha StarNovember 22, 2019

“A Bernie Sanders presidency means an America where folks don’t die because they’ve got to rotate out their insulin to make sure it lasts. We are looking for an America where hospitals are not closing but are expanding services to vulnerable communities. We want a healthcare system that is not commodified. That’s it and that’s all.” — Senator Nina Turner

Former NNPA Chairs Talk Yesterday, Today and the Future: Part One in a series, as the NNPA prepares to Celebrate 80 Years as the Voice of Black America
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Former NNPA Chairs Talk Yesterday, Today and the Future: Part One in a series, as the NNPA prepares to Celebrate 80 Years as the Voice of Black America

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJuly 19, 2019

Whether it’s taking a stand for the Double V campaign during World War II; marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement; or fighting to have a voice in the White House in more recent times, NNPA’s board chairpersons’ responsibilities have historically gone far beyond any standard business definitions.