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COMMENTARY: Collision Course (Part 2)
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COMMENTARY: Collision Course (Part 2)

Gregg Reese, Contributor | Our Weekly NewsNovember 23, 2022

“Although I have no personal knowledge of when Dr. King died, I fully support the research of Dr. William Pepper, who has established that King’s life was terminated at the hospital. His research came through a credible witness, Johnton Shelby, whose mother personally witnessed the event. According to these sources, King did not die immediately, but shortly after being shot and transported to the hospital, when he was smothered to death with a pillow by the head surgeon, Dr. Breen Bland.” — Phillip F. Nelson, author of “Who REALLY Killed Martin Luther King,” in an interview with Our Weekly.

The New Multiracial America
Julianne Malveaux

The New Multiracial America

Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire ContributorSeptember 16, 2021

People who once hid their mixed-race identity or felt pressured to choose one identity or the other, now feel free to embrace the totality of their identity.

Many Say Education of King’s Life, Legacy Remains Critical for Young People
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Many Say Education of King’s Life, Legacy Remains Critical for Young People

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 28, 2021

Brainly, the world’s largest online learning platform, recently surveyed more than 1,700 U.S. students to understand better what they know – and don’t know – about Dr. King, his life, and his legacy. It turns out; the answer is not much. According to the data, 63 percent of U.S. students incorrectly identified Dr. King’s accomplishments or were not aware of some of the most important things he did to contribute to America’s Civil Rights Movement. 

Dr. King, Sports and Music!
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Dr. King, Sports and Music!

Larry BufordJanuary 14, 2021

There was a time when the aspiration of most Black Americans was either sports or music, as other vocations were closed or limited at best. As the old saying goes, if life deals you lemons, make lemonade. So, Blacks like Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson and Berry Gordy ran with what they had to work with.

One of Nielsen’s Top Black Executives Sues the Global Data and Measurement Corporation Charging Discrimination
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One of Nielsen’s Top Black Executives Sues the Global Data and Measurement Corporation Charging Discrimination

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 19, 2020

For the past decade, Nielsen Holdings has produced a series of annual reports, Nielsen’s Diverse Intelligence Series, highlighting a comprehensive collection of insights and the buying power of U.S. multicultural consumers compiled from the company’s multiple measurement verticals, spanning from retail to entertainment. Cheryl Grace, Nielsen’s senior vice president of U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement, the founder of the series, has been the company’s spokesperson for the company’s campaign, particularly the report focused on African American consumers.

As MLK asked in 1967, Where Do We Go from Here: Community or Chaos?
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As MLK asked in 1967, Where Do We Go from Here: Community or Chaos?

Charlene CrowellJune 18, 2020

The nationwide protests against the heinous killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, is reminiscent of the 1960s era of turmoil and voices that fervently called for social and economic justice. Today’s turbulent times seem that history is repeating itself. 

In addition to George Floyd, recent tragedies took the lives of a Black Louisville EMT in the middle of the night while she was asleep in her own bed. In another fatal incident, a young Black Georgia man jogging in daylight was shot dead. None of these three unarmed people deserved to die violently. 

Towards the Mountaintop: Commemorating Dr. King
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Towards the Mountaintop: Commemorating Dr. King

Sentinel News ServiceAugust 22, 2018

“Towards the Mountaintop: Commemorating Dr. King” is a live stage event to honor the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s passing and the 55th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Trump’s Mind, Mouth and Fecal Matters: Racism’s Red Meat and Raw Sewage
Dr. Maulana KarengaOp-EdOpinion

Trump’s Mind, Mouth and Fecal Matters: Racism’s Red Meat and Raw Sewage

Dr. Maulana KarengaJanuary 18, 2018

The long history of racism of Donald J. Trump has come home to haunt him and to hold him up to a withering and rightful world-wide moral outrage, criticism and condemnation. And his vulgar and morally reprehensible offense must not be dismissed as normal and diminished as unimportant nor rightful criticism be diverted in other ways. On the contrary, this criticism must become an ongoing ever-present part of the overall resistance to his crude, cruel and destructive regime. Indeed, he has waded in the squalid swamp of racist comments and practice for decades, viciously attacking as citizen, candidate and president the various peoples of color: Africans, Native Americans, Latinos and Asians.