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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

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Rep. James Clyburn Steps Down from House Leadership

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentFebruary 20, 2024

During an interview on Sunday, Feb. 18, Clyburn, 83, expressed his continued disdain for former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” mantra, asserting that the country is already great but needs to ensure accessibility and affordability for all citizens.

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James Clyburn Transcends Generations in Speech at Howard University’s Convocation

Joshua Heron, Howard University News ServiceSeptember 29, 2022

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn disclosed that he lost three races before being elected to his first position in Congress as representative of South Carolina’s 6th District, during his speech at Howard University’s 155th opening convocation on Friday.

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Congressional Black Caucus Celebrates 50 years of Servitude and Outlines Future Progressive Works

July 8, 2021

Wednesday, June 30, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) gathered to publicly fortify their legislative priorities as the House enters into district work period. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, also emphasized the continual work that needs to be done.

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Notable Appointments & Elected Officials of 2020

Editorial StaffDecember 31, 2020

These were the appointments in local and national offices in 2020.

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Bass, Pelosi, CBC Return from Historic Trip to Ghana

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterAugust 8, 2019

“We absolutely accomplished what we set out to,” said Congresswoman Karen Bass of her recent trip to Ghana with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and thirteen members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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A More Diverse Congress, a More Perfect Union?

Julianne MalveauxJanuary 11, 2019

No freedom in this homeland of the free, but this Congress offers freedom possibilities. It offers the possibility of fixing the Voting Rights Act, even as the Supreme Court has attempted to erode voting rights, even as at least two elections were stolen in 2018, those of Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Andrew Gillum in Florida.