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President Biden Makes History by Nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the First Black Woman to serve on the Supreme Court
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President Biden Makes History by Nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the First Black Woman to serve on the Supreme Court

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 25, 2022

President Joseph R. Biden announced his first nominee to the Supreme Court on Friday, fulfilling a campaign promise to appoint the first Black woman to the high court. The nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since June. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: 

As Opioid Crisis Hits Home, Black Media Outlets Step Up to Get Word Out
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As Opioid Crisis Hits Home, Black Media Outlets Step Up to Get Word Out

Tanu Henry, California Black MediaJanuary 3, 2020

By the late 1970s, drug traffickers were shipping so much cocaine to the United States that the street price of the powdered stimulant dealers cook to make crack – the smokable rock form of the stimulant – dropped by nearly 80 percent, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

National Senior Citizens Day Honorees Celebrated by the South Los Angeles/Inglewood Republican Assembly
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National Senior Citizens Day Honorees Celebrated by the South Los Angeles/Inglewood Republican Assembly

Lady Cage-Barile, Special to the SentinelOctober 3, 2019

National Senior Citizens Day Celebration, a day of honoring and appreciating all the things Senior Citizens in the United States has given, accomplished and sacrificed to help America be an awesome nation to live in. In highlighting 3 nominated Senior Citizens yearly for the services they’ve given to elevate their family, their community and their country, S.L.A.I.R.A. (South Los Angeles/Inglewood Republican Assembly) hosted an annual event that was held on August 24, 2019. National Senior Citizens Day Proclamation 5847” was declared on August 19, 1988 by U. S. President Ronald Reagan.”

Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame
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Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentSeptember 26, 2019

“At each significant turning point in my life, when I was introduced to the world of progressive political activism, anti-racist prison abolition struggles, when I myself was on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List and ended up spending two years in jail and on trial, when I became involved in many international solidarity efforts, intersectional feminist movements, I’ve always been one of many,” Davis said during her induction speech. “My own consciousness has always been enabled by shared endeavors and collective consciousness.”

Wendy’s Window: The Struggle is Still Real
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Wendy’s Window: The Struggle is Still Real

Wendy GladneyJanuary 17, 2019

When I first started my event planning business over a quarter of a century ago, one of my favorite clients was working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).  I was originally hired by Genethia Hudley Hayes who was the executive director at the time.  She wanted me to come in and help with what was known as “King Week.”