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Black congressional staffers stage walkout over police killings
More than a hundred black congressional staffers walked off their jobs Thursday afternoon to protest recent grand jury decisions in New York City and Ferguson, Missouri, where no indictments were handed down for white police officers involved in the deaths of unarmed black men this summer. The decisions sparked major protests across the country and […]
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School discipline to girls differs between and within races
To hear Mikia Hutchings speak, one must lean in close as her voice barely rises above a whisper. In report cards, her teachers describe the 12-year-old as “very focused,” someone who follows the rules and stays on task. So it was a surprise for her grandmother when Mikia and a friend got into trouble for […]
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Nana Gyamfi
Nana Gyamfi has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994. Nana graduated from Cornell University and earned her law degree from UCLA’s School of Law. In 1992, while still in law school, Nana worked with Chokwe Lumumba at the Black Law Institute and co-organized and directed the community […]
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Tanya Young-Williams
Tanya R. Young Williams is a TV Personality, legal analyst, inspirational speaker, author and featured contributor to Huffington Post. She is a proud graduate of the Yeshiva University – Benjamin N. Cardozo School of law, where her concentration was Entertainment Law. Her undergraduate degree in Communications from St. John’s University, partnered with her legal knowledge […]
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Jason Mott
Jason Mott lives in southeastern North Carolina. He has a BFA in Fiction and an MFA in Poetry, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His poetry and fiction has appeared in various literary journals. He was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize award and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their […]
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Dr. Mable John
Dr. Mable John is the founder of Joy Community Outreach. A former R&B vocalist, she is the sister of the late-great Little Willie John. When she embarked on her singing career, she received a bit of advice from her already famous brother. “Either be a star or pack your bags and go home”. Mable heeded […]
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Jewel Diamond Taylor
Speaker – Minister – Author – Life Coach – Workplace Training – Retreat Facilitator Jewel Diamond Taylor has created a legacy of impact and inspiration as a guest speaker at the Pentagon and prisons, corporate America, military bases, colleges, FDIC, EPA, CIA, DEA, community organizations, retreats and churches, Jewel Diamond Taylor presents “taylor-made” messages which […]
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Monday Mind Gem with Saharah Ali
SAJI Yoga Mind Gem Today, I forgive myself for judging myself. I forgive others for judging me. I accept the wisdom of forgiveness to manifest new patwhays of freedom in my life here and now. I release any emotional or mental conditions that limits the expression of my happiness. I allow my mind to recognize […]
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Holder: New policy will “help end racial profiling”
ATLANTA — In the wake of clashes at protests in Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says new Justice Department guidance will aim to end racial profiling and ensure fair and effective policing. Holder said in a speech Monday at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta — where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was […]
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Bill Overton
Actor Bill Overton was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was raised by his mother and father, Hessie and Eugene Waterhouse. As a child, Bill attended Boston’s Asa Gray Elementary, W.L.P. Boardman Elementary, Henry L. Higginson Elementary and Lewis Junior High Schools. As an adolescent, Bill was a premiere athlete and went on to become a […]
