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LEOLA MADDOX SPEAKS On Alton, On Life, On Being Black in America

  LEOLA MADDOX SPEAKS  On Alton, On Life, On Being Black in America (Our Time Press, 1998   On...
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The Tawana Brawley Case: TIMELINE From Wappinger’s Falls, NY 1987 to Poughkeepsie, NY 1998

From Wappinger’s Falls, NY 1987 to Poughkeepsie, NY 1998 1987 Nov. 24 State Trooper Scott Patterson...
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The View From Here – Congressman Joe Wilson: Warning Sign

Representative Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who shouted “You lie!” at President Barack...
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The Lost Report: The Commission on Students of African Descent

The existence of a school-to-prison pipeline for African-American students across the country has been...
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Brooklyn For Barack Hosts Comptroller Debate

The latest Comptroller debate took place in central Brooklyn, hosted by Brooklyn for Barack....
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The Road to Health Care Reform: The Human Right To Quality Care

This issue of health care reform in recent weeks has become so politically charged...
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The View From Here – What to Do About the Violence

We were up on Franklin Avenue a few weeks ago visiting Bristen’s Café and...
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The Road to Health Care Reform: Understanding Obama’s Public Option

Many years have passed since the Clinton Administration failed to promote a universal health...
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Brooklyn Health Reform Panelists: Stand Up and Demand Better Health System or Indifferent Policymakers and Money Interests Will Stand For You

When Fannie Lou Hamer said she was “sick and tired of being sick and...
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ENERGIZED STUDENTS IMPRESS COMMUNITY, CORPORATE LEADERS

How many young people have seen the inside of a battleship, toured a utilities...
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Charles Barron: On a Mission and Track to Lead

… Charles Barron still brings the fire. Burning questions in the minds of “critical...
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Major Owens Endorses John Liu, Warns of the “Donocracy”

There was wistfulness about the Major Owens endorsement of Councilman John Liu on Monday...
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The Disturbing Case of the Estate of Judge John L. Phillips

“The Brooklyn Supreme Court Guardianship Program has been hijacked by Mafia-style crime”, charges Reverend...
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How to Survive a Double Whammy? Keep the Faith

P.G. Wodehouse once wrote, “You can’t make an omelet unless you break a few...
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Helped Me Find My Voice

by Hortensia Gooding On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College "To inspire" originally carried a literal sense...
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View From Here

By David Mark Greaves It is widely acknowledged, and has been for some time, that...
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Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...
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Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

Interviewed by Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsTell us a little about yourself.My name is Glyne Maccup....