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May 2, 2013- Paramount Jr. High held its first induction ceremony named in honor of Mr. Abraham Kennard a former principal of Paramount, Jr. High and longtime educator in the Greene County school system. Inductees include Ali Albalakhi, Yasmeen Amerson- President, Jasmine Armstead- Treasurer, Keyonna Dixon-Parliamentarian, Sabrina French, Frenandez Gordon- Vice President, Ti’Eisha Hubbard, Tyrene [...]
By: John Zippert, Co-Publisher The Network of Black Farm Organizations has responded to a 5,000 word investigative article published in the New York Times on April 26 which charges widespread fraud in the settlement of the initial $1 billion Black farmers discrimination lawsuit (Pigford I) against USDA. The article, by Sharon LaFraniere, entitled “Federal Spigot [...]
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to provide $150 million to community health centers to assist in getting uninsured Americans prepared for the Oct. 1 opening of the Health Care Marketplace. The 1,2000 Community Health Centers across rural and [...]
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Seventeen people, including eight ministers, civil rights leaders, and students, were arrested for a prayerful protest at the state legislature in Raleigh on April 29, 2013 .They promise to return again. The activists were handcuffed and taken to jail while they sang and prayed in front of the locked chamber doors of [...]
By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters Tuesday that he recused himself last year from any involvement in an investigation of national security leaks. Holder also announced Tuesday that he has ordered an investigation to see if there were criminal violations in the Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of [...]
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent ASHVILLE, N.C. (NNPA) – The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded $75 million in grants for a 5-year project called the American Healing Initiative. But in an unusual and unexpected move, the foundation assembled some of the grantees here recently to help heal the healers. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, a [...]
The Eutaw City Council agreed to submit an application to the USDA Rural Development agency for $2.8 million to replace the water tank behind City Hall and make other needed improvements to the city’s water system. Mayor Hattie Edwards said, “ we have reviewed our system and in addition to the tank, we need to [...]
By Al Jazeera English, 21 April 2013 The number of detainees taking part in a hunger strike at the US-run Guantanamo Bay military prison has grown to 77, an increase of 25 in just the past few days, according to a US military spokesman. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House said in a statement that of the [...]
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) and Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) announce that on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider H.R. 360, the resolution to request that Congress bestow its highest civilian honor – the Congressional Gold Medal – to Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and [...]
by Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) April 20 — President Barack Obama declared Friday night that the capture of a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings “closed an important chapter in this tragedy.” But he acknowledged that many unanswered questions remain about the motivations of the two men accused of perpetrating the attacks [...]
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