From the monthly archives: August 2011
By John Zippert, Co-Publisher Greenetrack CEO, Luther “Nat” Winn, told a cheering crowd of 250 or more at the Eutaw Activity Center last Wednesday, that he plans to bring electronic bingo machines back but the State of Alabama will not be able to seize them again. On two prior occasions in the past year [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network By Fungai Maboreke The spectacle of anarchy unfolding in Britain’s low income neighborhoods of Black Africans, South Asians and others, has prompted mixed reactions of worry and concern from African, Caribbean and Asian communities around the world. Widespread riots have been viewed on the internet, with [...]
Special to the NNPA from thedefendersonline.com Just days after the 46th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Georgia attorney Wayne Kendall filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Fayette County, Georgia’s at-large method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education [...]
By Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its 102nd Annual Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 23-28. Its theme was “Affirming America’s Promise” of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, justice, hope, [...]
By Phillip Jackson Chicago – An army of more than one million American men are taking to the streets this year in one of the most important battles that America has ever fought. And that is the battle for the hearts, minds and spirits of American children. These men will include janitors, [...]
Special to the NNPA from the AFRO-American newspapers During her last round of picks for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (“Debt Supercommittee”) intended to help solve the nation’s debt crisis, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appointed Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), adding diversity to [...]
By John Zippert, Co-Publisher President Barack Obama held a Rural Economic Forum in Peosta, Iowa on Tuesday August 16, 2011 as part of his Midwest bus tour to seek advice and input from rural business and community leaders on improving Federal policy and program delivery for residents of rural America. 300 invited [...]
On Monday, August 15, the Greene County Board of Education and the Greene County Commission held a joint meeting to discuss updates on the construction of the new Greene County High School. County Commission Chair William Underwood opened the meeting asking for “some sort of assurance that nothing will happen to hinder this [...]
Where else can you smile and sway to ole timey blues, enjoy the delicacies of right-off-the grill barbecue and polish sausages, feast on freshly cooked country dinners with assorted pies and cakes and then top it all off with hand churned homemade ice cream. All this and more is happening at the annual [...]
On August 12, 2011, the Supreme Court of Alabama issued a Writ of Mandamus to stay the enforcement of the trial court’s order of August 3 that the electronic bingo machines seized from Greenetrack be returned. “It is ordered that the enforcement of the trial court’s order of August 3, 2011, is staying [...]
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