From the monthly archives: December 2011
Lisa Jackson, the nation’s first Black EPA administrator, has been traveling around America calling attention to the dirtiest part of her job: cleaning up toxic pollutants in Black communities across the country. Jackson, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, is aggressively leading a government effort to rid thousands of [...]
Children’s National Medical Center Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper It’s a Wonderful Life is her favorite Christmas movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas, her favorite Christmas program, T’was the Night Before Christmas, her favorite story and her family eats pie – “lots of pie” – during [...]
By Aswad Walker Special to the NNPA from the Houston Defender The case of Texas redistricting took another dramatic turn recently as the U.S. Supreme Court granted state Attorney General Greg Abbott’s request to temporarily block interim redistricting maps. Some view the fallout from the decision merely as an inconvenience to Texas voters and aspiring [...]
By Herb Boyd and Nayaba Arinde Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Almost 30 years after being convicted of shooting a police officer and spending nearly an equal number of years on death row, Mumia Abu-Jamal, 57, is free of the death sentence but still might spend the [...]
Loretta Webb Wilson announces her candidacy for Circuit Clerk of Greene County. “My family has authorized me and the Alabama Democratic Party has qualified me to seek the office of Circuit Court Clerk,” she stated. In her release, Wilson says she will “…bring revolutionary changes to the operation of the Clerk’s Office by focusing on [...]
The Greene County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. presented Christmas gifts for a local family adopted through the Greene County Department of Human Services. The gifts included toys, clothing and other delights for children ranging in ages from one to six years old. The Adopt-A-Family for Christmas is an annual [...]
Following a lengthy executive session, the Greene County Board of Education received a financial report from CSFO Shane Martin. Martin said that the total cash and cash equivalencies amounted to $13.4 million with $9.7 million of that earmarked for the construction of the new high school. Revenue for the month was $930,000 and [...]
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By Brooke Smith Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Dec. 6 (GIN) – A “Nobel prize” for activists was awarded this week to Jacqueline Moudeina, a fearless human rights lawyer from the north African nation of Chad. Moudeina was commended “for her tireless efforts at great personal risk to win [...]
The SNCC Legacy Project mourns the death recently of former SNCC Field Secretary Robert C. Mants, Jr. (1943-2011). Bob suffered a massive heart attack Tuesday, December 7, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. In the photo above, Bob is shown holding a photo taken on Bloody Sunday showing him in the second row with Albert Turner of [...]
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