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By ELIZABETH FLOCK December 3, 2012: Following a four-hour closed door meeting Monday, the leaders of four African-American advocacy groups emerged looking pleased to announce a collective wish list they plan to deliver to President Barack Obama for his second term. The “black agenda,” as the groups have called their wish list on [...]
By Barnett Wright | bwright@al.com on October 26, 2012 at 12:18 PM, BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The closing of inpatient care unit could be the spark to bring attention to healthcare on a national level, Rev. Al Sharpton said today. Sharpton was one of the featured speakers during a community forum on [...]
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The heated debate over same-sex marriage has created a Red Sea-like divide among Black ministers that has serious implications for President Obama’s re-election bid. As Black some pastors express fervent support for same-sex marriage others are sticking by their guns – at least [...]
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney clearly bested President Obama in the first of three televised debates, some experts are questioning whether too much emphasis is being placed on style rather than substance. Angela Minor, director of the Martin L. King, Jr. [...]
by Jessica Williams-Gibson Special to the NNPA from The Indianapolis Recorder Some are concerned that the kind of activism advocated by leaders such as Rev. Derek King (left) and Rev. Al Sharpton is not as strong in the Black community today as in the past. During the civil rights movement of the 50s [...]
Family attorney Benjamin Crump, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton, rear, listen as Trayvon Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton, center, and Tracy Martin, right, speak to thousands at rally. In a press conference last week, President Barack Obama commented on the case of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager in Sanford, Florida, who was killed by George [...]
by Cyril Josh Barker Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News The deadly shooting of an unarmed 17-year-old Black male at the hands of a white neighborhood watch member who has not been arrested in Florida is stirring tensions. The situation, which is now gaining national attention and has [...]
This past weekend thousands of people from across the Alabama Black Belt and the nation came to Selma to participate in the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee which commemorates the “Bloody Sunday March” in 1965 which led to passage of the Voting Rights Act. Several hundred marchers stayed on to continue the [...]
By Lauren Victoria Burke Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer In an effort to spur activism and create a political tipping point on the issue, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are joining forces with National Action Network President Rev. Al Sharpton, against voter suppression. Rev. Sharpton [...]
By Senator Hank Sanders A coalition of 25 Alabama organizations sponsored a state-wide Save Ourselves Summit (SOS) on November 19, 2011. It was a powerful success with a great cross-section of people participating productively. That was just beginning. Among other matters, SOS resolved to facilitate a national Selma to Montgomery March to challenge the increasing [...]
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