Dr. Dorothy Height was considered the “grande dame” of the civil rights era.  She was an American administrator, educator, and social activist.  She also served as president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years.  Height was born in Richmond Virginia on March 24, 1912, but moved with her family to Rankin Pennsylvania […]

On August 6, 1965, a piece of legislation was signed that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been the culprit for widespead suppression of African American, Colored or Black voters in America. The language is clear under the 15 amendment, the Act prohibits states from imposing certain “voter qualifications or prerequisite” to vote or standard practice […]

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With Proposition 8 having been overturned recently, black America is going through a change in perspective. From the spyglass of your average pop-culture junkie literati…

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NEW YORK-Robert L. Carter, a federal judge who helped form the case against segregation in the historic Brown Vs. Board Of Education Supreme Court trial has died at age 94 after complications from a stroke. Carter was part of Thurgood Marshall’s NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as a lawyer and helped win the historic […]

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A majority of Americans say Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of racial equality has been realized in the USA, although a significant divide between Black and white people’s perceptions of equality and race relations still exists, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll suggests. The Poll found that most Americans– 90% of whites and 85% of […]

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Listen to Miss Community Clovia’s interview with the Secretary of the Commonwealth on the new policies and application procedures for restoration of rights for ex-felons. If you would like to start the process of getting your rights restored join me for my 3rd annual “Now Listen Up Ladies! Men Are Talking” men’s forum on Saturday, […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border, an administration official and an Arizona congresswoman said Tuesday, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deployment.

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WASHINGTON – A White House-approved proposal to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban against gays serving openly in the military is expected to face a vote in Congress as early as this week.

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Via:  www.newsone.com // From NPR.org: Organizations led by civil rights leaders Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, who both died this month, were in the forefront of the fight for equal rights, but they are now struggling to stay relevant. And nowhere is that fight more evident than in the group founded by Martin Luther King […]

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Via:  NewsOne.com // At the White House Civil Rights Concert, Obama joined Smokey Robinson in singing the Negro National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice And Sing”written by James Weldon Johnson. In this clip you can also see Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Hudson and Bob Dylan. Obama Sings “Lift Every Voice” at the 1:31 moment. RELATED STORIES Jennifer […]

As we celebrate Black History month, we pay tribute to Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a modest seamstress on her way home from work when…

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Via:  NewsOne.com // From USA Today Next month, Bob Dylan, who is still cranking out great songs, performs at the White House as part of a music series sponsored by first lady Michelle Obama. The theme of the Feb. 10 concert is very personal for both Obamas: “A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights […]