It was August 1963 in Hartford, Connecticut. I was 24 years old. I was a mom. I was white. I had heard about the March—everyone had—and I knew I had to go. I wanted to be part of the movement, I wanted to help make a statement.
The morning of Augu ...
Posted Wednesday, August 28th 2013 at 3:57PM
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NO EXCUSES!!!!!!
Develop economic empowerment strategies.
PRACTICAL #SOLUTIONS FOR THE #BLACK COMMUNITY
A. Spend money with Black businesses
http://www.blackownedbiz.com/directory - Black Business Directory
http://aroundthewayapp.com/ - Black ...
Posted Wednesday, August 28th 2013 at 4:48AM
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What's the polar opposite of a smash and grab?
Surveillance video from a recently opened store on Route 23 is making the rounds after a group of young men entered after closing time, taking a number of goods before — well, paying for them and leav ...
Posted Wednesday, August 28th 2013 at 12:53AM
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United States intelligence officials are convinced the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against rebels last week, and are building their case for military action without putting troops on the ground. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
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Posted Tuesday, August 27th 2013 at 11:32AM
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I had a great day today 14 Large Mouth Bass on our private lake around the block from my house ... I've been to this lake 3 times for a total of 53 bass... had to share this picture a basket full of fish! Yes I am enjoying life ! ...
Posted Tuesday, August 27th 2013 at 3:18AM
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TAFT
The All-Black town now known as Taft started as the community of Twine, which had a post office by 1902. Taft, located eight miles west of Muskogee, in Muskogee County is one of more than fifty All-Black towns of Oklahoma and one of only thir ...
Posted Sunday, August 25th 2013 at 11:05PM
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The Heart of a Queen...
Life has taught us the meaning of hard ship and pain, struggle and triumph, challenge and victory, but life is still working on us, we are the constant recipients of an aggravated existence, coexisting in a world that has lit ...
Posted Sunday, August 25th 2013 at 5:28AM
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Invoking the legacy of the bloody assault he endured in Selma, Ala., Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) used the 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington to call upon Congress to fix the provisions of the Voting Rights Act invalidated earlier this ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:59PM
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Once again we are witnessing the true power of social media. You are hearing about this story because one man posted about his experience on Facebook at a Wild Wing Cafe in North Charleston, SC, where his friends and family suffered some “1960′ ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:54PM
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Rep. John Lewis threatened "to march through the South like Sherman" before he was persuaded to tone down his remarks. ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:46PM
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A Time magazine article reveals new details about the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr'.'s famous speech.
Tell them about the dream Martin,, Tell them about the dream ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:38PM
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/22/living/march-on-washington-freed-photos/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
It was his most famous speech, and the most memorable moment of the March on Washington.
All eyes were on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on August ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:34PM
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Over the next week, a host of civil rights events will be taking place in Washington, D.C., leading up to the 50th anniversary next week of the March on Washington.
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/08/20/john-lewis-march
More than a quarter million ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 8:27PM
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Fifty years ago this summer, Dr. King lead the March on Washington, where he gave his famous "I have a dream..." speech. Today, it's everyday Americans that are working to help advance the dream. How are you ADVANCING THE DREAM? Tell us! Use #advanci ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 8:10PM
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Joyce and Dorie Ladner served on the front lines of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, showing up in “hot spots’’ across Mississippi to protest segregation and register blacks to vote.
Joyce Ladner stepped inside a whites-only church in Jacks ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 7:42PM
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Gabrielle Union will be at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington on Saturday but don’t expect to see boyfriend Dwyane Wade there with her. She told the Tom Joyner Morning Show that Wade and his two sons, Zaire and Zion are on their annual “ ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 7:38PM
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National Urban League and Memorial Foundation Jointly Host
"Drum Majors for Justice Celebration" on Friday, August 23rd, 2013
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington DC
The National Urban League and the Memorial Foundation together will host The Dr ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 7:31PM
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Decades before delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton would represent her district as a congresswoman on Capitol Hill, she worked as one of the original organizers for the March on Washington. Fifty years later, Holmes Norton reflects with Gwen Ifill on her ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 7:24PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Months before Martin Luther King Jr. declared "I Have a Dream" to galvanize a crowd of thousands, Bayard Rustin was planning all the essential details to make the 1963 March on Washington a success
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Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 7:19PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Numerous exhibits and programs in the nation's capital will allow visitors to retrace the historic steps of the 1963 March on Washington 50 years later
Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/08/march-on-washington-retrace-t ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 7:16PM
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Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, July 18, 2011, after an education roundtable with business leaders and US President Barack Obama. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
Former Secretary of State ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 7:11PM
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