News from Black Communities of Gwinnett County Georgia.
By By Arielle Kass, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution For the first time in living memory, Gwinnett County commissioners this week acknowledged the lynching of Charles Hale 110 years ago in Lawrenceville’s downtown …
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by Janel George | Published on January, 2021 for AmericanBarAssociation.org [Note from Editor: There have been so much misinformation on Critical Race Theory in this country recently. Now, uninformed citizens …
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By Arielle Kass, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Gwinnett County will distribute more than $12 million in coronavirus relief funding to nonprofits for help with housing and other pandemic needs. And federal money …
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“We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws,” the producers write of upcoming feature film. Director/producer Antoine Fuqua and actor/producer Will Smith …
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Interview with Cheryle Renee Moses, founder of Come Meet A Black Person & publisher of Black Gwinnett Magazine, conducted by Scott Harris for Between the Lines on April 7, 2021. …
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Letter to Governor Asserts Georgia’s Election Laws Should Ensure Every Eligible Citizen Has Equitable Access to Exercise Their Constitutional Right to Vote A group of some 500 Georgia faith leaders from …
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Racial discrimination has long contributed to the steady decline of Black-owned farms in America, but a movement to grow those numbers may soon be bolstered by real support by Nadra Nittle Feb …
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By Taryn Finley Photography by Lynsey Weatherspoon & Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for Huffpost.com – Reprint Not many forces work harder than Black women leading a movement. From the fight for …
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(CNN) Georgia voting rights groups are denouncing a sweeping voting bill introduced this week by Republican state legislators as a “direct attack on democracy” and on Black voters. The bill …
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The American Abyss Written by By Timothy Snyder | Yale University History Professor | The New York Times When Donald Trump stood before his followers on Jan. 6 and urged them to …
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