Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray: Draftswoman of Civil Rights Victories
A Visionary of the Civil Rights Movement The works of The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray played a pivotal role in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case, Brown v. …
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Shop Black Week Gwinnett 2021 Is November 22-29
Supporting All Black Businesses in Gwinnett County, Georgia – Storefront and Online We are celebrating the resilience of Black business owners throughout Gwinnett county with Shop Black Week Gwinnett 2021 …
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Blacks Life Expectancy Dropped in 2020
From 2019-2020, the life expectancy rate for Blacks in the United States drop by 2.9%. This is the largest decline since World War II and has been caused by the …
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Registration Opens for Gwinnett County High School Summer Classes
Gwinnett high school students can catch up or get ahead with summer classes. Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) offers high school students, including rising 9th graders, four ways to learn for credit …
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19th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival Launches Virtually for 2020
International Festival Running October 12-25, 2020 on UrbanFlixToGo Streaming Service and on Zoom for Interactive Events This year the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival takes place virtually October 12-25, 2020 and …
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How the Lynching of Timothy Coggins Was Finally Solved After 34 Years | Griffin, GA
by Wesley Lowery for GQ.com How the murder of Timothy Coggins was finally solved. Griffin, Georgia — In the final weeks of her life, Viola Coggins-Dorsey saw into the future. The …
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Is Extreme Racism a Mental Illness?
Reprint from US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health | January 2002 The American Psychiatric Association has never officially recognized extreme racism (as opposed to ordinary prejudice) as …
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Collins Hill High Yearbooks to Replace Racist Photograph
Racism is vibrant at Collins Hill High School in Gwinnett County. The school will print new, revised 2019-20 yearbooks. Principal Kerensa Wing issued an apology for what she described as a …
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Gwinnett Cares and Goodwill Partner Hosts A Virtual Job Fair
Several employers with job openings are attending a virtual job fair hosted by Gwinnett Cares and Goodwill of North Georgia. Employers include Amazon, MARTA, PTL Trucking, Schneider, Around the Town …
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Any White Town USA: What Happened In Bethel, Ohio?
Maddie Mcgarvey Kathy Newman raises a sign she brought to the rally in Bethel, Ohio, June 14. Hundreds of armed counterprotesters confronted peaceful demonstrators at a Black Lives Matter rally …
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