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PHILADELPHIA – As part of National Gun Violence Awareness Month, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis were in Philadelphia Friday to

Her Legacy was not in money and fame.  Her Legacy was in advocating for the homeless and less fortunate.  She was called in the time of most need to pastor homeless families and set them on a path toward success.

Billed as the "Black Mothers and Grandmothers Against Gun Violence" forum, the event was hosted by several local activist groups.

Through a collection of intriguingly unreliable narrators, Promise Boys explores the landscape of Black and Latino teen lives. I talked with Nick Brooks about his first YA novel while he played with his dog in his LA backyard, and I sat with mine on the couch in Boston. Ain’t Zoom grand?

Activists demand documents, land donation from Norfolk Southern Chattahoochee Brick Company site center of protest Several activists came together Thursday to call on Northfolk Southern to release the archeological study of the site of the Chattahoochee Brick Company, where slaves were used as manual labor. ATLANTA - Historians whove studied what happened on the grounds of the industrial site along Bolton Road and Interstate 285 said Black teenagers and young adult prison inmates were forced to...

COLUMN: The Three Black Reconstructions in America Arthur Wellington Conquest III, Town Meeting Member P6, and Dr. Irving Allen, Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations Commissioner “’…we stood in arms, firing on the revolted slaves, of whom we kill’d some and wounded many…and many of the most mutinous leapt over board, and drowned themselves in the ocean with much resolution…’ — John Barbot, Slave Ship Captain, 1701.”  The quote is the opening lines of Vincent Harding�...

Eric Holder Fast Facts Personal Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Eric Himpton Holder Jr. Father: Eric Himpton Holder, realtor Mother: Miriam (Yearwood) Holder Children: Maya, Brooke and Eric Education: Columbia College, B.A., 1973; Columbia Law School, J.D., 1976 Other Facts Is an active member of the national youth mentoring organization Concerned Black Men. Timeline 1988-1993 1993-1997 – US attorney for the District of Columbia. 2007-2008 December 1, 2008 – President-elect Obama ...

Eric Holder Fast Facts Personal Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Eric Himpton Holder Jr. Father: Eric Himpton Holder, realtor Mother: Miriam (Yearwood) Holder Children: Maya, Brooke and Eric Education: Columbia College, B.A., 1973; Columbia Law School, J.D., 1976 Other Facts Is an active member of the national youth mentoring organization Concerned Black Men. Timeline 1988-1993 1993-1997 – US attorney for the District of Columbia. 2007-2008 December 1, 2008 – President-elect Obama ...