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On Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Biden and Harris Vow Continued Push for Voting Rights

Inner City News - March 7, 2023

By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia To protect one of America’s most precious liberties — the right to vote — 600 courageous people...

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Inner City News - March 1, 2023

On behalf of the Dixwell Community House History Committee, kindly find attached a flyer for the exhibit opening of Timeless: Telling Our Neighborhood Stories;...

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The extraordinary story of Hallie Brown, who visited plantations to teach Black children denied education during slavery

Inner City News - March 1, 2023

by Stephen Nartey, Face2Face.com Every person of African descent with links to slavery has their own narrative. For educationist Hallie Quinn Brown, her parents, Thomas...

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Black History is American History

Inner City News - February 27, 2023

For the last decade, Dr. Chavis has served as the president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). NNPA is a trade...

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William B. Gould—A Black contraband’s account of the Civil War

Inner City News - February 23, 2023

When Professor William Gould IV’s father told him to take a close look at his diary, he discovered a priceless family heirloom. Not only...

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Black History of Health: Arthur Ashe

Inner City News - February 23, 2023

by Jasmine Browley, BlackDoctor.com In 1963, the gifted tennis player made history as the first Black player to compete for the U.S. Davis Cup team. A...

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Cultural event celebrates West Haven’s Black heritage

Inner City News - February 22, 2023

By Michael P. Walsh, Public Relations Information Coordinator, City of West Haven, CT WEST HAVEN, Feb. 17, 2023 — The city recognized the “proud legacy,...

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The Day a Native American Tribe Drove the KKK Out of Town

Inner City News - February 22, 2023

The North Carolina Klan thought burning crosses would scare the Lumbee tribe out of Robeson County. That’s not how things went down. Two crosses burned...

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Honoring the heroic Jesse LeRoy Brown, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart Medal and Air Medal recipient

Inner City News - February 22, 2023

There is every indication that the film “Devotion” will do for Jesse LeRoy Brown what “Red Tails” did to bring wider recognition to the...

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Larry Doby, Hall of Fame major leaguer, and second Black in MLB

Inner City News - February 22, 2023

by Herb Boyd No matter the event, contest or issue, second place finishers are rarely remembered, and for a while that was the fate of...

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