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#NNPA BlackPress11 months ago

IN MEMORIAM: Rev. James Lawson, Jr.: A Legendary Civil Rights Leader Who Trained John Lewis in Non-Violence, Dies at 95

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The world won’t get no better if we just let it be.” Rev. James Lawson Jr. embodied these lyrics. He was a courageous...
Activism3 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa Dies at 90

Tutu was born into a poor family in Northwest South Africa, saying of his upbringing that they were not affluent, but “we were not destitute either.”...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

OP-ED: Rev. Joseph Lowery: One of the most influential leaders of the latter 20th Century

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lowery’s enduring legacy, I believe, is that he led the SCLC back from near death, to vibrancy and noteworthy relevance, after taking over...

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