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On Thursday, Feb. 4th, Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Whalum Jr. attended the 58th National Prayer Breakfast with President and Mrs. Barack Obama in the International Ballroom of the Hilton Washington Hotel in our nation’s capital.
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What would you sit in for?
On Feb. 1, 1960, four students sat down at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter for a cup of coffee. Their action fueled a movement that challenged, and ultimately changed a nation. The Tri-State Defender took to the street to ask the question “What would you sit in for?”
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Community in Pictures photo gallery
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Dealing with damage from the ice storm
The Better Business Bureau says if you sustained damage to trees, your roof or other structures in the recent ice storm, don’t compound the problem by selecting the wrong contractor to make the repairs.
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Super Bowl XLIV: Enjoy the game, but consider this
While African-American fans root, bet and grouse about the Super Bowl game and competing teams, we’d be remiss not to ask the NFL, and its member teams, “Are NFL hiring and retention practices acts of equal and equitable opportunities?”
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NAACP announces co-chairs of 2010 Freedom Fund Gala
The Memphis Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has announced NBA great and local philanthropist Elliot Perry and Independent Bank Co-Founder Susan S. Stephenson as the honorary co-chairs for its annual Freedom Fund Gala.
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We deserve the truth in housing lawsuit
The city and county are suing Wells Fargo for discrimination under the federal Fair Housing Act, saying that the bank aimed to sell bad loans to black residents – even when they qualified for better loans.
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Rum war threatens the Carribbean
A war is brewing between two of America’s island territories in the Caribbean. It is a fight that is developing over rum subsidies.
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‘Dress for Success’ program has good intentions, but it’s off base
I consider it to be rather silly and insulting to call a program directed toward the youth “Dress For Success.”
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Classifieds 2-4-2010
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12/23/2008
Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president and first African-American president of the United States of America on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.
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