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on Tuesday to remove the disputed quote from the sculpture, as opposed to cutting into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation

Saxophonist Jimmy Greene was among those who lost his daughter, Ana, in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, according to jazzblog.ca and CBC News. Greene is a noted saxophonist, composer…

A look at the names and the lives of some of the victims of the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

The president spoke at a vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut

prosecution in the conspiracy trials against the Wilmington Ten – 10 civil rights activists, led by the Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis – falsely accused of firebombing a white-owned grocery store during the height of racial violence in Wilmington in 1971

Black leaders from across the nation outlined a “Black Agenda” that would be presented to President Barack Obama and Congress early next year.

People around the world are praying for the health of former South African President Nelson Mandela as he remained hospitalized since last weekend for a lung infection

National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Foundation and Lenora Alexander, the treasurer, signed the final documents last week retiring the mortgage loan for the organization’s Washington D.C. headquarters at 3200 13th Street NW, Washington, D.C

Wilmington Ten should be granted a pardon of innocence by Gov. Perdue. Stroud is still delusional 40 years later about basic fairness and equality under the law. I pray that Stroud will one day find it in his heart to repent for the wrong that he has done with respect to the Wilmington Ten.”

The Black unemployment rate fell to 13.2 percent in November, down from 14.3 percent the previous month. The decrease