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Before Will A. Gunn served in the White House, defended the rights of military detainees or became the chief legal officer for the nation’s largest funder of civil legal aid, he was a young man growing up in the Fort Lauderdale area, attending Mt. Olive Baptist Church and breaking barriers at Piper Hig
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On Oct. 15, the first day of early voting, students from A&T, Bennett, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro marched together to Union Square, the closest polling place left open to them. The trek took about 45 minutes in 85-degree heat, on roads where missing sidewalks forced some into traffic, and many waited hours more to vote on arrival.
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During Grammy Awards Week celebration, singer Jill Scott will be honored at Essence magazine’s sixth annual Black Women in Music event.
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