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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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Signature fund-raising event has raised over $3 million for local charities; All events to take place…
U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will receive the Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the Broward Black Elected Officials’ Eighth Annual Black History Gala
(FAMU) alumnus Travis Williams, growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and seeing how the poor were “abused by the criminal justice system” inspired the public defender to want to work to prevent injustices from occurring.
She won two awards in the music categories: outstanding song, for the “I Look To You” duet with R. Kelly
PBS announced it will launch the PBS Black Culture Connection, a digital storybook of Black films, history, trends and discussion that’s available throughout the year on PBS.org, on Feb. 1, 2013
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