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COMMUNITY VOICE (via Blackpressusa.com) — Georgia voters made history on Nov. 3 by electing eight Democratic women to statewide offices, securing seven of the state’s eight major executive positions. Among the victors, Penny Brown Reynolds defeated her Republican opponent to become the first Black woman elected as Georgia’s secretary of state.
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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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