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Voting Rights Threatened as Voting Rights Act Turns 50

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, civil rights groups and leaders, union representatives, elected officials, and citizens gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall

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Lucky No More, Blessed Always

I have to say I’ve been feeling pretty lucky lately and, not necessarily from a financial, physical or even an emotional point of view. When I look at my life from a worldly perspective now, it can sometimes still appear

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Helping Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers

Care2Caregivers marks its one-year anniversary of providing a lifeline to thousands caring for loved ones with dementia & Alzheimer’s Elvis Gardin likens being a caregiver to a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease to being alone on an island.

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Voter Suppression Overshadows Voting Rights Act Celebration

Thursday, Aug. 6, marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1965 Voting Rights Act into law. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization co-founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will hold a Call to

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Study Reveals That Prejudice Causes the Perception of Threat That Can Be Used to Justify Actions That Result from Prejudice

WELLESLEY, Mass. — When people feel or act negatively toward a group, they may explain their feelings or behavior by saying, “I felt threatened.” However, new research reveals how easily people can be conditioned to feel prejudice — and that

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U.S. Gun Violence: A Human Rights Failure

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The United Nations Human Rights Committee has given the U.S. a series of failing grades on human rights, including failing to meet international human rights standards on gun violence; the uneven implementation of controversial Stand Your Ground

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On 50th Anniversary, Medicare and Medicaid Still Vital

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As Medicare and Medicaid turn 50 this week, the nation takes a look at the impact of two of the most significant government programs ever launched. Medicare serves roughly 52 million Americans as of 2013, about 10

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Conservative Koch Brothers Making Inroads into Black America

BATON ROUGE, La. (NNPA) – It was a scene that a young, militant Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. could not have envisioned 30 years ago. Last week, at the national convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) here, Chavis was

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Tonya Barbee Shares Her Story in “The Little Girl Inside: Owning My Role in My Own Pain”

BOWIE, MD — A uniquely designed transparent jewel every woman should own in her jewelry box, The Little Girl Inside by Tonya Barbee is a ministry resource tool for women in search for transparency in the human heart. The author shows us

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The 2015 National Urban League Conference

“You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course. There must be strategies.” – Whitney M. Young, National Urban League President, 1961-1971 America faces tremendous

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Darryl Washington Proves That Growing Up Urban Can Yield Business Success

Growing up in one of D.C.’s toughest neighborhoods, Darryl Washington was stunned to reach the White House. He had traveled a long road from notorious Southeast Washington. As a kid, Darryl thought of  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as an address for 

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When Being an Immigrant Makes It More, Not Less, Likely to Have a Job

In the United States, black immigrants are more likely to both be in the labor force and working than blacks born in the U.S.—but a college degree erases that difference, according to a surprising new analysis by Vanderbilt Professor of

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African-Americans Face Twice the Rate of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Compared to Caucasians

New Study in Medical Journal Circulation Also Shows African-Americans with Sudden Cardiac Arrest Are Significantly Younger and Have Higher Prevalence of Diabetes and Hypertension LOS ANGELES — Compared to Caucasians, African-Americans face twice the rate of sudden cardiac arrest, according

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Discriminatory Auto Loans Bring Honda Buyers $24M Restitution

Car lending is on the rise, and rising with it is a hidden, unfair, abusive and discriminatory practice: car dealer interest rate markups. Surveys show that at least two-thirds of Americans have no idea it happens. A decade ago, the

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Florida Hispanics Better Off Financially and Expect Conditions to Continue to Improve, Latest FAU Poll Says

Central and South Florida Much More Optimistic than North Florida A majority of Hispanics in Florida say they’re better off financially than they were a year ago and expect the good times to continue for themselves and business in the

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Still No Job After Graduation? Here’s What You Should Be Doing

Baylor career expert shares six tips on how to fill the gap between commencement and that first professional job It’s been two months since you walked across the stage with your diploma. You scour the want ads and send out your

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A Sports and Fun-filled Day to Raise Money for Excellent Programs

One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York will host its Eighth Annual Golf Outing on Monday, August 3 at the Forest Hill Field Club, 9 Belleville Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Registration starts at 11 a.m.   The shotgun tournament

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“Empire” Star Jamal Smollett Still a Social Activist

Jussie Smollett with his actress sister, Jurnee (Photo by Tamara Williams for the Black AIDS Institute). WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Before he was Jamal Lyon, the sensitive, talented gay son of drug dealer-turned-music mogul on the hit television show, “Empire,” Jussie

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GDN Print Edition 7-16-15

Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance.  We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina.  GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses

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Republicans Are Still Attempting to Block Path of Voters

PHILADELPHIA (NNPA) – Moments after delivering a keynote address at the NAACP national convention Monday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) expanded on the Democrats’ agenda regarding the Affordable Care

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Wilmington-based Gospel Artist Damion Murrill & Siloam Release Debut Project

Wilmington, NC – One of North Carolina’s finest Gospel ensembles is dropping their debut CD.  Damion Murrill & Siloam, headed by GRAMMY Award Nominee Damion Murrill, will be celebrating the release of their brand new CD, Take A Stand, on

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Top 15 Little-Known Scholarships for Women and Girls in 2015/2016

Every year, billions of dollars in scholarships are given away to students all over the world. These scholarships can be used to pay for college tuition, boarding, books, and more. Every scholarship has different criteria to be eligible, but all

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Executive Director Makes Push to Advance the Dialogue on Race

NEW YORK — Leslie Fields-Cruz, executive director of the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), the nation’s primary presenter of stories on the black experience on public television, has released the following statement in the wake of recent attacks against black

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Report Urges More Tribal Control over Food Systems

Native Americans twice as likely to develop a nutrition-related health problem The way food is produced, accessed and funded on tribal lands must be overhauled to combat the obesity and diabetes epidemics plaguing Native Americans, according to a report released

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NYC to Pay Eric Garner’s Family $5.9 Million Settlement

Almost a year after a Staten Island police officer killed Eric Garner, an unarmed African American man who was allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes, the city of New York says it has agreed to pay his family a settlement of $5.9

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Race Matters for Juvenile Justice

Shannon Robinson In the last decade, arrests of minority youth have increased, with black and Latino youth being twice as likely to be arrested as white youth. When it comes to the juvenile justice court system, those numbers don’t decrease.

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Abortion Rights Issue Regains Momentum

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When she was five months pregnant, past the point where she could obtain a legal abortion, 23-year-old Kenlissia Jones of Albany, Ga. ordered prescription abortion pills from a Canadian website. When Jones started feeling pain, she was

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New Orleans Novelists Launches Challenge to Would-be Writers

New Orleans, LA — The authors of a novel based on a black family’s struggle through three generations of slavery and racism have launched a special contest/rewrite challenge to would-be writers. Authors Dianna and Tom Riley created the “Summer Harvest”

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University Offers Scholarships to Children of Slain Emanuel AME Parishioner

The recent massacre of nine congregants in an African-American church in Charleston, S.C., by a self-proclaimed White supremacist has been marked by stories, not so much of hate, but of touching tales of forgiveness, graciousness and an outpouring of love.

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Slavery Linked to School Segregation in South

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – There is a direct correlation between the geographic concentration of slavery and today’s K-12 school segregation, according to a new study. The study, “How the Legacy of Slavery and Racial Composition Shape Public School Enrollment in the

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Democracy NC

North Carolina’s new voting law, passed by the North Carolina House of Representatives and signed by Governor McCrory in 2013, has created outrage among many North Carolina citizens. One of the biggest issues people have with the new law is

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New Suicide-Prevention Training Helps Schools Identify At-Risk Students Earlier

The alarmingly high rate of high school students who contemplate suicide – more than one in six – has prompted a new online training effort to encourage educators to recognize and react to early warning signs. Rutgers University Behavioral Health

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The Black Church and the Strength to Forgive

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For many outside the Black community, they had never seen anything like it. Though suffering and deep in pain from the loss of loved ones at the hands of Dylann Roof at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston,

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NC NAACP President Responds to Momentum Behind Removals of Confederate Flag

DURHAM, NC – In the last two weeks, several corporations have decided to discontinue their sales of merchandise bearing the Confederate flag symbol. State governments have also begun to debate the appropriateness of the flag’s placement on public property in

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Obama Administration Assists Communities in Building Local Food Systems

Fostering Economic Growth/Investment Helps Improve Public Health and the Environment, Diversify Local Economy WASHINGTON—Today, the Obama Administration invited communities to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing direct technical support to build strong local food systems as

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Dominican Republic’s Ethnic Cleansing

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A Dominican Republic court order threatens to force more than 200,000 Dominican-born Haitians from their homes in an effort that many human rights watchers have called modern-day ethnic cleansing. Just days after the Rachel Dolezal episode captivated

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Race, Flags, and the Second Amendment

The church shooting in Charleston, S.C. once again showed us the connection of guns and race. Statistics of inner city gun violence always showed the connection. In this context, the National Rifle Association actually believes in gun control.  “Nothing” says the NRA

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Too Many White Americans Identify with Charleston Church Murderer

On Wednesday, June 17, Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old White supremacist, massacred nine Black worshipers in the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Among those slain at close range with a .45 caliber semi-automatic weapon, were an 87-year-old

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NAACP Concerned by the Outbreak of Church Burnings

BALTIMORE, MD – In the weeks following a church massacre in which nine people were shot dead by a white nationalist at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, several predominantly black churches in Southern states have been burned. Federal

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Emanuel AME and the Buoyancy of Hope

Rev. Clementa Pinckney and his fellow congregants of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. gathered as usual in the historic edifice June 17 for their Wednesday evening prayer service. They came, as always, to refresh their religious

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Female Managers Do Not Reduce the Gender Wage Gap

Working women are “leaning in” and supporting more females in leadership roles, but a new study finds that having a female manager doesn’t necessarily equate to higher salaries for female employees. In fact, women can sometimes take an earnings hit

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