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A More Valuable Type Of Protest
By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
NNPA Guest Columnist
As I spent Sunday listening to everyone pontificate their theories about how White racism led to George Zimmerman’s...
It Is Past Time To Confront The Obama Administration
By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
NNPA Columnist
Alright, team, enough is enough. During the entire first term of the Obama administration, Black America—for the most part—gave the...
The NAACP’s Department Of Justice Petition
One million people.
As of Tuesday morning, one million people have signed an NAACP petition asking the Department of Justice to pursue federal and civil...
Child Watch: Justice Denied
By Marian Wright Edelman
NNPA Columnist
Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, is as important as the killing of White mothers’ sons, we...
Criminal Injustice System Failed Trayvon
Watching television Saturday night, I sat in stunned silence as the jury returned its not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman in connection with the...
Looking Beyond George Zimmerman
Trayvon Martin might not be dead except for the fact that George Zimmerman carried a gun and acted as a wanna-be policeman. Rev. Al...
TEACHABLE MOMENTS – Reflections On Zimmerman Verdict
By Robert S. White, II
By now, the story sounds almost surreal.
Ignoring the advice of law enforcement personnel, a former neighborhood watch leader armed with...
THE TRAYVON MARTIN VERDICT AND WHY WE MUST MAKE VOTING OUR #1 PRIORITY
By Sherry Collier, Esq.
The Trayvon Martin case was the opportunity where most Blacks believed that surely the collective struggle of Black America would be...
Reflecting On The George Zimmerman Verdict
By Daniella Gibbs Leger
I have started and stopped this column multiple times. There are things I feel and want to say about the George...
Justice For Trayvon – It’s Not Over Yet
By Marc H. Morial
President and CEO, National Urban League
“Even though I am broken hearted my faith is unshattered.” Tracy Martin, father of Trayvon Martin
On...