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Keisha Lance Bottoms, Alanta’s newest mayor-elect. Recount Underway

Congrats to Keisha Lance Bottoms, Alanta’s newest mayor-elect. Although there is an official recount issued, the 47-year-old wife and mother of four, is ready to represent the wonderful city known as the ATL. Opponent Mary Norwood called for a recount minutes into Wednesday morning as Keisha Lance Bottoms celebrated the result. Norwood cited an unofficial […]

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African American Woman elected as New Orleans Elects First Female Mayor

  According to a report on NOLA.com, New Orleans mayors have typically come from families with political pedigree. They have well established ties to the civic and business community. The great majority have claimed native roots. LaToya Cantrell, on the other hand, is a relative newcomer to the public arena. She is the first outsider

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Two Marches in DC for Racial Injustice Saturday, Highlighting Black Women

Two marches aimed at highlighting racial injustices — particularly those facing women of color — will converge Saturday on the National Mall, as reported in the Washington Post. The March for Racial Justice and the March for Black Women will have independent rallies in the nation’s capital, then meet at Lincoln Park in the Capitol

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August 28, more than just another day for Black Americans

August 28th is not just another day. At least not for black America. It’s a day to honor, remember and to reflect on the significant historical events that happened on this date. On this day in 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Money, Mississippi. Exactly eight years later in 1963, over 250,000 thousand marched on Washington to demand

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