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Samuel Yette: A National Visionary

Educator and fighter for African American justice, Samuel Yette’s has died at the tender age of 81. Yette’s walked the lines with many of our prestigious leaders like Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He spoke out freely about the issues in Black America and the struggle to survive. With publications “The Choice: The Issue of Black Survival [...]

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Right to a Choice

 With the oncoming of Black History Month, a month that celebrates progress and equality, what better way to start the appreciation than with the anniversary of Roe v. Wade?

Norma Leah McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe, is a woman who felt that she had the right to an abortion if she so chose. Prior [...]

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In The News: First Lady, Cabinet Members, to Speak at Mentoring Summit

January 21, 2011: First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama will provide the keynote address at the first National Mentoring Summit January 25 at The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Summit, titled “Achieving Academic and Social Success: Supporting Youth through Mentoring,” brings together leading mentoring organizations, as well as federal and state [...]

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Associated Press: Student tracking finds limited learning in college

You are told that to make it life, you must go to college. You work hard to get there. You or your parents drain savings or take out huge loans to pay for it all.

And you end up learning … not much.

A study of more than 2,300 undergraduates found 45 percent of students [...]

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Death Penalty in the News

Opinion: Police officials argue death penalty doesn’t make us safer

By James Abbott, Antonio Cluny, Bob Denmark and Ronald Hampton

Posted: 01/08/2011 10:00:00 PM PST

 

Over the past decade, executions have dropped by more than 50 percent and the number of death sentences has steadily declined, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. [...]

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