By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor Civil rights leaders and others reacted with a sense of relief – if only temporary – after a Texas jury sentenced a former police officer to 15 years in prison Aug. 29 for the shooting death of an unarmed African-American teen in a Dallas suburb. “The child-murdering cop Read More…
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Jesse Jackson wins Lifetime Legacy award
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. received the highest honor presented by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) at its annual convention in Norfolk, Virginia. The legendary activist received the NNPA Lifetime Legacy Award for his decades of service as one of the country’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. After a video tribute that Read More…
Non-certified LAUSD workers authorize strike vote
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District has responded to the vote by thousands of cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, special education assistants and other school workers to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike if necessary, saying it is taking steps to line up replacements. Between March 12 and April 13, Read More…