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 Kris Middleton speaks out about injustice
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Posted 08/28/2020

Kris Middleton speaks out about injustice

Milwaukee Bucks star Kris Middleton, who graduated from Porter Gaud in Charleston, released a statement yesterday regarding the Jacob Black shooting as the NBA postponed playoff games for [...]

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 #SayHisName Trayford Pellerin
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Posted 08/25/2020

#SayHisName Trayford Pellerin

On Friday, August 21, another black man was killed by police. This time it was in Lafayette, LA.  Trayford Pellerin, 31, was in the convenient store parking lot when officers attempted to [...]

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 #SayHisName Jacob Blake
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Posted 08/25/2020

#SayHisName Jacob Blake

We are sending healing thoughts and prayers to Jacob Blake who was shot at least seven times in the back by police officers Sunday night in Wisconsin, while his children watched. By the grace of [...]

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 We stand with Joe Biden
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Posted 08/21/2020

We stand with Joe Biden

Joe Biden has formally accepted the Democratic Party Nomination for President of the United States. We are reminded of the times when Mr. Biden visited Mother Emanuel Church. During one visit, he [...]

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 AME Church’s official statement on Kamala Harris
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Posted 08/17/2020

AME Church’s official statement on Kamala Harris

This is the Day that the Lord has Made: Council of Bishops Statement on the Selection of Senator Kamala Harris as the Presumptive Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee. In May 2020, presumptive [...]

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 Remembering Floyd Breeland
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Posted 08/13/2020

Remembering Floyd Breeland

Yesterday, the Charleston Community lost a giant. Retired State Representative and Mother Emanuel Church member Floyd Breeland passed away. He was 87. Mr. Breeland served in the South Carolina [...]

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 #SayHisNameMichaelBrown
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Posted 08/09/2020

#SayHisNameMichaelBrown

On this day six years ago, Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, MO. He was just 18 years old. Mr. Brown was a recent graduate of Normandy High School. He [...]

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 Free Virtual Town Hall
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Posted 08/06/2020

Free Virtual Town Hall

Featuring Michael Moore with Charlamagne Tha God – host of The Breakfast Club, Ilyasah Shabbazz – daughter of Malcolm X, Steve Benjamin – Mayor of Columbia, SC; and Chevara [...]

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 Know Your History: Voting Rights Act 1965
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Posted 08/06/2020

Know Your History: Voting Rights Act 1965

On this day, 55 short years ago, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. Signed by President Lyndon Johnson, the act outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern [...]

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 Aurora, CO police department under scrutiny again
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Posted 08/04/2020

Aurora, CO police department under scrutiny again

On Sunday, August 2, Aurora, CO police pulled over and drew their guns on Brittney Gilliam and four minors after mistaking her car for a stolen vehicle. In the car with Ms. Gilliam was her [...]

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