A Reliable
Voice in the
Community
Volume 6
Issue 51
March 3 - 9, 2010
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There was standing-room only at the Lavonnya Dejean Middle School last Saturday as men sang, fellowshipped and prayed for peace in the city of Richmond. In response to the shooting at New Gethsemane Church of God in Christ on Feb. 14, members of the Bay Area faith community kicked off their “Never Again! Our Voice; Our City; Our Hope” campaign. Events continue March 6 at 12:15 p.m. with the Victorious March — a five-block walk from Civic Center Plaza to 21st Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The march will be followed by a rally at the Richmond Civic Auditorium at 1:30 p.m. |
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Oakland/Alameda County Four black leaders honored for improving local communities
Business Grant writing: What you need to know
Education Over $50,000 in scholarships available to Richmond students
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Politics Blowing off Tea Party as racist misses the point
Health High blood pressure: The neglected disease
Faith Faith-based documentary questions whether Christianity has lost its way
Entertainment Snooky Flowers: Bay Area icon has five decades of music history
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The first black American newspaper was founded in 1827 by Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwam the very year that slaves were set free in the state of New York. It came to life in a small office in downtown New York City. The name of the paper was Freedom’s Journal. Its purpose was to serve as a medium of expression for black and white abolitionists 34 years before the first shot was fired in the Civil War and 36 years before President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Freedom’s Journal initiated a new phenomena in America: the use of the pen as a bold weapon in support of the fight for the emancipation of African slaves, a weapon for liberation and rights, a public campaign to inspire racial pride and to inform those who could read about events affecting the African-American community. It was a tool to fight ignorance and to separate fact from fiction. It was an audacious undertaking — it was a dangerous undertaking! It was an undertaking with little financial support and few resources to sustain its growth. Four short years later, in 1830, Freedom’s Journal stopped printing. But, its legacy lived and newspapers sprang up across the country, boldly establishing stakes in the ground before the Civil War began. Continue to the 2010 Black History Edition - |
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