TAFT
The All-Black town now known as Taft started as the community of Twine, which had a post office by 1902. Taft, located eight miles west of Muskogee, in Muskogee County is one of more than fifty All-Black towns of Oklahoma and one of only thir ...
Posted Sunday, August 25th 2013 at 11:05PM
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The Heart of a Queen...
Life has taught us the meaning of hard ship and pain, struggle and triumph, challenge and victory, but life is still working on us, we are the constant recipients of an aggravated existence, coexisting in a world that has lit ...
Posted Sunday, August 25th 2013 at 5:28AM
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Invoking the legacy of the bloody assault he endured in Selma, Ala., Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) used the 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington to call upon Congress to fix the provisions of the Voting Rights Act invalidated earlier this ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:59PM
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Once again we are witnessing the true power of social media. You are hearing about this story because one man posted about his experience on Facebook at a Wild Wing Cafe in North Charleston, SC, where his friends and family suffered some “1960′ ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:54PM
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Rep. John Lewis threatened "to march through the South like Sherman" before he was persuaded to tone down his remarks. ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:46PM
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A Time magazine article reveals new details about the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr'.'s famous speech.
Tell them about the dream Martin,, Tell them about the dream ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:38PM
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/22/living/march-on-washington-freed-photos/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
It was his most famous speech, and the most memorable moment of the March on Washington.
All eyes were on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on August ...
Posted Saturday, August 24th 2013 at 5:34PM
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Over the next week, a host of civil rights events will be taking place in Washington, D.C., leading up to the 50th anniversary next week of the March on Washington.
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/08/20/john-lewis-march
More than a quarter million ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 8:27PM
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Fifty years ago this summer, Dr. King lead the March on Washington, where he gave his famous "I have a dream..." speech. Today, it's everyday Americans that are working to help advance the dream. How are you ADVANCING THE DREAM? Tell us! Use #advanci ...
Posted Friday, August 23rd 2013 at 8:10PM
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