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4 days ago · In doing so, we honor the legacy of the man who originated The State of Black America, Vernon Jordan, who passed away three years ago this week. The 1976 report was a scathing response to President Gerald Ford’s State of The Union Address, which failed to make a single mention of the plight of African Americans.
4 days ago · When Vernon Jordan took over the helm in 1971, the nation had passed the Fair Housing Act only three years earlier. The effects of legal segregation, of legal barriers to the accumulation of wealth through homeownership, affected every aspect of African-American life.
3 days ago · Thoroughgood " Thurgood " Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
4 days ago · While facing misogyny as she tries to make a name at the paper, she comes across the story she believes will catapult her career: Cleo Sherwood, a missing black woman whose body was discovered inside the fountain of a city park lake. As stated earlier, this was inspired by Shirley Parker's death.
3 days ago · Browse Asheboro local obituaries on Legacy.com. Find service information, send flowers, and leave memories and thoughts in the Guestbook for your loved one.
5 days ago · One of the most puzzling incidents shown in “Truths and Myths About the Vietnam War” was a report by CBS newsman Walter Cronkite who on Feb. 13, 1968, called the Tet offensive a “major success”...
4 days ago · VERNON — This Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m., the Vernon Historians group is hosting a Cookies, Lemonade, and Switchel Tasting Social at the Vernon Historical Museum, 4201 Fort Bridgman.
