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The GrassRoots Steering Foundation, Inc. kicks off its statewide 2012 Vote The Power!™ Campaign with new website and logo.

MLK Event: 'Red Tails' benefit screening & reception, Monday, January 16, 2012, 6pm, $25. Empire Theater, 234 West 42nd St., New York. VIP Reception 4-5:30 pm, Top Level-6M $75. Donations go to Claude B. Govan Tri-State Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen.

Lady B.J. Love King, Jailed as a Child in the Birmingham Movement, and Sephira Shuttlesworth, Activist Educator and Widow of the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Team to Create Radio Show Dedicated to the American Civil Rights Legacy.

La Frai DS to honor and raise monetary donations for four leading non-profits making an impact in New York City Communities improving the quality of life for youth and everyday citizens.

Organization fighting for underserved, underrepresented and poor claimants in the Gulf Coast Region who have been affected by the BP Oil Spill. See our website or Facebook for more info.

The GrassRoots Steering Foundation, Inc. kicks off its statewide 2012 Vote The Power!™ Campaign with new website and logo.

•Freedom’s Sisters is an exhibition honoring African-American women who worked for freedom and equality in America •Features poet Sonia Sanchez and civil rights icon Myrlie Evers-Williams from the Freedom’s Sisters national exhibition

In remembrance of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. we bring to you one of his last writings with regards to his protest on war. We must look at our mistakes of the past to not make the same mistakes in the future.

Discover what Dr. King would do if he were alive today, by listening to the archive on The Wealthy Speaker Show with host Paul Lawrence Vann. This broadcast uncovers insight never before heard from The Dreamer.

MLK Event: 'Red Tails' benefit screening & reception, Monday, January 16, 2012, 6pm, $25. Empire Theater, 234 West 42nd St., New York. VIP Reception 4-5:30 pm, Top Level-6M $75. Donations go to Claude B. Govan Tri-State Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen.

During these challenging times with so many people screaming for jobs, pay equity, Occupy Wall Street and other social issues, if Dr. King was alive today, he would make a difference. Discover what Dr. King would do if he were alive today.

Lady B.J. Love King, Jailed as a Child in the Birmingham Movement, and Sephira Shuttlesworth, Activist Educator and Widow of the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Team to Create Radio Show Dedicated to the American Civil Rights Legacy.

NAAFA announces our return to San Francisco for the 2012 National Fundraising Convention and introduces our SUPER EARLYBIRD SPECIAL convention package and hotel pricing.

• Ford Motor Company & NCCHR raise awareness about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Ford announces essay contest winners for Atlanta students • Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to host a celebratory luncheon

With racism and acts of racial intimidation growing in America, well meaning Americans, both Black and white need to "step up" to insure that racial violence doesn't catch them sleeping like a doped up giant.

NAAFA introduces our Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Who Treat Fat Patients to provide education for healthcare providers to help them better understand and treat fat patients.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Mourns the Loss of Civil Rights Icon the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, hailing him for his heroic battle to achieve civil rights and human rights gains.

In a Small Town, Things Are not Always Black and White

By: Tammie Lang Campbell, Founder/Executive Director of Honey Brown Hope Foundation

La Frai DS to honor and raise monetary donations for four leading non-profits making an impact in New York City Communities improving the quality of life for youth and everyday citizens.

NAAFA challenges Dr. Ludwig and his Harvard colleagues to take a HAES (Heath at Every Size) approach rather than kidnap two million children from their parents.

To commemorate the courage of equal rights protesters in 1963, a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker will be dedicated in Williamston on Sunday, July 10, at Green Memorial Church.

USA Weightlifting will not allow Kulsoom Abdullah, a Muslim woman, from competing in national weightlifting events solely because of the uniform requirement. The required singlet costume is against her chosen Islamic modest dress requirements.

In one of the largest jury awards in San Jose in the last 20 years, a federal jury took only 90 minutes to award $3.25 million dollars to a family whose children had been unlawfully taken by San Jose police as retaliation for asserting their rights.

President Obama has been invited with Who's Who of Hollywood, Broadway & Civil Rights Movement to attend a compelling on stage musical performance honoring the 100 Freedom Riders attending their 50th Reunion in Jackson, MS with "The Parchman Hour".

Over 2,500 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority from all over the world -- will converge upon Atlanta, July 13-17 for its biennial Leadership Conference. Members will maste leadership skills and serve Atlanta through a variety of activities.

Cathelean Annette Steele, Spouse of Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., Receives Civil Rights Icon Award From Alicia Ivey's Phoenix Global Corporation 2011 Legacy Ladies’ Tea

Milton Reid Answers Questions About His Personal And Political Perspective And The Inspiration For His Major Expose, "An Assault On America From Within"

Website Host "Tells-It-Like-It Is" From the Black Conservative Point of View

An amendment to Florida's civil rights restoration procedure provides individuals convicted of non-violent felonies and released after 2007 an automatic restoration of civil rights.

2011 is proving to be an amazing year for Mignette Patrick Dorsey.

Commemorative dinner to honor Civil Rights leader Dr. James L. Farmer, Jr. and Freedom Rider, U.S. Congressman Bob Filner

Eric Sanders Esq. is pleased to announce that The Sanders Firm, P.C. will move its offices from Uniondale, NY to Midtown Manhattan effective Monday, January 31, 2011.

Rev.-Dr. Christopher A. Bullock is celebrating Dr. King's birthday with a series of speeches at the First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst., a church where King spent the summer of 1950.

An Idaho jury found that Boise County violated the FHA when it imposed financially onerous conditions on the development of a residential treatment center. Boise based BWS PLLC attorneys represented the plaintiffs, Alamar Ranch LLC.

Whether being beaten and dragged from a dime store lunch counter, standing blindfolded before a Ku Klux Klan meeting, or praying arm-in-arm with a death-row inmate, Johnson displays God-given strength and empowers others with hope and trust.

Eric Sanders Esq., is pleased to announce the opening of his new practice, The Sanders Firm, P.C. Mr. Sanders is the Former Managing Attorney of Jeffrey L. Goldberg, P.C.

Follow an American teenager from his daily struggles at Jump School training to becoming a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne, to the beginning of the African-American civil rights movement in Battle Lines Undrawn by Rick Brooks.

Call your Representatives, condemn foreign production and outsourcing, support bill S.3706, tell Debbie Stabenow and her coalition to follow through or resign. We must all work to rebuild the American dream.

America is quickly sinking due largely to our failure to support human rights for Americans.

River House Publishing, New Orleans, LA, today announced that Books-A-Million has chosen THE COFFEE SHOP CHRONICLES OF NEW ORLEANS—PART 1 for distribution in all of its Louisiana stores. This selection follows a month-long vetting process by Books-

As the 100-year anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire of 1911 approaches, Adelphi University will commemorate the fire, which served as a catalyst for labor reform in the United States.

Matthew D. Saltzman, a shareholder at Kolesar & Leatham, a Las Vegas-based business law firm, has been appointed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to its Nevada State Advisory Committee.

Passion River Films is happy to announce that “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” is set to hit the street on July 6, 2010.

Empowering Spirits Foundation, Inc. (ESF) announced today it has been selected to receive two years of funding by Echoing Green, an angel investor in social entrepreneurial organizations.

Author Howard Bryant lived through the Civil Rights era and his new book brings awareness to how people of color were treated in the mid-20th century.

British actress Joanna Lumley was extraordinarily impressed by KINGKENNEDY, a new movie which tells the fascinating story of JFK, Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King.

Market data, interpreter pay rates, and other results to be revealed at Washington DC summit.

I am dedicating myself to share articles, video, news, etc. that show why we all need to be concerned for our rights as Americans. I am not selling or advertising anything!

Jeffrey Beaton is working exclusively as a mediator to offer affordable, one stop resolutions to thorny legal disputes. This service will be offered to residents of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Suffolk.

This week on "Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys"-podcast find out about this new documentary with Director Bill Guttentag.

Responding to Arizona's law cracking down on illegal immigration and the resulting threat of boycott to Arizona’s tourism industry, author Susan Klopfer argues that such acts continue as a strong and successful tradition for social justice.

Many people interested in civil rights history know the story of Rosa Parks, but how many have heard the story behind this hero? The story of Emmett Till?

Bibi Chapman, founder of RPAAUYM Inc and Grassroots Consortium Brings D.O.A to Harlem School, P.S./iS 76 Bringing Awareness to Urban Youth Violence w/Live Taping for Teen News Net