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PUSH Excel Announces 35th Annual MLK Celebration: A Journey of Hope and Healing

PUSH for Excellence has announced plans for its 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, set to honor the civil rights leader’s enduring...

United Negro College Fund and FM Omni-Channel Radio Station Partner To Hold First Radio-Thon, April 25

The United Negro College Fund was founded on April 25, 1944.  In celebration of the 80th anniversary this year, the First UNCF Omni-Channel Radio-Thon, a...

Legacy of Inequitable Housing Access: How a Black Family’s Story Echoes Today’s Fight

A Chicago Defender article from 1946 that chronicles the Hemmons family becoming unhoused. This is Part Three of the Chicago Defender’s series Black and Unhoused:...

Entrepreneurial from Birth: Keeana Barber’s Journey to Legacy and Success

Entrepreneurship often comes to people later in life after they've explored various paths in high school, college, and beyond. But for Keeana Barber, it was...

Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr. January 15, 1929 --April 4, 1968 All quotes are credited to Dr. Martin Luther King  Jr.   “Faith Is taking the first step even...

Congressman John Lewis, Mayor Kasim Reed speak on death of Ralph David Abernathy III

ATLANTA — Ralph David Abernathy III, the former Georgia state senator who was the sociopolitical heir to his father, the iconic Ralph David Abernathy Jr.,…

Civil Rights Groups oppose MLK memorial on Stone Mountain

ATLANTA — Local civil rights leaders implored Gov. Nathan Deal not to move forward with plans to hoist a memorial of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on…

ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONVENE IN CHICAGO

THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONVENE IN CHICAGO  by Eleana Élan Defender Contributing Writer The Association of Black Women in Higher Education (ABWHE) got it...

Celebration of Life and Service for Civil Rights Activist: Alice Tregay

Civil Rights leader and Chicago native, Mrs. Alice Tregay passed away last weekend. She was awarded throughout her lifetime as a pioneer for civil...

John Lewis: Seeing Myself Being Portrayed In 'Selma' Is 'Almost Too Much'

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights icon, said it was "almost too much" to see himself being portrayed by an actor in the...

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