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In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement

Posted on January 27th, 2010 in Barack Obama, Breaking News, Celebrations, Education, Empowerment, Encouragement, Enlightenment, Enrichment, Entertainment, Michelle Obama, Music, Politics, Popular Culture, TV

A concert celebrating Black History month So On February 10th, President Obama and First Lady Michelle will host In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement. The concert will be held in the State Dining Room, and is timed to celebrate Black History Month. So far participants include [...]

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Miami Serves on Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend

Posted on January 15th, 2010 in Barack Obama, Celebrations, Empowerment, Encouragement, Enlightenment, Enrichment, Entertainment, Michelle Obama, Obama Family, Our Communities, Politics, Popular Culture

Town Park Village, a residential complex in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, will welcome seven hundred volunteers to landscape and green the community as a way of honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. This January 16th event is only the latest in a series of projects that Hands On Miami has [...]

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How Will You Answer Dr. King’s Question?

Posted on January 10th, 2010 in Barack Obama, Celebrations, Empowerment, Encouragement, Enlightenment, Enrichment, Our Communities

The Corporation for National and Community Service shares a wonderful story of how Miami residents are coming together to green and beautify their community to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Miami project is just one example of how people are coming together to serve their communities as part [...]

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“The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther”

Posted on January 03rd, 2010 in Education, Empowerment, Encouragement, Engagement-Debate, Enlightenment, Enrichment, In Memoriam, Our Communities, Politics

Big Up—Shanti! Democracy Now Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the death of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. On December 4th, 1969, Chicago police raided Fred Hampton’s apartment and shot and killed him in his bed. He was just twenty-one years old. Black Panther leader Mark Clark was also killed in the raid. While authorities [...]