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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

On poverty, power and public policy

Category: Black History Month

Black women carried us through 2020; it’s time to say thanks

by Celeste Williams and Andrea Morales November 25, 2020January 21, 2021

As I watch from my perch of quarantine, I virtually walk alongside my mother and my sisters, and watch us march, suffer, cry, rejoice, run, faint, laugh, lead, grow, bend, break. I have read our words, and read about us; and find myself swelling with unspeakable pride of how beautiful and resilient we are.

Black love: Memphis couple finds it is within reach and can be for others

by Andria K. Brown February 29, 2020October 5, 2020

Black love: Life is (still) good for Emma and Thomas Trass

by Rachel Louise Martin February 28, 2020October 5, 2020

Black love: ‘We need black love to help us get up every day,’ says wife, minister

by Cheryl V. Jackson February 20, 2020October 5, 2020

White parents must confront racism by teaching kids how to be antiracist

by Cheryl V. Jackson February 19, 2020October 5, 2020

Black love: What does it look like? This.

by Percy J. Hughes Jr. February 12, 2020October 5, 2020

Women got the vote 100 years ago. Now we must keep the vote — for all.

by Tafeni English February 5, 2020October 5, 2020

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