2014/02/25 – Lumumba’s chief of staff, Safiya Omari, released the following statement: “It is with a heavy heart, that we inform you that our beloved brother, Civil Rights Activist, Human Rights Activist, and Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has passed away. More …..
2014/01/08 – Today, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released a Dear Colleague Letter that explains schools’ obligations under federal law to administer student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin. The letter is …..
2014/01/07 – Teach For America (TFA) receives hundreds of millions of public and private dollars and has garnered acclaim for sending college graduates, who do not typically have an education background, to teach in low-income rural and urban schools for …..
2014/01/06 – (Winona, MS) Residents say it was around the late 1970s, possibly 1979, that Walmart first opened its doors on Applegate Street, in the little town of Winona, MS. At the time, town occupants were excited about the huge …..
2014/01/03 – Participants at a December public discussion on gun violence in the community could not keep from bouncing the conversation into the realm of economics. Tougaloo College hosted the event, joined by college students and President Beverly Wade Hogan, Nsombi …..
