A Reliable
Voice in the
Community
Volume 6
Issue 52
March 10 - 16, 2010
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Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) honored several local “Women of the Year” during a luncheon on Saturday at UC Berkeley’s Alumni House. Skinner recently put out a call for nominations of remarkable local women. After a review of some 50 nominees, one woman from each city in the 14th Assembly District was selected, along with one overall district winner. |
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Oakland/Alameda County Richmond peace march draws up to 1,000
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Education Take OUSD ‘Use Your Voice Survey’ now through March 31
Census Government offers assurance census data is private
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Women's History Month Madam C.J. Walker Awards to honor four Bay Area women
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Health Doctors Medical Center earns Gold Seal of Approval accreditation
Faith
Entertainment ‘Our Family Wedding’ in theaters
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The first black American newspaper was founded in 1827 by Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwam the very year that slaves were set free in the state of New York. It came to life in a small office in downtown New York City. The name of the paper was Freedom’s Journal. Its purpose was to serve as a medium of expression for black and white abolitionists 34 years before the first shot was fired in the Civil War and 36 years before President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Freedom’s Journal initiated a new phenomena in America: the use of the pen as a bold weapon in support of the fight for the emancipation of African slaves, a weapon for liberation and rights, a public campaign to inspire racial pride and to inform those who could read about events affecting the African-American community. It was a tool to fight ignorance and to separate fact from fiction. It was an audacious undertaking — it was a dangerous undertaking! It was an undertaking with little financial support and few resources to sustain its growth. Four short years later, in 1830, Freedom’s Journal stopped printing. But, its legacy lived and newspapers sprang up across the country, boldly establishing stakes in the ground before the Civil War began. Continue to the 2010 Black History Edition - |
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