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Josephine Wright poses in her yard facing a barren plot under development in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 2023. Wright, who drew national attention from the likes of Tyler Perry and Snoop Dogg as she fought off developers in her final years, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at her Hilton Head home surrounded by loved ones, according to a publicist for her family. She was 94. Photo credit: James Pollard, The Associated Press

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Josephine Wright, who resisted development of family’s Gullah land on Hilton Head Island, dies at 94

January 18, 2024
By James Pollard
The Associated Press/Report for America

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Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the Martin Luther King Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Atlanta. Photo credit: John Bazemore, The Associated Press

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WATCH: Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks out on Gaza as country reflects on her father

January 15, 2024
By The Associated Press
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Antionette "Bonnie" Candia-Bailey. Photo credit: Lincoln University of Missouri

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An HBCU administrator took her own life after leaving notes about bullying. The school’s president is now on leave

January 13, 2024
By Alia Wong
USA Today

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Brittany Watts waves to supporters at a rally on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Warren, Ohio. A grand jury decided Thursday that Watts, who was facing criminal charges for her handling of a home miscarriage, will not be charged. Photo credit: Sue Ogrocki, The Associated Press

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Grand jury in Ohio opts not to indict woman arrested in fetus death after she miscarried

January 12, 2024
By Terricha Phillips
NABJ Black News & Views

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Kevin Merida stepping down as Los Angeles Times editor

January 9, 2024
By Richard Prince
Journal-isms

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Rudolph Williams stands for a portrait in his apartment bedroom Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Harvey, Illinois. Williams was home in the Chicago south suburb when he realized that the doors and windows to his courtyard-style apartment had been boarded up with plywood, locking him inside. Photo credit: Charles Rex Arbogast, The Associated Press

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Video of 73-year-old boarded up inside his Illinois apartment sparks investigation

January 9, 2024
By The Associated Press
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