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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with organizers of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. From left, Marc Morial, Jonathan Greenblatt, Bernice King, Harris, Biden, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and Arndrea Waters King. Photo credit: Susan Walsh, The Associated Press

Politics

On March on Washington anniversary, Biden says action needed against ‘hate fueled violence’ after racist shooting in Florida

August 29, 2023
By Darlene Superville
The Associated Press

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Pamela Dias, the mother of Ajike Owens, center, makes a statement with Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, right, during the funeral for Owens on Monday, June 12, 2023, at Meadowbrook Church in Ocala, Florida. Owens was fatally shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, when she went to Lorincz's door. Lorincz was arrested and charged in the shooting. Photo credit: Alan Youngblood, The Associated Press

National

Ajike Owens, Florida mother of 4 shot by neighbor, laid to rest

June 15, 2023
By Melanie Eversley
NABJ Black News & Views

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The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, speaks at the funeral of Jordan Neely at Mt. Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem, N.Y., on Friday, May 19, 2023. Photo credit: Tamia Fowlkes, NABJ Black News & Views

National

Jordan Neely’s funeral marked by call for better help for the unhoused and the mentally ill

May 19, 2023
By Tamia Fowlkes
NABJ Black News & Views

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President Joe Biden walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2023, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement. With Biden is Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Photo credit: Patrick Semansky

National

In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault

March 6, 2023
By Kim Chandler and Aamer Madhani
The Associated Press

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The sanctuary at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, is seen before the start the funeral service for Tyre Nichols on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Nichols died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop. Photo credit: Andrew Nelles, The Tennessean via The Associated Press, pool

National

‘We’re all Tyre’: Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest

February 1, 2023
By Aaron Morrison & Travis Loller
The Associated Press

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National

‘I’d be honored’: Rev. Al Sharpton to give eulogy at Tyre Nichols’ funeral in Memphis

February 1, 2023
By Lucas Finton
USA TODAY

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