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Oct 31, 2020

Ocie Jones Chosen for George Henry White Pioneer Award 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Vince Spaulding, 202-441-3589 Honors Past, Builds Future Farmers Union resident, Ocie Jones, has...

Sep 16, 2020

Officials, Community Celebrate Whitesboro Post Office's Opening

Whitesboro community members, postal representatives and elected officials cut the ribbon to welcome the community’s new post office...

Feb 26, 2020

Congress Makes Lynching Federal Crime, 65 Years After Emmett Till

Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as a...

Feb 26, 2020

Hoyer Floor Remarks on the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

For Immediate Release: Contact Info: February 26,...

Feb 26, 2020

Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference on the Emmett Till Antilynching Act

For Immediate Release: Contact Info: February...

Feb 25, 2020

Pioneering black lawmaker from NC finally getting his due in his native Bladen County

Full story - https://abc11.com/5956018/

Feb 25, 2020

A black lawmaker's anti-lynching bill failed 120 years ago. Now, the House may finally act.

This undated file photo shows Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, whose body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta...

Jul 14, 2019

George Henry White American Phoenix Rising

This George Henry White American Phoenix Rising is quite a revealing and compelling story that all of America should know about!! Wish...

Jun 3, 2019

Community leaders meet to identify opportunities for youth and to assist aging seniors

Press Release Press release --- May 31, 2019 From: Vincent Spaulding, BESDF, Inc. GHW Committee, 202-441-3589 Chicago businessman and...

May 31, 2019

Stedman Graham presents Reconstruction-era sword to NC Museum of History George Henry White Ceremoni

Media Contacts: Marcie Gordon, Director, Community Engagement and Marketing 919-814-7056, marcie.gordon@ncdcr.gov AK Brinson, Marketing...

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