VOL. 52, NO. 31 • MAY 18 - 24, 2017
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Celebrating Graduates Pages 40-41
Thurgood Marshall's Widow Talks of Husband's Legacy
Flint Residents Still Suffering, Forgotten, Abandoned
Three Years Since Discovery of Tainted Water, Little Has Changed By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor @dkevinmcneir
Residents of Flint, Michigan have very little to celebrate but much over which they continue to lament. On April 25, as citizens of the blue-collar city located about one hour from Detroit marked the third anniversary of the announcement that over 100,000 men, women and children had potentially been exposed to high levels of lead in the drinking water, the suffering continues.
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5 Ward 8 resident Anniyah Ryals, 11 gets her face painted by Celebrity MUA/Face Painter Patricia McQueen during the Congress Heights Festival at Shepard Park Elementary School in Southeast on May 13. / Photo by Mark Mahoney
Nation’s Clergy Rally Against Actions, Policies of Trump
Church during the clergy press conference Monday, May 15. /Photo by Travis Riddick
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributor
y Hamil Harris B WI Contributing Writer President Donald Trump has had a less than stellar week at the White House – and that’s putting it mildly. Still reeling from strong blowback after his controversial and sudden decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, the president also reportedly divulged secrets to Russian officials that the intelligence community said could have life-threatening implications. The action led to several high-ranking administration officials being trotted outside the West Wing to give
When Cecilia Marshall looks back more than six decades ago, she couldn't have imagined that the battle for equal rights in schools and elsewhere would still be as vital today as they were when her husband proved instrumental in the fight to end legal segregation. "We haven't made too much progress," said Marshall, 88, the widow of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American appointed to the United States Supreme Court. "Sixty-three years later, we're still fighting in the courts for equal treatment and that's not what my husband nor I would have imagined would be going on today when he was on the Su-
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Ministers Stand United in Shadows of the U.S. Supreme Court
5 Bishop Marcus Matthews delivers remarks on behalf of the United Methodist
5 Thurgood Marshall /Courtesy photo
Celebrating 52 Years of Service / Serving More Than 50,000 African American Readers Throughout The Metropolitan Area