Women civil rights leaders are gearing up for the 2023 March on Washington and reflect on the role of female activists sixty years ago. In addition to coverage of the original march, the AFRO has also covered anniversary marches, like the 20th anniversary in 1983. By Helen Bezuneh, Special to the AFRO When looking back
By DaQuan Lawrence, AFRO International Writer, DLawrence@afro.com Six decades after the historic “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” (MOW) amassed 250,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial, demanding civil rights for African Americans and other disadvantaged citizens, a call to action has been issued again. Protestors walked down Constitution and Independence Avenues in pursuit of
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Brian Houston, who once led Hillsong, was charged because he did not inform the police after his father admitted in 1999 to sexually assaulting a young boy decades before.
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