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Spelman College graduation focuses on Black excellence

...Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve... ...on the high court, and entertainment powerhouse Angela Bassett.... ...She specifically referenced Mamie Till, Rosa Parks, Tina Turner,... ...Helene Gayle. “When you face adversity from this day forward â€...

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President Joe Biden’s remarks at Morehouse College

...Here are President Joe Biden’s remarks at Morehouse College’s... ...And so, this righteous man, Richard Coulter, returned home, his feet... ...church in Augusta, he and two other ministers, William Jefferson... ...Martin Luther King, in April of my law school graduation year, he...

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From anxiety to protest to exultation, Morehouse welcomes its new graduates

...In the days and weeks leading up to President Joe Biden’s commencement... ...But the fact that the President of the United States took time out... ...Taura Taylor, an assistant professor of sociology, stood and turned... ...On stage, at least three faculty members — Stephane Dunn, Cynthia...

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UPDATE: Biden gives high-stakes commencement address at Morehouse College

...President Joe Biden arrived at Morehouse College Sunday morning to... ...Donald Trump: Young Black men.... ...University Center was Daxton Pettus, a junior at Morehouse who said... ...home of Martin Luther King....

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Biden arrives at Morehouse to deliver high-stakes commencement address

...President Joe Biden arrived at Morehouse College Sunday morning to... ...Donald Trump: Young Black men.... ...Mesha Mainor, a Black legislator from Atlanta who switched parties... ...,” Braxton Broady, a Morehouse student, said in a recent episode...

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Democratic Georgia Senate retirements open seats for first time in decades

...Valencia Seay of Riverdale and Horacena Tate of Atlanta all announced... ...Senate Majority Leader Gloria Butler, D-Stone Mountain, and state... ...At the time, Tate told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a statement... ...Kim Jackson, a Pine Lake Democrat, encouraged him to run to succeed...

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Georgia beach germ map: Stay ahead of infectious diseases this summer

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Republicans sue DeKalb County over outside election funding info

...In a lawsuit filed Friday in DeKalb County Superior Court, the RNC... ...The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit claiming DeKalb... ...That year, the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a group funded in... ...Republicans criticized the Center for Tech and Civic Life funding...

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GOP media personality Janelle King appointed to Georgia election board

...House Speaker Jon Burns on Friday appointed Janelle King, a media... ...personality and former deputy director of the Georgia Republican... ...a Waffle House vice president, and the state Senate in January confirmed... ...King lives in Sandy Springs and also serves on the Georgia Board...

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Macon leader encourages push for Georgia’s first national park

...Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and U.S.... ...Georgia,” Seth Clark, Macon’s mayor pro tem, told the audience Thursday... ...President Joe Biden speaking Sunday at Morehouse College’s commencement... ...Only the radio could play Natalie Mendenhall, and she uses the medium...