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Willie Ricks Says He Was Brutalized by Morehouse College Police: Photos of Civil Rights Leader Show Bruised Shoulder (UPDATE 1)

December 10, 2005 MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — (Update and Correction, 12/12/05: APN has spoken with Mr. Ricks and he says the charges were not dropped, even though an initial APN transcript of Ricks’s TDC documentary said the charges were dropped. APN will publish its exclusive media interview with Mr. Ricks in the coming days.) Willie Ricks, aka Mukasa Dada, says he was brutally mistreated […]

Activists Rally at Rosa Parks’s Anniversary at Lenox Mall

December 3, 2005 MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — 45 activists rallied today at Lenox Mall in Atlanta, Georgia, to remember Rosa Parks and protest poverty, racism, and war. The rally began at 11:30 am and ended at 1 pm. Protesters held banners reading, “Shut the War Down,” “End Poverty, Racism, and War,” and “Fund Hurricane Relief! Not the War in Iraq!” The honking of horns, […]

11 House Dems Demand Hearings on Justice: Department Memo Georgia Voter ID Law Was Initially Rejected by Staffers

December 1, 2005 MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA – U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-GA) and the Democratic Caucus on the US House Committee on Government Reform have called for a Congressional Hearing into whether the U.S. Department of Justice improperly approved Georgia’s Voter ID Law, according to letters obtained by Atlanta Progressive News. The Caucus wants a Hearing because it wants to know about the process […]

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