(APN) SHELL BLUFF, GEORGIA — On January 07, 2012, a bus carrying members of Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions (GA WAND), Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, Nuclear Watch South, Grandmothers for Peace, and other concerned citizens arrived in Shell Bluff, Georgia, for a community meeting at Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church, to discuss Georgia Power’s plans for two […]
Read moreLance Robertson, an activist who has done work with Rev. Joseph Lowery and the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, is running for Georgia Public Service Commission, the candidate told Atlanta Progressive News. He said he is not sure which incumbent he is challenging. Robertson said he is considering running as a Republican.
Read moreThis article first appeared on The Beacon website at: http://www.beaconcastmedia.com/news/-Rev-Lowery-Sues-over-North-Fulton-Cities-Claims-Black-Vote-Dilution-2887 (APN) ATLANTA — Rev. Joseph Lowery, one of the few remaining veterans of the Civil Rights Movement who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, has joined with the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and several Black residents of North Fulton and Dekalb Counties, to challenge what has been the creation of […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Newsmakers Live, an online news entity geared primarily toward Black readers in Atlanta which also has a live interview component, fired its editor, Maynard Eaton, for fabricating an attack against him on MARTA which never occurred. “The Newsmakers Journal has relieved Maynard Eaton of his duties as Editor-in-Chief and as moderator of Newsmakers Live! The termination is […]
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