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NAACP Marches Through Atlanta on 860 Mile Journey to D.C.

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(APN) ATLANTA — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s “America’s Journey for Justice” mass meeting garnered nearly two hundred attendees on Friday, August 14, 2015 at the King Center.   Atlanta marked mile 234 of a planned 860-mile march from Selma, Alabama, to Washington, D.C.   The catchphrase “Our Lives, Our Votes, Our Jobs, and Our Schools […]

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Atlantans Spoke Out at EPA Hearing in Favor of Carbon Emissions Limits

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(APN) ATLANTA — The numbers are in.  Atlanta along with Washington, DC, boasted the highest attendance of four national hearings hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in July 2014 to solicit public comments on the historic proposed Clean Power Plan designed to cut carbon emissions.     309 people testified at the Atlanta hearing held at the Omni […]

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