C2Change Magazine "The Soul of America Issue – 1962" (January – March 2021)

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QUARTER ONE (JANUARY - MARCH) 2021 | VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 1

NAACP SPOTLIGHT

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100 Years Ago 1920 - 2020

2020 MARKED THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1920 NAACP MEMBERSHIP RESOLVE. 100-YEARS LATER, 2021 FINDS THE SAME STRUGGLES WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY—THE NEWS MEDIA VILLIANIZING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND OUR VERY OWN BLACK LEADERS USING THEIR PLATFORMS FOR NOTORIETY AND PERSONAL GAIN AT THE COMMUNITY'S EXPENSE. (THE BREONNA TAYLOR CASE COMES TO MIND.) LEAVING THE QUESTIONS: 1) WHO ARE OUR TRUSTED CURRENT LEADERS, 2) WHO MAY BE OUR TRUSTED FUTURE LEADERS, AND 3) WHAT LEADERS—THAT HAVE SOLD OUT THEIR RACE FOR NOTORIETY AND PERSONAL GAIN—SHOULD BE STAMPED OUT?

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