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Volume 81 | Number 20
Women’s History Month
targets HIV among Black women
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Blacks who paved the way
WHAT’S UP OPINION
Barbara Jordan
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YOLANDA ADAMS judges ‘Sunday Best’
Dr. Mae Jemison
n orriso Toni M
P6 OPINION
GEORGE CURRY vanishing middle class Lauren Anderson
Halle Berry
P13 CHAG’S PLACE
Sheila Jackson Lee
Toyelle Wilson
Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is one of the lawmakers commending the Justice Department for blocking Texas from implementing a controversial voter ID law passed during the last legislative session. Jackson Lee said such laws continue to be passed nationwide, and are an attack on voting rights.
Prairie View A&M University women’s basketball coach Toyelle Wilson led the Lady Panthers team to their second consecutive SWAC tournament championship and secured a ticket to March Madness. Now in her second season as the team’s leader, Wilson is showing why she is one of the top young coaches in the game.
applauds ruling
Star Jones and Pastor Mia Wright at Metamorphosis Conference
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