The NAACP Champaign County Branch’s Education Committee is hosting a Meet and Greet on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Due to the recent passing of Rev. Savage we found that it is in the best interest to cancel the Meet and Greet that is scheduled for this Thursday, Feb 24, 2010 until further notice. This is out of…

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When the “little” teapot is up to its neck in hot water, it whistles then blows off steam, and what a head of steam.  By now the whole of the United States has visited and re-visited the remarks of the candidate with cement shoes.  To say that the Champaign County party was concerned about its…

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by Rev. Jerome Chambers “For 100 years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has played a pivotal role in shaping a national agenda to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of African Americans and other people who have faced historical discrimination in the United States.  And further, to support…

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It’s very clear to the citizens of Champaign that no remorse has been shown by our top elected official, Mayor Schweighart.  Could it be that such inflammatory remarks will mark his political demise or will it catapult him into the Mayoral Hall of Fame, which for all purposeful intents doesn’t exist? Whether this ridiculous posturing…

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