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AFAM News bits – August 2022
By Frederick A. Hurst “THE PRESIDENT WHO STOOD STILL” If you haven’t yet heard about the above-titled editorial in The Wall Street Journal trashing former President Donald J. Trump, you should look it up on the Web and read it. It is the first major departure of a Ruppert Murdoch organization media outlet from the…
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TWENTY YEARS IS HARDLY ENOUGH
By Frederick A. Hurst I must admit to our readers that we had seriously considered ending the publication of Point of View by the end of this year (2022) or, at least, no later than early next year (March 2023), which would mark our 20th anniversary. And we may still do it. But after reading…
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AF-AM News bits
CEE JACKSON AND THE DISAPPEARING CITY CONTRACT How strange. Ray Jordan passes and Cee Jackson mysteriously loses a Springfield city contract to provide security service for the Mason Square library and the city parking garage. Even stranger is how it happened by way of some mysterious person named “Jason Ray” who has yet to be…
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LESSONS FOR SPRINGFIELD: REDISCOVERING H. RAP BROWN – PART II
By Frederick A. Hurst I ended Part l of my article on H. Rap Brown as follows: “My focus is on (H.) Rap Brown because he was my age and he experienced Howard University during my time and, though we went different ways and ended up in starkly different places, we share a lot in…
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Downing Releases Racial Justice Action Plan for MA
East Boston – Former state senator, clean energy business leader, and current gubernatorial candidate Ben Downing recently released the framework for a comprehensive racial justice action plan for Massachusetts. In an effort to refocus our attention on what should matter most, Downing shares a community grounded lens on how to tackle systemic racism, economic and…
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With the school year having ended on June 23rd, Chartwell K12, Springfield Public Schools, and Home Grown Springfield are helping ensure that no child goes hungry this summer through the Summer Eats Free Meals Program.
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