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Minister Franklin D. Florence, An Activist for the People, Dies
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Florence, Sr. (Aug 9. 1933 - Feb 1. 2023) Franklin Delano Roosevelt Florence, Sr. passed away Saturday,...
Feb 11, 20236 min read
RCSD Second-Grader Donates Blankets to Open Door Mission
Winter weather does not end with the holiday season. That is why Kalena Guadalupe, a second-grade student at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy ...
Jan 31, 20231 min read
Pay Black Women What They Are Worth
The Black Women’s Equal Pay Day (BWEPD) rally and press Conference was to protest and advocate for pay equity for Black women. Women...
Aug 4, 20214 min read
Advocates Urge Law Change to Keep Diversity in Classrooms
If parents, teachers and students plan to lobby Albany for millions of dollars to help the Rochester City School District close a...
Dec 11, 20193 min read
‘I’m Worth the Whole Dollar’ is Rally Cry for Equal Pay for Black Women
Almost nine months into 2019, and black women have earned what a white non-Hispanic male earned in 2018, according to advocates for pay...
Aug 22, 20192 min read
Rochester Continuing a Legacy of African American Publishers
In 1996, when Joan Coles Howard printed the July edition of the Frederick Douglass Voice, it was the finale of a legacy in Black...
Oct 13, 20075 min read
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