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Group Wants Moratorium on Demolitions in Black Communities

B-PEP, the Black Political Empowerment Project, held a news conference Wednesday morning in Homewood to announce that the group has asked the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County for a moratorium on...

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Community, Corporate Leaders Pledge Commitment to Racial Equity in Business...

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (left) and B-PEP's Tim Stevens said the corporate community needs to be more diverse, especially in management and board positions. Edit | Remove The...

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Impact of the Supreme Court Voting Right's Act Decision

Last week's 5-4 Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act struck down a key aspect that has been used to promote and protect the political power of minority voters. This has not gone over well...

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Comemmorating the March on Washington

Nelson Harrison is a Pittsburgh musician who teaches jazz and played with numerous groups including the Count Basie Orchestra. He was at the March on Washington in 1963 and talks about how the march...

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Black Political Empowerment Project Wants August Wilson Center To Go To...

Facing more than $9 million in debt, a possible foreclosure and two proposals for solutions, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture’s fate rests in the hands of the legal system, and the...

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B-PEP Helps Citizens Vote Through Rides and Watchers

Tuesday is Election Day, but what happens if you have trouble getting to your polling place? The Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP) could give you a lift. “We do not want to have people...

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Activists Try To Raise Money For Students to See Selma

Local community activists are trying to raise money to pay for Pittsburgh-area students to view the movie Selma . They are modeling the fundraising efforts on successful efforts in New York and other...

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Brochure Outlines Ways to Reduce Negative Police/Citizen Confrontations

In the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown and, more recently the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Mo., a brochure is going out to the Pittsburgh community outlining rights,...

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One Group Determined To Get Out The Vote, One Ride At A Time

Tim Stevens waited inside the Meineke auto repair shop in Larimer for his car’s tune up, just in time for Election Day. He sorted through bags of flyers that he had taken out of the backseat of his...

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