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Clarence Henderson to speak at event February 2, 2020. Source: Jacquie Jeffers, State of NC Martin Luther King, Jr. Commissioner

Clarence Henderson to Speak at Wilson, NC Church’s Black History Month Event on Feb. 2

January 24, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

On Sunday, February 2, 2020, the St. John AME Zion Church in Wilson, North Carolina will hold an event in celebration of Black History, with speaker Clarence Henderson, Civil Rights pioneer. The event will begin […]

Source: PRNewsFoto/The Jonathan Carey Foundation, Delmar NY.

Rights of Disabled Focus of Civil Rights Walk

July 28, 2016 Kay Whatley

Administration Blocks Civil Rights in New York, says The Jonathan Carey Foundation Released by Michael Carey, The Jonathan Carey Foundation The Jonathan Carey Foundation “Civil Rights Walk for the Disabled” team is on its way to Washington […]

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The Strange-ness: Magpies

July 31, 2016

Corvidae is a scientific designation for a family of birds which includes crows, ravens, jays (like blue jays), magpies, and several more birds. These “corvids” arguably are some of the smartest animals on the planet — not just the smartest of birds, […]

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The Strange-ness: School Start Times can Harm Learning

October 25, 2013

Research from 1980 forward has shown that teenagers require adequate time for sleep. Learning and thinking improve for teens who get a good night’s sleep. Yet schools still start early in the day, average teens staying up later, and […]

UFO Sightings by US State: November 2018

December 20, 2018

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]