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The controversial article that was printed in the November 27, 2005 – December 10, 2005 article entitled “Blackface Costumes Spark Dialogue” has spurred interesting dialogue from our readers. We have received more feedback from the story that any other. Special commentary section in “Excuse Me Are You Listening?” on Page 2, in our next edition.
A homeless man tries to keep warm by using a rug and cardboard box as a mattress. During the holidays, do not forget the homeless in your town. With limited resources and frigid temperatures the Volunteers of America and other organizations that assist the homeless, need volunteers and donations as they fill during the winter. TNCP Photo.
President George W. Bush is seen Thursday, Dec. 1. 2005 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, as he signs H.R. 4145, to Direct the Joint Committee on the Library to Obtain a Statue of Rosa Parks, which will be placed in the US Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. The President is joined by, from left to right, U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson, Mrs. Laura Bush, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. White House photo by Paul Morse.
You might think that it’s a bit too early to start thinking about your holiday shopping, but your opinion isn’t shared by the nation’s retailers, many of whom are already beginning to inundate you with catalogues and advertisements.
CHARLOTTE, MI – The Charlotte Roughriders dominated the National Conference North Division in the 2005 season. Formerly known as the Lansing Lightning, the Charlotte football organization was founded in September of 2004.
When She Sat Down, A Whole Race Stood Up For its Rights
The woman known as the “Mother of The Civil Rights Movement,” Rosa Parks, has died. She passed away of natural causes at her home in Detroit. She was 92.
LANSING, MI – When hurricane Katrina survivors, holding onto hope and the few things they could salvage, began searching for higher ground and a new beginning, Greater Lansing was there to lend support.
Stern announces new dress code and ‘NBA Cares’ charity initiative.
EAST LANSING, MI — Ronnie Sujak Smith age 35, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2005, at home after a long battle with breast cancer.
Oct. 21, 2005 — Montgomery, Ala., the so-called birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, struggles to reconcile its past on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.