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Village Roadshow Developing Scripted Limited Series Based on the Life of Rev. Jesse Jackson...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVillage Roadshow Television has secured the life rights of civil rights, religious and political...
Clarence Page: The Rev. Jesse Jackson is not retiring, only ‘pivoting,’ and still keeping hope alive
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWith the news that the Rev. Jesse Jackson is retiring or, as he prefers to call it, “pivoting” from...
The History Behind Netflix's Shirley Chisholm Biopic
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoProducer Regina King plays U.S. House Rep. Shirley Chisholm in the Netflix original movie 'Shirley.' Credit - Glen Wilson—Netflix While Shirley Chisholm...
Shirley Chisholm and the 9 Other Trailblazing Black Women in Congress
Biography via Yahoo News· 2 months agoShirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, and Cardiss Collins were among the political pioneers who broke...
Clarence Avant's political power: The 'Black Godfather' had the ear of three presidents
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPoliticians from across the U.S. sought out Clarence Avant for his advice, his fundraising prowess...
Can Crypto Buy a Seat in Congress?
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoA mountain of crypto riches can’t automatically purchase a seat in Congress. But, for many campaigns winding their way toward the U.S. midterm election...
Jim Dey: Veteran pol pours out his past in autobiography
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAug. 31—Four months ago, the Poshard Foundation for Abused Children announced another round of grants — 29 of them — to a variety of social-services agencies located in Southern Illinois. Days ...