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At this time of year we are reminded of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Major corporations will pour out their best commercials featuring smiling... More | View all

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A need for Great Expectations
By Walt Shepperd

Samadee became a school teacher quite by accident. With the opportunity that attracted him to town eliminated the day before he arrived from New York City, he took the advice of a friend and walked unannounced into the office at Madison, a junior high school on the periphery of the SU campus serving the then geographically contiguous local community of color. Word on the street, the friend told him, was that the school was having a hard time keeping its teachers, and indeed an obviously harried teacher was taking an abrupt leave from the building as he entered the office to enquire about employment. The school was the focus of a Ford Foundation project intended to prepare its students for racial integration of the city schools anticipated three years hence. The project coordinator, a turtle-necked jazz musician who wore sunglasses and lounged for the interview with his feet on his desk, sensed a Big Apple bond with Samadee, and suggested he hang for the day in the classroom... More | View all cover stories










Free Income Tax Assistance, Valuable Tax Credits, Available to Low-Income Workers Posted on 02/03/12
ALBANY, NY (02/02/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (DTF) today announced that eligible low-income New... More

NAACP PARTNERS WITH DELTA SORORITYTO LAUNCH VOTER EDUCATION / AWARENESS SERIES Posted on 02/02/12
The Syracuse/Onondaga Co. NAACP and The Syracuse Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Unite to Launch Attack to Combat Voter Apathy As a result of an apparent continuing disinterest in the electoral and political... More

More Than 20 Events At Onondaga Community College Will Honor Black History Month Posted on 02/02/12
Monday, January 30 Jaded Mahone: Acoustic, Singer, Songwriter 11:10 am – 12:20 pm in the Gordon Student Center Dining Commons The month of February Black History Month Display Booth in the Gordon Student Center... More



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