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For many people around the nation and the world, William H. Gray III was a congressman who made history and the head of an agency designed to connect African American students with money for college. But to John Grinnage, William H. Gray III was his minister, and someone who showed him a spiritual path.

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The West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s Paul Robeson House Museum in partnership with the Parkside Historic Preservation Association and the West Philadelphia Senior Community Center will hold its 11th Annual Jazz Jamboree on Sunday, August 11, 2013.

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John-Hall was an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2007 to 2013. In 2010, she was one of 20 African-American columnists invited to the White House for a group interview with President  Barack Obama.

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In 1965, Joseph Certaine, Philadelphia’s former managing director, was an organizer for voting rights in Georgia, making sure that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was observed and all were allowed to exercise the franchise.

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Most of the attention in the bruising battle to adopt the recently enacted Pennsylvania budget focused on whether the state budget passed on time.  It did. But a story far more important than budget passage itself was largely missed in covering the late night, last- minute theatrics…

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The SUN offers a few last glimpses of former Congressman, Rev. William H. Gray III, a man who blazed his own trails through civil and human rights as a political man and a religious man. 

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Fruitvale Station tells the true story of Oscar Grant, a 22 year old Bay Area resident who was handcuffed and unarmed while fatally shot by a transit officer on New Year’s Day 2009 on San Francisco’s BART system.

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Former U.S. Rep. William H. Gray III, who rose to influential positions in Congress and was the first black to become majority whip, died Monday at 71. Gray passed away suddenly Monday while in London with one of his sons to attend the Wimbledon tennis championships, said William Epstein, a former aide to Gray.

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Launched on April 29th, STSC currently offers eight daily roundtrips between Philadelphia and New York City. The non-stop, affordable service equals efficient travel times between curbside locations in Philadelphia and Manhattan Chinatown…

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Mayor Mike Nutter is well known for staging photo opportunities and ribbon cuttings as a way to bring attention to himself as mayor.  This is a tried and true tactic for many politicians and one that our current mayor has raised to an art form.

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