Shale drillers shafting NAACP? Parker upset with lack of support
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CONNIE PARKER
by Christian Morrow
Courier Staff Writer
Back when steel ruled the local economy and Pittsburgh boast multiple corporate headquarters, the NAACP Pittsburgh Unit could always count on corporate support for its single largest fundraiser, the annual Human Rights Dinner.
Now, however, with shale gas development becoming a dominant industry
...WAMO100 announces new general manager
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GARY GUNTER
PITTSBURGH, PA--WAMO100, owned by Martz Communications Group, recently named Gary Gunter general manager of WAMO100.
Prior to this new appointment, Gunter was the general sales manager of Radio One Baltimore stations WWIN-AM/FM, WERQ-FM and WOLB-AM. Gunter replaces Laura Varner Norman who served as the General Manager when WAMO returned
...P.R.O.M.I.S.E. jams to stop violence
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I’VE GOT THE BLUES—Chicago Blues artist Vince Agwada performs at The P.R.O.M.I.S.E. group’s annual Blues and R&B Showcase, April 6. (Photo by J.L. Martello)
Music for a cause was the unofficial theme at The Hard Rock Café last Saturday at the P.R.O.M.I.S.E. group’s 5th annual Blues and R&B Showcase on April 6 in Station Square.
...Gun control support forum
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JAY GILMER
On Dec. 14, 2012, 26 people, including 20 children were shot and killed at a school in Newtown, Conn. The tragedy thrust the gun control debate to center stage across the nation and many in the Black community believed the government would finally address the issue of gun violence that plagues them everyday.
After four months
Afro Cuban All Stars:Connecting the world through sounds of Cuban music
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THE AFRO CUBAN ALL STARS BRINGS THE CROWD TO ITS FEET (Photo by Erin Perry)
Juan De Marcos promised a fiesta on stage and that’s exactly what he and the Afro Cuban All Stars delivered when they graced the stage of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture on March 21.
“Tonight we will travel to Cuba,” said Juan De Marcos, bandleader, ar
