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World Mourns Mandela, Icon for Justice(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Legendary former South Africa President Nelson Mandela, reverred around the world for his decades of activism and ultimate presidential leadership for a free South Africa, is dead at 95.

President Zuma Upon the Death of Nelson Mandela (TriceEdneyWire.com) – My Fellow South Africans, Our beloved Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the founding President of our democratic nation has departed. He passed on peacefully in the company of his family around 20:50 on the 5th of December 2013. He is now resting. He is now at peace.

President Obama Upon the Death of Nelson Mandela (TriceEdneyWire.com) – At his trial in 1964, Nelson Mandela closed his statement from the dock saying, "I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

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Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Theoretically, Thanksgiving celebrates the breaking of bread between Native Americans and pilgrims, who might have starved were it not for the generosity of those who first occupied this country.

Time to Reflect (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Last week marked Thanksgiving, the quintessential American holiday. In part, because it belongs to no religion, it is a day that all people can claim as their own to give thanks, in their way. This marked its 150th birthday.

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Despite Help, Emotional Impact of HIV Still Overwhelming(TriceEdneyWire.com) - As she stares at herself in the mirror preparing for another day, hidden behind her beauty is a secret that no one could ever imagine, a secret that changed her life almost nine years ago.

Medal of Freedom Honoree: Blacks Must Remain Unified (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Rev. Cordy Tindell "C. T." Vivian, a foot soldier for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., says the greatest mistake that Black leaders and organizations can now make is to stray away from the unified strategy that elected President Barack Obama.

Blacks Comprise Nearly Half of Death Row Inmates (TriceEdneyWire.com) – As of April 1 of this year, there were 3,108 men and women living on Death Row, including 1,300 African-Americans, who comprised 41.83 percent of the condemned population, according to the 64 page-report, "Death Row U.S.A." by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc.

From Cells to Sales(TriceEdneyWire.com) – According to the 13th Amendment, slavery in this country has not been fully abolished. There is an exception that says if one is duly convicted of a crime he or she can be enslaved.

Oh, No She Didn't! (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Growing up, I was taught that the best response to most insults was to ignore them - leave them unaddressed - as unworthy of further consideration.

Affordable Care Act: A New Weapon in the Fight Against AIDS
(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Sunday, December 1, marked the 25th observance of World AIDS Day. It was a reminder of how far we have come since 1981 when several previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles were found to be infected with a mysterious and fatal immune deficiency.

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