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On 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act, a veteran remembers discrimination in US
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After living through the Great Depression of the 1930’s, Ernest Eguia went from fighting in Normandy during World War II to fighting for the civil rights of Latinos when he returned home to Texas in 1945. Fifty years ago, this week,of President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Eguia remembers what… Read more
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Bestselling author on a mission to fight ageism
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After studying architecture in college and landing a career in publishing because of her love of reading, Ashton Applewhite never thought she’d be a writer. Not only did she become one at age 40, she became the first woman to get four books on The New York Times best-seller list at once. After writing on… Read more
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Bronx Fathers Taking Action member on the importance of fatherhood
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John Fielder, a born and raised New Yorker, has always been a savior of sorts for his community. Before turning 60, he was an emergency medical technician (EMT) for nearly two decades, and before that, a phlebotimist. Today, at 64, he serves on his district’s community education council as well as one of the… Read more
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Borinqueneer still serves as a military intelligence volunteer at 92
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The 65th Infantry Regiment, otherwise known as “Borinqueneers,” was created in 1899 by the U.S. Congress as a segregated unit composed primarily of Puerto Ricans. Thousands of these brave men served in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. According to Gilberto Villahermosa’s book, “Honor and Fidelity: The 65th Infantry in Korea,… Read more
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First female Asian elected official on the East Coast continues to give back and speak up
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Ellen Young is not one to stay still, or stay quiet. The 62-year-old volunteers as the first, and only, Asian member of the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts. As one of 15 committee members, she reviews complaints against attorneys from Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. She says she spends the rest of her… Read more