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“I Wear a Proud D”: Protesting Partial Integration from Mississippi Segregation

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The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen | PACE News In Tate County, Mississippi—long before the word “integration” rolled off federal tongues with ease—we lived under the suffocating weight of Jim Crow. There was no pretending. No illusions. We knew who we were and exactly where we stood. At Melvin Cathey School—the “colored school”—we may have…

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Why React to American Eagle’s Agenda When Black America Can Build Its Own Brand?

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The Southern TruthBy Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief, PACE NEWS The latest media buzz centers around American Eagle’s recent ad campaign featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. It plays on the pun “great jeans/genes,” but instead of being received as playful, it has ignited a cultural firestorm. Critics say the campaign promotes coded white supremacist ideals—favoring one race as…

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The Battle for Inglewood’s Digital Real Estate

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By Gloria Zuurveen, The Southern Truth/PACE NEWS WOW! That’s the only word that comes to mind when you take a deep breath and look at all that’s stirring inside the City of Inglewood. There’s a storm brewing—a legal one, no less—over who controls the right to light up the city’s major streets with blazing billboard…

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Fighting Mad Over Inglewood: Money, Prestige, and Power

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By Gloria Zuurveen | The Southern Truth There was a time when Inglewood was dismissed—a city marginalized, overlooked, and written off by those in high towers and ivory offices. But those days are long gone. Today, Inglewood is a jewel of the South Bay, a city reborn through vision, courage, and unapologetic Black and Brown…

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Mr. President, Is Gaza a Hoax Too?

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The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Publisher, PACE NEWS Can you believe it? Donald J. Trump — the man who rose to power for the second time, in part by renewing his promise to expose the truth behind Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex trafficking network — now suggests the whole case may be a hoax. That…

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State-Run or County-Run? Either Way, the Same Broken Oversight: How the BSCC Keeps Failed Systems Alive

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By Gloria Zuurveen, Publisher, The Southern Truth Some people hope that moving youth out of state-run juvenile prisons into county-run facilities might fix long-standing problems: violence inside the halls, poor education, and abuse that has scarred generations of young people — especially Black youth and young adults. But here’s the real question:Who’s actually in charge…

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The Southern Truth on Chase, US Bank, OneUnited, Comerica—and How So-Called Black Leaders Like John Hope Bryant Helped Keep the Cycle Alive

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By Gloria Zuurveen, Publisher, The Southern Truth Wake up, people. This is more than policy, more than market forces—this is a planned system of neglect, abuse, and quiet theft, dressed up in suits and big words, but hitting Black communities and small businesses every single day. Let’s talk plain:For over 30 years, I’ve watched as…

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City of Inglewood and Mayor James T. Butts, Jr. Win More Than $217,000 Against Former Employee Melanie McDade

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The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief, PACE NEWS All I can say is, one former employee for the City of Inglewood FAFO. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxCLmHfb3nJc5WT2A2LsFQ2a2Jnd_T1JqL?si=ybB3PTGc7KUk2EA2 Yes, she did — and now she is ordered to pay the price for her frivolous action against her employer, the City of Inglewood, and its steadfast Mayor, James T. Butts,…

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