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Black History Month - Leandra Abbott
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Leandra Abbott started her journalism career as the first black female on staff at Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1967.  Soon thereafter, Abbott found herself working at Newsweek, where she was charged with reporting on civil rights issues.  Noting that, as an African American, she, “had the unspoken or spoken responsibility…. to make sure stories represented African Americans accurately.” Abbott continues to write and speak to further the cause of African Americans.

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Maynard Institute Black Journalists Movement - Interview
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EVENT: Volunteers Launch Weekend “Blitz” To Save Oaks From Deadly Disease

Saturday, April 28, 2012 By Howard Dyckoff, Oakland Voices Correspondent Oakland is famous for its oak trees but those are at risk due the algae-like disease called Sudden Oak Death (SOD) syndrome, which has devasted coastal forests in Northern California. Oak trees are needed [...]
 
  

  

    


  
  	    

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