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Article: Texas Rep. says Black newspapers must 'Get the word out!'
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- The Tennessee Tribune
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- August 12, 1996
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Marilyn Marshall
Tennessee TRIBUNE, The
08-12-1996
Texas Rep. says Black newspapers must `Get the word out!'.
A week after the Supreme Court ruled that her district was unconstitutional, U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (DTX) reminded members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, visiting her home city of Houston for their annual convention, that they have the power to let the black community know what's really happening in America.
Lee was the keynote speaker at the annual NNPA Merit Awards dinner on June 21. Just eight days earlier, the nation's highest court, in a 5-4 vote, threw out three Texas predominantly minority congressional districts as unconstitutional. Among them was ...