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“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I'd been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the Earth as though I had a right to be here."

—James Baldwin

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Baptist Temple Celebrates 50 Years Faith & Fellowship https://t.co/JKEpHOe9iT via @hvpress

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Three Very Powerful Days of Worship https://t.co/p1wYacTcNO via @hvpress

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A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority. - Booker T. Washinaton

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International Overdose Awareness Day Recognized https://t.co/HzZJYyKZ42 via @hvpress

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Lasting Tribute to Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey https://t.co/zRe805mFHM via @hvpress

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Free Admission to the 9/11 Memorial Museum https://t.co/YHPd0Zr0Tw via @hvpress

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PHS Remembers 9/11 at AFJROTC Ceremony https://t.co/iOOOahCpoH via @hvpress

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Students Commemorate 25th Anniversary of 9/11 https://t.co/xzDssbYYt5 via @hvpress

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Tulsa was not the only anti-Black massacre in American history. From New Orleans and Colfax to Wilmington, Elaine, Rosewood, Ocoee, and many others, racial violence devastated Black communities across the United States, destroying lives, homes, businesses, and generations of progress. While this map is not exhaustive, it serves as a reminder that these events were part of a broader history that deserves to be remembered, studied, and discussed rather than forgotten.

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History Comes to Life at Knox’s Headquarters https://t.co/ip7vWGcdH3 via @hvpress

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AKA Walks for Wellness, Scholarships, & Community https://t.co/XafV9mfPX3 via @hvpress

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Blackness: A ‘Brand’ That America Wanted to Buy https://t.co/esPw2MltB6 via @hvpress

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County Leaders Encourage Kindness, Safety & Respect https://t.co/TMRBZzsQsA via @hvpress

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On the morning of September 11, 2001, LeRoy Wilton Homer Jr. reported for work like he had countless times before.

He was a pilot. A husband. A son. A Black man who had earned his place in a cockpit that had never been designed with him in mind.

When United Flight 93 was hijacked, LeRoy didn’t disappear into fear. From inside the plane, a calm but urgent voice reached the ground. He relayed what was happening. He fought for time. He fought for lives. And when passengers rose up against terror, he was already standing in resistance.

The plane never reached its intended target.

It crashed into a field in Pennsylvania instead—because the people onboard, including the pilots, refused to surrender quietly. Because courage lived in that cabin.

LeRoy Wilton Homer Jr. died that day at just 36 years old.

His name is rarely spoken when 9/11 is remembered. His face is often missing from the narratives. And yet, his sacrifice is inseparable from the lives he helped save. Even in a moment of national mourning, his story reminds us of a painful truth: Black heroism is too often overlooked, even when it costs everything.

But history does not forget forever.

LeRoy Homer was a Black pilot who faced terror with resolve, who helped prevent even greater loss, and who gave his life in the fight. He deserves to be remembered—not as a footnote, but as a hero.

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KAROL G Continues to Top the Billboard Charts https://t.co/XTcuJYvCFK via @hvpress

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Skoufis Joins Community for Launch of Fitness Courts https://t.co/mx9dwn9d2W via @hvpress

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Charles Spencer Jr.’s Number 77 Jersey Retired https://t.co/PGa6XJ8xqT via @hvpress

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Westchester Expands Student Omny Program https://t.co/AS68eGuChS via @hvpress

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USMA Hosts 65th Annual Buffalo Soldier Ceremony https://t.co/Vs5ofnWsmZ via @hvpress