BY: Haley Jordan (story) and Ambria Whalum (photos).
ST. PETERSBURG – “At the end of the day, we have got to recognize in St. Petersburg, Fla., that we have a problem here with the racial, social and economic injustices that impact African-American communities,” Maria L. Scruggs, president of St. Petersburg’s NAACP, said to those gathered at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Debriefing.
“And when we enter into this struggle, into this battle of recognition, the responsibility is for us to recognize that we have a problem, and then we need to be at the forefront trying to fix it,” Scruggs said.
This story was originally published by The Weekly Challenger on February 8, 2018. To read the full article, please click on the link below.