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Pinellas Community Foundation
Coverage of Pinellas Community Foundation in the Nexus archive.
African People’s Education and Defense Fundorganization1Pinellas County Commissionorganization1Uhuru Movementtopic1U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuitorganization1American Rescue Plan Act of 2021topic1African People’s Socialist Partyorganization1Kevin Newsomperson1Andrew Brasherperson1Paul C. Huckperson1
- U.S. appeals court revises Black-empowerment group’s discrimination claims against Pinellas
A U.S. appeals court ruled that Pinellas County Commission violated the First Amendment rights of the African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) by withholding COVID-response grants for political and racial reasons. The court reversed a trial judge’s dismissal of APEDF’s equal-protection and free-speech claims, citing allegations that the county discriminated against the group for its association with the Uhuru Movement and its Black-empowerment goals.