5 Things To Know About Ella Jones, The Woman Who Just Became Ferguson's First Black Mayor

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Jones, James Earl, 1931–, American actor, b. Tate co., Miss. Jones made his stage debut at the Univ. of Michigan and appeared thereafter for seven years with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Macbeth (1962), Othello (1963), and King Lear (1973), among many others. He achieved Broadway

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NASCAR Fans React To A Noose Left In Bubba Wallace's Garage

And a delayed race at Talladega Monday became the first real test of NASCAR's ban of the Confederate

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Van Jones: A 'white, liberal Hillary Clinton supporter' can pose a greater threat to black Americans than the KKK

CNN's Van Jones argued Friday during an analysis on racial tensions that a “white, liberal Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Democratic pollster advised Biden campaign to pick Warren as VP Longtime Democratic pollster: Warren 'obvious solution' for Biden's VP pick How Obama just

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For individual church buildings/congregations of this name, see African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Jones, John Melvin (1944- )

John Melvin Jones was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Guyana in 2008. Nominated by President George W. Bush on June 30, 2008, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and arrived in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, on October 8 of that year. Due to health issues, the result of injuries sustained while

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Bomani Jones Signs Multi-Year Contract Extension With ESPN

Host and commentator Bomani Jones has signed a multi-year contract extension with

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D.C. protesters try to tear down Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park

Protestors attempt to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square near the White House on June 22, 2020 in

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Let's Fight for Black Moms

Black women are 3-4 times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth than white

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Cowboys Observe Juneteenth, But Where’s Jerry Jones?

The team gave its employees Juneteenth off as a holiday in remembrance of the order given by Union General Gordon Granger on that date in 1865 announcing slaves were now free in the state of

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Stawinski Resigns As Prince George’s County Police Chief | Afro

Despite his best attempts at masking the troubles beneath the surface of his Department, former Prince George’s County Police Chief Hank Stawinski couldn’t avoid the lack of confidence his community lost in

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Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka , also called Imamu Amiri Baraka, original name Everett Leroy Jones, called Leroy Jones, Leroy later changed to LeRoi (born October 7, 1934, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.—died January 9, 2014, Newark), American poet and playwright who published provocative works that assiduously presented

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"We aim to use our platform and our privilege to amplify voices of marginalized groups that deserve to be Kandi Burruss and Eddie Murphy are some of celebrity parents that celebrated their kids Moore apologized for saying that protesters were responsible for George

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Earth Today | Build back blue, green and better

Jamaican and Caribbean businesses must strive to ‘build back blue, build back green, build back better’, following the blow dealt to the global economy by

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Spelman sisters surprise Morehouse grad with visit from Army dad

The Jones family from left to right) Frances, Alexis, Terrell, Jr., Amber and Terrel, Sr. via YouTube

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Mayor-Elect Of Ferguson, Mo., On Where Her City Stands, After Michael Brown

Mayor-elect Ella Jones, currently a city council member who was elected mayor on Tuesday, will become the first black and first female mayor of

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Race, Gender, Jazz & Local 493: Black Women Musicians in Seattle: 1920-1955

During its brief and rocky tenure from 1918 to 1924, pianist Gertrude Harvey Wright was one of four women in Seattle’s first black musicians’ union, the American Federation of Musicians’ Local 458. Wright, Virginia Hughes, a “Mrs. Austin,” and (Edythe) “Turnham,” all

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Thomas Blanton, KKK bomber of 16th St Baptist Church, dies

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., the last of three one-time Ku Klux Klansmen convicted in a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four Black girls and was the deadliest single attack of the civil rights movement, died Friday in prison, officials

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From Opera, Minstrelsy and Ragtime to Social Justice: An Overview of African American Performers at Carnegie Hall, 1892-1943

“It is probable that this hall will intertwine itself with the history of our country,” said Andrew Carnegie in 1890, when he laid the cornerstone of the building that would become Carnegie Hall. In keeping with Carnegie’s firm belief in egalitarianism and meritocracy, the hall that

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#AAMAM: “Black and Proud” – Celebrating Black LGBT Musical Pioneers (LISTEN)

As June is both African-American Music Appreciation Month and Pride Month, and today is the anniversary of the beginning of the landmark Stonewall Riots marking the unofficial launch of the gay rights movement, Good Black News today brings you a musical playlist celebrating some of the Black LGBT

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Senator Doug Jones urges Governor Ivey to establish an Alabama Health Care Manufacturing Task Force

Senator Jones’ proposal would utilize existing infrastructure to create jobs in Alabama, provide a supply chain for vital COVID-19 supplies, reduce dependence on foreign health care suppliers, revamp Alabama’s manufacturing

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Lawmakers Use Protest Momentum to Push State Racial Reforms | Afro

They are prompting “very real conversations I didn’t think the country has ever really had because none of them are comfortable,” said Sydney Kamlager, a member of the Legislative Black Caucus in the California state

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The Sword of The Black Press

Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly

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Alabama Power Foundation grant makes ‘virtual learning’ a reality for rural Greene County students

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Alabama schools to close their traditional classrooms in March, Corey Jones said it hit his students in rural Greene County doubly

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Jones, Richard A. (1950- )

The Honorable Richard A. Jones is a United State District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington in Seattle. Jones, the youngest of four sisters and four brothers, was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1950. His father was semi-professional baseball player and carpenter, Quincy Delight

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Thomas Blanton, KKK Bomber of 16th St Baptist Church, Dies

By The Associated Press

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Coronavirus Update: It’s Time to Have ‘The Talk’ About Coronavirus

On Wednesday, the U.S. saw a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day, with almost 46,000 infections

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Judge Orders Seattle To Stop Using Tear Gas During Protests

SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up largely peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities have overreacted to recent demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice

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Star Jones

Name at birth: Starlet Marie Jones

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'Looking Like His Daddy': Apryl Jones Shakes Up the Internet After She Posts Pic of Omarion and Their Son

It seems like Apryl Jones and Omarion Grandberry are back on good terms with each

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