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Uganda: Sudhir to Meet Sacked Sanyu Employees Over Pay Cut

Property mogul Sudhiru Ruparelia on Wednesday sacked all his staff at Sanyu FM after they unanimously rejected the 25 per cent salary reduction the company subjected them

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Source: allAfrica.com

Xavier Submits Official Request to City of New Orleans to Rename South Jefferson Davis to Norman C. Francis

NEW ORLEANS – Reynold Verret, current President of Xavier University of Louisiana, yesterday resubmitted the official request to rename South Jefferson Davis Parkway in honor of President Emeritus Norman

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

The partisan chasm over 'systemic racism' is on full display | The Atlanta Voice

In surveys by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, Americans who support Trump were far more likely than those who don’t to say that police shootings of black men are only isolated incidents and to claim that discrimination against whites is now as great a problem as bias against

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

'Coke Bottle Shape': Fans Salivate Over Porsha Williams' Snatched Physique

Porsha Williams is bringing the

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

(1963) Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, "Religion and Race"

On January 14, 1963, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel gave the speech “Religion and Race,” at a conference of the same name that assembled in Chicago, Illinois. There he met Dr. Martin Luther King and the two became friends. Rabbi Heschel marched with Dr. King at Selma, Alabama in

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Source: Black Past

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Africa: U.S. Executive Order Against Property Of Certain Persons Associated With ICC

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Gen. Mark Milley Says Accompanying Trump To Church Photo-Op Was A Mistake

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Source: Stories About Black History

FIYAH — 6.8.20 4PM ONE-ON-ONE with MARK CUBAN, Outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

(1865) Henry Highland Garnet, “Let The Monster Perish”

On February 12, 1865, Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, a former slave and now pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., became the first African American to speak in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. His sermon was delivered on Sunday, February 12, 1865 within days

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Source: Black Past

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Best Detailed Walkaround 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off Road

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Test 2 0f 360 Walk – Please leave your comments.

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

America is My Home | Afro

Today, they stand as beacons of light, shining examples to the next generation of what we can accomplish with our God-given talents, the freedoms we enjoy, the opportunities available in our nation and, yes, a whole lot of

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

South Africa: Expect More Deaths From TB and Diabetes Than COVID-19, Says Zweli Mkhize

While Covid-19 is the most talked about virus, TB and diabetes are silent killers that remain the leading causes of natural deaths in South

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Source: allAfrica.com

‘Reporting While Black’ is a storytelling responsibility

These last couple of weeks or so have been trying times for Black America, and for Black journalists as

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”

By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement. Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James

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Source: Black Past

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The Murder of George Floyd Uncovers “The Myth of American Justice”

In response to the murder of George Floyd, the current mayor of Minneapolis stated that “being born Black should not be a death

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

PRESS ROOM: 2020 Census Workers to Count Population Experiencing Homelessness in September

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

LIVESTREAM — 6.10.20 "MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IN AGE OF COVID"

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

African Nations Call for Racism Debate At UN Human Rights Council

A letter signed by all 54 African nations requested the UN Human Rights Council to urgently debate racism and police violence as protests over George Floyd's death grow around the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Protesters sue Trump over tear-gassing at Lafayette Park

Black Lives Matter D.C. filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr, and the U.S. Park Police for violating their civil

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Source: theGrio

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

For the slave act of 1793, see Fugitive Slave Act of

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Source: BlackHistory.com

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African-American History and Women Timeline 1990-1999

More of the Timeline: 1980 - 1989 / 2000

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Source: ThoughtCo

New Independent Media Commission laws undermine media pluralism and fair competition

The Government of Sierra Leone has gazetted an Independent Media Commission Act 2020 that seeks to eliminate fair competition in the media landscape and consequently silenced independent journalists in the Print

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

What is Juneteenth?

The homegrown holiday’s Southern beginnings have evolved into a day of recognition for freedom and legacy in African American

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Source: theGrio

San Diego City Council Declines Calls to Cut Police Funding – Voice and Viewpoint

By The Associated Press

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Kenya Celebrates Removal of British Queen Victoria Statue

The statue Britain's Queen Victoria outlasted several of statues from before Kenya's independence from Britain in

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Source: allAfrica.com

(1920) Archibald Grimke, “The Shame of America, or the Negro’s Case Against the Republic”

Archibald Grimke was born enslaved in Charleston, South Carolina in 1849. After the Civil War, Archibald and his younger brother Francis, enrolled at Lincoln University. Archibald graduated in 1872 and then entered Harvard Law School. After graduation he practiced in Boston. By the 1880s Grimke

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Source: Black Past

LIVESTREAM #FIYAH! — 6.12.20 — THE INTERVIEW_ JODY WATLEY

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Quick Look 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Morocco trams adorn mask to encourage use

The tram company in Rabat, Morocco has devised a genius way to encourage the wearing of face masks in the North African

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

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