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Juneteenth 2020: In This Land of the Free, How Free Are We?

Even the very Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863 had little meaning to many Blacks who were omitted from the order and left in bondage in the very states fighting on the side of the Union to supposedly free them, as only those in the slave holding

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

'Welcome to Louisiana': Shaunie O'Neal's Daughter Amirah O'Neal Gets Big Graduation Sendoff Toward Basketball Career at LSU

Shaquille and Shaunie O’Neal are officially sending their 18-year daughter Amirah O’Neal off to

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

Call to Defund the Police Gains Momentum in Oakland

Major cities like Los Angeles and New York City have taken steps to reduce the budgets of their police departments – and in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered last month, the City Council announced plans to completely dismantle the city’s police

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California’s no-bid contracts for pandemic supplies reveal collapsed deals, untested vendors

While normal bidding and vetting procedures have been suspended during the state of emergency, California has entered into roughly $3 billion worth of no-bid contracts for masks, ventilators, call-center workers and other supplies and services to respond to the health crisis,the state’s procurement

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Quit Playin’: Who’s Lootin’ You??

“Mini-Me” Mnuchin tooled a foreclosure machine and looted the taxpayers for no less than $200 million, according to a Huffington Post 2017

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Newswire : Congressional Black Caucus introduces legislation to make the police more accountable

The Congressional Black Caucus on Monday introduced “The Justice in Policing Act of 2020,” legislation designed to make the nation’s police more accountable to the nation’s citizens, especially its black citizens, in the wake of the brutal in police custody death of George

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

Protesters Mourn the Loss of Robert Fuller in Palmdale Park

Several dozen protesters descended Thursday evening on Poncitlan Square in Palmdale, questioning the circumstances surrounding Robert Fuller’s death and demanding justice for other victims of police brutality against African

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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Families of Two California Black Men Found Hanging Incite Demands For Investigations

Dual incidents of hangings of two Black men in separate incidents in California within weeks of one another are drawing outrage and causing skepticism about what really happened to them among many, including state officials who are calling for further investigation by law

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Lack of Shelter After Mosswood Eviction Causes Tension in North Oakland

The city of Oakland evicted a large community of unhoused people from Mosswood Park on Feb. 24 and announced plans to help the evicted residents secure shelter through the non-profit Operation Dignity. .@kpthrive looms over everything happening today. pic.twitter.com/OYACd0WPtW - Indybay

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Mayor Garcetti Announces Major Steps to Promote Racial Equity in Los Angeles

Prepares City to implement affirmative action, names L.A.’s first-ever Chief Equity Officer, and signs an executive directive to study and advance racial justice and inclusion in every City department

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Juneteenth Brings Anti-Racism Protesters Out From Coast To Coast

The real looting happens when innocent Black men are gunned down by police officers with no cause or

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Bill Banning Police From Using Deadly “Sleeper Hold” Introduced in California Assembly

By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

The Wrong Black Lives Matter Organization Received Millions Of Dollars In Donations [Details]

According to Buzzfeed News, the Black Lives Matter Foundation received millions of dollars in donations on behalf of the movement but is … somehow not at all affiliated with the BLM

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Covered California Providing Health Care Coverage During COVID-19 Pandemic to Affected Californians

Los Angeles News Observer via Covered California News

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Too many Black children born in shackles –

“I can’t breathe,” pled George Floyd in Minneapolis and Eric Garner in New York City and Javier Ambler in Austin, Texas, before police killed

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Source: Florida Courier

Protesters Come Out for Floyd and Others

Floyd was handcuffed while lying prone on the ground when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck as two other officers had their knees on his back for nearly nine minutes causing his

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Two Black Men Found Hanging from Trees In California Ten Days Apart, Families Claim They Were Not Suicidal

A Black man was found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California, on June 10, less than two weeks after another body was found in a town 50 miles

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

Black with a Capital “B”: Mainstream Media Join Black Press in Uppercasing Race

(CBM) – Last week, Norman Pearlstine, the editor of the LA Times, sent a memo to staffers announcing that the publication will begin capitalizing “B” in the word Black in its articles when referring to a race of

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Clothing Brand Anthropologie Accused Of Using ‘Nick’ As A Code Name For Black Customers

Well-known boho-chic clothing store Anthropologie is the latest brand to be called out for their hypocritical support of the Black Lives Matter movement on social

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Source: Black America Web

Robert De Niro opens about raising biracial children: 'I take certain things for granted'

Robert De Niro attends the 92nd Annual Academy Awards in

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Source: theGrio

'This Is What I Mean When I Ask Do U Have a Brother': Omarion and Brother O’Ryan Have Fans Salivating Over Shirtless Video

It’s summertime, but that hasn’t been the only reason for some to sweat lately.Thanks to Omarion and his youngest brother O’Ryan, quite a few fans across the nation were feeling the heat this past

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Injuries at protests draw scrutiny to use of police weaponry

But the now-familiar scenes of U.S. police officers in riot gear clashing with protesters at Lafayette Park across from the White House and in other cities have police critics charging that the weaponry too often escalates tensions and hurts innocent

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Source: theGrio

Opinion: Black Protest Is Music. Learning The Melody Isn't Enough

I have been overjoyed to see the large protests reaching across this nation, all the way into the small towns and suburbs, to see the pain and outrage on faces of all colors, ages and genders, people from all walks of

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Source: Stories About Black History

Sheriff's Deputies Shoot And Kill Half Brother Of Man Found Hanging In California

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Source: Stories About Black History

Tesla nears historic milestone of world's most valuable car maker

The surge in Tesla’s shares so far this month moved Elon Musk’s company even closer to displacing Toyota as the world’s most valuable car

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Source: TechCentral

Press secretary claims Juneteenth is a 'meaningful day' to Trump but others see racist play | The Atlanta Voice

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Thursday that President Donald Trump will resume campaign rallies on Juneteenth, a holiday marking the emancipation of slaves, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a city with a history of a racial

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

AWS using 'hardball' restraints to stop employees joining rivals

The retailer and cloud computing giant sued Hall, seeking to prevent him from taking his new role as a vice president in Google cloud’s marketing group because of the non-compete clause he had signed upon joining Amazon two years

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Source: TechCentral

This Day in History — June 16

1977: Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts

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Coronavirus Update: Black Mistrust of Medical Institutions Run Deep, Causing Concern Among Covid-19 Researchers

Without Black participants in trials, a Covid-19 vaccine will not work in African

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Source: Black America Web

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