Black Woman named "American Mother of the Year."

Angola's Vice President to Sue for Libel

Luanda — The authors of information circulating on social media alleging the involvement of the Angola's Vice President Bornito de Sousa in the country's massacre of May 27, 1977, should be brought to

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Source: allAfrica.com

COVID-19: Schools reopen in South Africa

Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of restrictions imposed under a months-long COVID-19 lockdown in the continent’s most industrialised

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

39 Creatives Talk Being Black in the Design Industry—and What Needs to Change – Free Press of Jacksonville

Associations like the Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG) and Black Interior Designers Network (BIDN) have been tasked with promoting Black creatives and fostering a sense of community when the larger design industry

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Bollywood Stars Criticized For Posting About Racial Equality While Endorsing Skin Whitening Creams

But critiques of selective activism have also emerged, pointing out that these same stars have promoted skin whitening creams or have failed to speak out for the plight of migrant minorities in

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

Nia Long Said She Had A ‘Karen’ Encounter On American Airlines

Nia Long has come forward and said she had her own experience with a “Karen” on her first flight since the COVID-19

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Source: MadameNoire

Check It Out: Outside agitators are old news, but should have been the story

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Jodian’s mother vows to continue fight for justice

Jodian Fearon’s mother yesterday promised to write a bestseller that would document her daughter’s story, and vouched that she would continue the fight for justice for her “princess”, who died after she was reportedly denied maternal healthcare at three Corporate Area

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

John Legend Demands Accountability In Breonna Taylor's Killing: 'There Has Been A War On Black Communities For A Long Time' - Blavity

Like so many Black women, she was an essential worker, an emergency medical technician, the kind of first responder we depend on to save lives during this ongoing pandemic," Legend wrote in an op-ed for Entertainment

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Source: Blavity News

NBA Legend Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand Pledge $100 Million to Racial Equality, Education and Social Justice Organizations

According to ESPN.com, Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand are pledging $100 million over the next 10 years to nationwide organizations “dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Rwanda: Rayon Protest Illegal Transfer of Its Players to Police and Kiyovu

Rayon Sports have written to Rwanda Premier League rivals Police and SC Kiyovu, protesting that two of their players breached their contracts to depart the

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Source: allAfrica.com

America’s Black mayors speak out

“What we saw overnight was not a protest, and it was not

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

This Day in History - June 8

1915: Allied forces take Neuville in France from Germans in World War

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Philadelphia Couple Got Married In The Middle Of A Black Lives Matter Protest

A couple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania tied the knot this weekend and instead of partying at their wedding reception, the newlyweds immersed themselves into a Black Lives Matter

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Source: MadameNoire

HOSTS ROUND TABLE TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM •

For 75 years EBONY and JET have been the authoritative voice highlighting the injustices of Black Americans from featuring the open casket of the lynching of 14-year old Emmett Till, to the footage of the brutality against nonviolent protesters during the Civil Rights Movement to the need for bail

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Source: https://www.ebony.com

Kenya: Youngster Keter Ready to Dine With Metric Mile Kings

That proverb perhaps resonates well with Africa Under-18 1,500m champion Vincent Keter, who has already washed his hands and now dinning with the world's best metric mile

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Source: allAfrica.com

'Glad for the herb'... woman claims to be cured of HIV

Claims by local medicinal herb practitioner, Carlton Bennett, that herbal remedies can cure COVID-19 and other diseases, have stirred up controversy and caught the attention of several individuals who are eager to test his

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Togo: In Togo, a Ministry Helping People Living With HIV Is a Sister's Life Work

Sister Marie Stella's association has joined with others to call for help from donors abroad through a new organization "Enfants de l'Espoir" (Children of

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Source: allAfrica.com

M4BL x ESSENCE Discuss What It Means To Defund Police, Defend Black Lives

Saturday, June 6, in a wide-ranging, powerful conversation, Kandace Montgomery, Director, Organizers with Black Visions; Miski Noor, Organizer, Organizers with Black Visions; and Mary Hooks, Director, Southerners on New Ground (S.O.N.G.) joined Kirsten West Savali, Executive Producer, ESSENCE to

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Meet the Black Republican Woman Trying to Unseat Civil Rights Icon John Lewis – Free Press of Jacksonville

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Vulnerable Nairobians say worst of Covid yet to come

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Source: Business Daily

Georgia Anne Muldrow, Nubya Garcia and Hugh Masekela Share Jazzy Melodies In a Time of Chaos

Listen below as Nubya Garcia, Terrace Martin, Braxton Cook—and the late greats Hugh Masekela and Tony Allen—plus more share music to aid us in this time of

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Thousands Of Protesters In Philadelphia Crash Wedding, Join The Couple In Celebrating - Blavity

, Kerry Anne Perkins and Michael Gordon were taking their wedding photos in front of a hotel when the massive crowd of protesters came marching down the street, demonstrating in honor of Black Lives Matter and George

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Source: Blavity News

We Wear The Mask | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Through the pandemic called racial hate—whose potentially fatal impact is evidenced by the recent deer-hunter style slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, allegedly by three white men while he jogged in a neighborhood in

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

‘This Must Stop!’, By Dr. E. Faye Williams – Free Press of Jacksonville

Although not lost to COVID-19, one other name must be added to those we have lost – George

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Open Letter To My Fellow Members Of Law Enforcement

The disproportionate numbers of black, brown and disenfranchised Americans that are over-policed fundamentally will not change if we only focus on tactics and training without acknowledging the structural and systemic racism that policing in America is responsible

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

What About Our Daughters? Breyonna Taylor and overlooking women in the movement

#SayHerName is another social movement that raises awareness for Black female victims of police brutality; however, Breyonna Taylor’s story seemed to be overlooked in these movements and almost ignored by the

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Rev. Al Sharpton: America, 'Get Your Knee Off Our Necks'

At the funeral for George Floyd, who was killed when former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes, Sharpton spoke with Floyd’s story is the story of black folks,” he

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

COVID-19 — Even During a Killer Pandemic Trump Tests Positive for Racism ⋆

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The FBI assesses hate crime incidents against Asian Americans likely will surge across the United States, due to the spread of coronavirus disease … endangering Asian American communities,” read a report compiled by the FBI’s Houston office and sent to local law enforcement across

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Source: The Toledo Journal

Africa: Lafarge Africa Assures Shareholders of Growth, Pays 100K Dividend

Lafarge Africa Plc has assured shareholders of improved performance and higher returns on their investments having significantly strengthened its balance

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Source: allAfrica.com

VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’ | Afro

Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

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