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Harper’s Bazaar Hires 1st Black Editor-in-Chief after 153 Years | Afro

Publisher Hearst Magazines announced June 9 that Samira Nasr, most recently the executive fashion director at Vanity Fair, will head the title’s US edition from July

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Andre Leon Talley Rips Into Anna Wintour’s Apology For Vogue’s Lack Of Diversity

Now, Talley has some more thoughts on Wintour after she apologized for the lack of diversity and "intolerant behavior" at

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Janelle Monae Slays The Cover Of ‘Variety’

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Body Of Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree Near Los Angeles

The Los Angeles-area community is in shock after the body of 24-year-old Robert Fuller was found hanging from a tree close to Palmdale, California’s City Hall on the morning of Friday, June

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Coronavirus in Africa: 233,836 cases; 6,261 deaths; 107,013 recoveries

There are now more than over 220,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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

Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia Ministers Hold Virtual Meeting Over Nile Dam

Water and Irrigation ministers from Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on Tuesday resumed negotiations over the filling of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue

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Source: allAfrica.com

RHOA’s Marlo Hampton Leads Black Women Of Bravo’s Black Lives Matter PSA

And while Bravo has stepped up to the plate with special TV programming to discuss the Black Lives Matter Movement, Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s honorary peach Marlo Hampton has gone a step further with a special PSA featuring the Black women of RHOA, Real Housewives of Potomac, and Married To

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Centum plans to buy back ‘undervalued’ shares

Centum Investments can breathe easy after repaying the Ksh16.14 billion ($161.4 million) debt which had, in the past five years, affected its cash flow and eroded shareholder earnings, restricting its options for new debt for growth and

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Source: The East African

Uganda Wants People to Leave Flooded Wetlands - and Not Come Back

This year's flooding may have helped their case

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Non-Contact Sports Could Resume Soon, but Under Strict Conditions

On Wednesday, golf clubs Entebbe and Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort in Kigo announced they would be officially opening up to their members for activity with guidance from Uganda Golf Union (UGU) who have made consultations with

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'Issa No Go': Tommie Lee's Sexy Pic Derails When Fans Roast Her Getup

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Black Amazon Driver Arrested For ‘Parking Facing Wrong Way’

"There was an outrageous and unacceptable physical altercation with a Warren police officer involving a young African American delivery man for Amazon to a Warren home today," he

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'Fit Couple Goals': Safaree and Erica's Sexy Pic Derails When Folks Ask About Their Daughter

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Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton Says ‘We’re Going to be O.K.’

Written by Hilton, Dr. Leigh-Ann Webb and illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin Webb, the book was one of 256 entries submitted to the Emory Global Health Institute’s COVID-19 Children’s eBook Competition, and placed among the top

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

PART TWO: 400 YEARS OF WHITE FEET ON BLACK NECKS IN AMERICA

George Floyd’s death turned a tinder box of historical frustrations with Police Brutality, institutional and systemic racism, into a bon fire of protest raging across America and the

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Source: The Florida Star

Beyoncé Talks Respect, Failure And America's 'Racial Pandemic' In Stirring Commencement Speech

On Sunday (June 7), former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were among a group of celebrities who virtually honored the graduating high school class of

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Khloe Kardashian Answers #PullUpOrShutUp Challenge For Her Good American Brand

Khloe Kardashian has pledged to "use [her] privilege" to fight for the Black Lives Matter

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Ugandans Melt Plastic Waste Into Coronavirus Face Shields

An effort to clean up plastic waste and turn it into building materials shifts gear as COVID-19 arrives and protective gear falls short

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Source: allAfrica.com

Voting Delays, Long Lines Bring Chaos to Georgia Primaries

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the

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Joe Biden Takes Firm Stand Against Police Murder of George Floyd

After going out to personally meet with demonstrators in Delaware, presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has taken a firm stand against the police killing of George Floyd and the overall plight of African Americans who’ve been targeted, brutalized and killed by law enforcement

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Source: The Florida Star

Zimbabwe: COVID-19 Could Prove "Disastrous" for Zimbabwe, UNDP Study Finds

The COVID-19 pandemic and global knock-on effects could sink or stall Zimbabwe's ambitious reform agenda as well as efforts to revive its flagging economy, with "disastrous" consequences for the landlocked East African country's poor and vulnerable people, according to a new UNDP impact

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Guinea: "For us, this is a struggle for the right to life"

To safeguard the rights of people with disabilities during this period, Plan International is working with the disability relief organisation OSH-Guinea to prevent the spread of the virus and protect the most vulnerable communities in

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BET Launches Content for Change Initiative

TO SUPPORT THIS UNPRECEDENTED UNDERTAKING, BET AND ITS CORPORATE PARTNERS WILL DEDICATE $25 MILLION TO THE “CONTENT FOR CHANGE” CAMPAIGN THAT WILL FOCUS ON RACIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND

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How have African Americans progressed since 1960s?

Family wealth

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Source: BBC

After 33 Years ‘Cops’ Is Finally Canceled By The Paramount Network

In the wake of the George Floyd protests and calls for the defunding and disbandment of police departments across the nation, the Paramount Network has decided it was the right time to cancel the decades-old show Cops as the appetite to watch police “protect and serve” isn’t exactly at an all-time

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Youth Have The Energy And Smarts To Sustain Protests, Says Dixon

Dixon organized a June 6 ‘Say Their Names’ rally in North

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

'We Stan': Tiny Shares Video of Daughter Heiress Singing Zonnique's Song, Fans Can't Handle the Cuteness

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President Dr. Glenda Glover, president of Tennessee State University, speaks of a “call” resounding in the wake of 46-year-old George Floyd’s killing in Minnesota while in police

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NFL Continues Strong Social Justice Initiative with $250 Million Commitment

The National Football League’s social justice initiative has continued to inspire change in underserved communities, including a $250 million commitment to bring awareness, dialogue, and a renewed direction to the conversation of racial and social

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

ABC Names Matt James As Its First Black ‘Bachelor’ | Afro

By The Associated Press

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