Demonstrations for housing, school and jobs

Be mindful of the protest pimps –

An unarmed Black man may get shot while jogging, a beautiful Black woman might get gunned down in her own home for no justifiable reason or a young, Black boy might get murdered for going to the corner store to get a can of tea and a bag of

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Source: Florida Courier

Wayne Brady describes constant fear of #DrivingWhileBlack

Wayne Brady is known for making people laugh, but the multi-talented star got serious about police brutality in a recent video he shared on social

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Source: theGrio

Black Models Are Sharing Their Stories In Powerful Portraits Captured Completely Over FaceTime – Free Press of Jacksonville

One of many artists to use their talents to add to the Black Lives Matter discourse is New York-based photographer Peter DeVito, whose signature style of portraiture features physical words on models’ faces as a storytelling

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

Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society

In the article below Clarence Lang, an associate professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas describes his book, Grassroots at the Gateway which explores the changes in 20th Century St. Louiss political, economic, and social landscape and how those changes both

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Source: Black Past

Demonstrations against discrimination in

Demonstrations against discrimination in off-campus housing staged by students at University of Chicago, January 23-February 5. CORE charged that the University operated segregated apartment houses.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

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23

1962

Covid-19: Fears for jailed Akashas

A total of 59 inmates of US federal prisons are reported to have died from Covid-19, the disease caused by the

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Darius Leonard kicked out Chipotle for talking about Black Lives Matter

(Source: Getty Images North

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Source: theGrio

(1980) Thomas Sowell, “Politics and Opportunity: Background”

In December 1980, shortly after former California Governor Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States, the Institute for Contemporary Studies, a California-based public policy institute (think tank) sponsored the Black Alternatives Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San

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Source: Black Past

Rwanda: Trade Unions Urge Govt to Invest More in Job Creation

Both Biraboneye and Bicamumpaka agree on the fact that the government in partnership with the private sector will need to invest heavily in creating more jobs and reviving halted businesses after the Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

Volkswagen Apologizes For Ad Of Giant White Hand Pushing Tiny Black Man Around

The 10-second clip for the German car company’s new Volkswagen Golf model features a giant, white hand poking and prodding a Black man, much like

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

Opinion: The intersection of rage, fear and hope

Cities where COVID-19 is growing fastest San Francisco Protesters Tear Down Ulysses S. Grant StatueOpinion: The intersection of rage, fear and hope

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

I’m a Black American Vet and a Former Police Officer. I Decided to Speak Up With My Camera

Doug Barrett, 37, is a photographer, Army Veteran and former police officer from Atlanta who moved to Kansas in

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Source: TIME

Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965. They mandated de jure racial

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Source: ThoughtCo

To axe or not?

Former president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica Howard Mitchell explains that capitalism, globally, and to some extent in Jamaica, is moving towards the point where human capital is considered more important than other inputs, but he stressed that this will always be subject to

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

Michael Jordan, Jordan Brand to donate $100 million to racial equality organizations

Former player Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls addresses the crowd during a 20th anniversary recognition ceremony of the Bulls 1st NBA Championship in 1991 (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Protests Against Police Violence Rage Across The Country After George Floyd’s ‘Murder’

Source: MARK RALSTON / Getty

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Source: NewsOne

Massive savings for 2-in-1 election

TAXPAYERS COULD see a huge windfall of nearly $750 million if Jamaica holds both the local government and general elections

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Ecuador bets on a return to normal

Ecuador, one of the hardest-hit countries in the region, is starting to reopen after a 40-day country-wide lockdown and transition to social

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

Props to you, Californians: A preview of what’s on your November ballot

This wouldn’t be a California election without at least a few wildy contentious ballot measures about housing and property

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

(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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14

1963

Richardson, Laura (1962- )

Born in Los Angeles on April 14, 1962, to a black father and white mother, Laura Richardson is currently congresswoman for the 37th congressional district, serving her first term. Her mother, Maryann Richardson, who was a member of the Teamsters labor union, raised Richardson by

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Source: Black Past

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14

1962

Hardin: We've Protested, What's Next?

I receive a lot of emails, text messages and phone calls from skin folk who have differing thoughts and opinions from the norm but are hesitant to share them publicly because of fear of the fierce backlash of the Knee Grow

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Source: The Florida Star

Washington State Law Against Employment Discrimination (1949)

Washington State Law Against Employment Discrimination

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Source: Black Past

Group of matrics call on Bishops school to condemn racism and oppression

Some matric pupils at Cape Town's Bishops Diocesan College have compiled a list of demands they want met that deals mainly with the oppression of minorities, in a memorandum handed over over to the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Jesse Owens

Who Was Jesse

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Source: ThoughtCo

Brown, Cora Mae (1914-1972)

Cora Mae Brown was part of a generation of African American women who translated their community work into political struggle during the first half of the twentieth century. Born in 1914 in Bessemer, Alabama, Brown’s family migrated to Detroit, Michigan when she was eight years old. There she was

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Source: Black Past

Harvest House is MDC-T citadel: Khupe

MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe does not harbour a secret mission sponsored by Zanu PF to weaken the opposition MDC Alliance party and destroy the political career of its leader Nelson

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Britain’s culture war and the Caribbean

In events eerily reminiscent of other turning points in history from South Africa to Eastern Europe, a group of protestors pulled down a statue of Edward Colston, a seventeenth century slaver and city benefactor, and threw him into the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

THE SWORD OF THE BLACK PRESS –

The Gantt Report told you for decades that no Democratic candidate can win a rat race, a sack race or a political race without strong Black voter

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Source: Florida Courier

Ghana: COVID-19 - Obuasi Residents Shy Away From Testing

Kumasi — Residents of Obuasi and its surrounding towns in the Ashanti Region are living in fear as they are facing stigma and discrimination from the coronavirus

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Source: allAfrica.com

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