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Two U.K. Companies Apologize, Pledge Donations Over Slavery Legacies

Two U.K. companies — insurer Lloyd's of London and pub chain Greene King —are apologizing and pledging charity donations after research publicized how founders had benefited from the slave

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Source: Stories About Black History

Kenya: Few Office Space Takers as Virus Wreaks Havoc

What surprised her most was the speed with which many expatriates left the country while those who had already booked space postponed their agreements, leaving her with just a few

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Source: allAfrica.com

PNC Commits More Than $1 Billion To Help End Systemic Racism and Support Economic Empowerment of African Americans and Low- And Moderate-Income Communities – Press Releases on CSRwire.com

PITTSBURGH, Jun. 18 /CSRwire/ - The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) today announced a commitment of more than $1 billion to help end systemic racism and support economic empowerment of African Americans and low- and moderate-income

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Father’s Day 2020: Legacies passed down during.

One of the most touching stories from last year’s NFL Draft was the story of former Alabama running back Josh Jacobs, who emerged as a first round pick of the Raiders in the 2019 NFL

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Africa gets closer to eradication of wild poliovirus - WHO

The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC), responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region, is set to make its final decision about the region’s wild poliovirus status in August

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

Beloved UK wartime singer Vera Lynn dies at 103

Dame Vera Lynn, the Forces’ Sweetheart whose songs helped raise morale in World War Two, has died aged

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Releases New Report on the Reconstruction Era / Video

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), founded by Bryan Stevenson, released a new groundbreaking Report on the Era of Reconstruction and the violence that defined that period of time – an era from which our nation has yet to

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Racial Justice And Police Reform In San Francisco

Mayor London Breed hosted a panel on “Racial Justice and Police Reform in San Francisco” with Malia Cohen, chair of the California Board of Equalization, San Francisco Police

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SD Black Chamber of Commerce Announces COVID-19 Grants – Voice and Viewpoint

On Sunday, June 14th, the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with local Black business leaders, announced the launch of the Black Business Relief Grant

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

President Thomas Jefferson descendant wants his statues taken down

(Credit: LaNier and AP

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Trump Team Attempts To Block World Court From Investigating Possible U.S. War Crimes

A new Trump executive order threatening the court’s operations has been condemned by prominent global institutions and individuals as it appears to give cover to human rights abuses committed in the course of U.S. foreign wars while demanding accountability from foreign countries in similar

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Atlanta Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Charged with Murder

The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks as he ran away with the officer's Taser outside of a Wendy’s restaurant has been charged with

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Source: The Washington Informer

Africa: WHO Concerned Over COVID-19 Impact On Women, Girls in Africa

As COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa, there are concerns over its impact on women and girls, with vulnerabilities feared to worsen as the pandemic overwhelms health

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Source: allAfrica.com

Acute water shortage at Pademba Road prisons as number of covid-19 cases rises

Reporters from over ten of Sierra Leone’s leading registered newspapers have confirmed that even as corona virus is spreading inside the Freetown prisons among prisoners, the authorities in Sierra Leone have left the prisoners without adequate water supply for the past ten

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Kenya: CS Steps in to End Kenya-Tanzania Stand-Off at Namanga Border

The Cabinet secretary for the East African Community yesterday intervened to end the Namanga border stand-off that had paralysed cross-border

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Report On Teen Pregnancies Alarms Kenyans

A survey by the Kenya Health Information System shows that about 4,000 girls aged 19 years and below were reported pregnant in Machakos County between January and May, which means 27 girls conceived every

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Source: allAfrica.com

Opinion: Too Many African American Children Are Born in Shackles

Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job

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Henry Richardson: Key Figure in Amending the State Constitution to Integrate the National Guard

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Africa: Why Africa Fared So Poorly in the 2010 World Cup

The South Africa-hosted Fifa World Cup was supposed to be the moment in which African football teams finally came

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: World Has Failed to Protect 1 Billion Children From Violence, Sexual Abuse - UN Warns

The report is the first of its kind, charting progress in 155 countries against the "INSPIRE" framework, a set of seven strategies for preventing and responding to violence against

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Source: allAfrica.com

You should be here, McIlroy tells European players upset about rankings

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

French Open pushed back a week, ATP and WTA announce August resumption

LONDON, (Reuters) – The re-scheduled French Open has been pushed back a further week and the ATP Tour and WTA Tour have both issued revised calendars as professional tennis gears up to emerge from the shutdown caused by the COVID-19

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Juneteenth, reparations and African-American history with Keisha N. Blain

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Trading racism claims, Tennessee House stays in tense divide

“I see people that look like me unarmed and getting killed in these streets, and our budget doesn’t address it,” said Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson, an African American lawmaker from

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Kayapó chief dies from COVID-19 in Brazil, led protest against Amazon dam

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s indigenous people lost one of their pioneering leaders to COVID-19 yesterday with the death of Paulinho Payakan, a Kayapó chief who led protests against the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

How DACA Has Transformed The Lives Of Dreamers — And Their Communities

You had worked with, and profiled, young undocumented people before the creation of the DACA

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Source: Stories About Black History

(BPRW) BET Reveals Its Programming Line Up for Juneteenth – A Compilation of Uplifting Long and Short-Form Content Commemorating the Resilience of the African American Spirit – The Black Chronicle

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BET kicks off its “Content For Change” initiative on Juneteenth – the national commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the United States – with a day-long array of programming celebrating the re Source link

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Africa: President Ramaphosa Launches the Africa Medical Supplies Platform to Help Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19: African Union Chair, President Ramaphosa launches the Africa Medical Supplies Platform, Africa's Unified Continental response to fight the pandemic

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Source: allAfrica.com

Burundi: New Burundian President Pledges to Champion Unity As He Takes Oath

The new Burundian President, Maj. Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye was sworn on Thursday for Burundi for a seven-year term in office, following his election on May

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Source: allAfrica.com

Congressional Leaders To Vote for D.C. Statehood | Afro

June 26 will be a historic day in Congressional and District of Columbia record, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- California) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D- Maryland) announced that is the day when the House will vote on

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

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