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Earl Warren , (born March 19, 1891, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Houston passes budget that increases police funding, amid calls to ‘Defund’

After six hours of discussion and consideration of several proposed amendments, the Houston City Council today approved Mayor Sylvester Turner’s proposed $5.1 billion operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July

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

Community Demands Answers After Black Man Is Found Hanging Near City Hall

Source: Bob Carey / Getty

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Source: The Urban Daily

'Grateful to be Your Husband': Stevie J. Gives Faith Evans a Birthday Shoutout After Recent Alleged Domestic Dispute

Just ask Stevie J. and his wife Faith

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

Trooper Vandalism: Still Waiting to Hear from the President

Mother Jones has published a video collection showing systematically puncturing the tires of every car in a K-Mart parking lot on May 30 and under a highway overpass on May

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Protests Force Some Stores To Close | Afro

U.S. retailers large and small have closed some of their stores across the country because of disruptions caused by the widespread street protests over the police killing of George Floyd in

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Chicagoans marching united in protest over murder of George Floyd | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Most of the crowd of estimated hundreds this past weekend that flowed from Federal Plaza to Michigan Avenue and the Magnificent Mile as well as to other Loop streets were young people—white, Black and brown—who echoed a united call for

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

MTA prepares to lose more than $1 billion in revenue

LOS ANGELES — The more-than-$1 billion the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expected to receive in initial federal COVID-19 relief funding will not be enough to cover all of its losses due to the pandemic, board members said May

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Source: Homepage -

Sheriff defies subpoena to appear before commission

LOS ANGELES — As promised, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva defied a subpoena to appear at the May 21 meeting of the county Civilian Oversight Commission, prompting the panel’s vote to challenge that move in

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Source: Homepage -

L.A. DIGEST: Operation Loves provides 400 care packages

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Faith Foster Families and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services donated 400 care packages and meals to foster

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Source: Homepage -

American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy

The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American policing and police brutality, have been called on a lot since mass protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and

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

L.A. Public Officials Acknowledge the Black Community have been Hit Harder During COVID-19, in More Ways Than One.

Fatal cases within congregational settings such as assistant living represent 52% of overall COVID-19

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD UNCOVERS “THE MYTH OF AMERICAN JUSTICE”

In response to the murder of George Floyd, the current mayor of Minneapolis stated that “being born Black should not be a death

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Community Reflections on Justice for George Floyd and the 2020 I Can’t Breath Rebellion

Community Reflections on Justice for George Floyd and the 2020 I Can’t Breath Rebellion

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Executive Director of Civil and Human Rights Join the Mayor of the City Los Angeles to Discuss the Social Reform Within L.A.

Executive Director of Civil and Human Rights Join the Mayor of the City Los Angeles to Discuss the Social Reform Within

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder

Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Recruiting for Good to Launch and Fund LA Gigs for Kids in the Fall 2020

Awesome staffing agency, Recruiting for Good creates fun fulfilling LA Gigs for Kids to learn life and work

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Patrick Beverley Talks NBA’s Lack Of Communication About Resuming Season & COVID-19 Testing

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley said he will not be returning to team facilities until he receives more information on teams and the leagues plan to safely

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

Jay Ellis On Directing ‘Insecure’ And Whether Issa And Lawrence Should Be Together

One of the last scenes of Sunday’s episode of “Insecure” shows Molly walking alone as the sun sets on the resort where she’s bae-cationing in Puerto

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

Health experts fear second wave of coronavirus cases

LOS ANGELES — California, where health experts warn of a potential second wave of the coronavirus as the economy reopens, is seeing cases rise at a rapid clip, even as other states have seen the first wave fade, it was reported June

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Source: Homepage -

Native Son hosts historic virtual leadership forum for Black gay men

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Source: theGrio

What Comes Naturally: The Loving v. Virginia Case in Historical Perspective

When Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter decided to get married in June 1958, laws banning interracial marriage had been in effect for nearly three centuries. The colonies of Maryland, Virginia, and Massachusetts had banned intermarriage in 1664, 1691, and 1705. After the American Revolution, states

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Source: Black Past

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Zuckerberg Defends Approach to Trump's Facebook Posts

“I used that opportunity to make him know I felt this post was inflammatory and harmful, and let him know where we stood on it,” Mr. Zuckerberg told Facebook

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

Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested as Obama Shows Leadership While Trump Calls for ‘Shooting’ of Protesters

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The arrest comes as protests take place in many places around the nation, including in Los Angeles, where a crowd of pedestrians blocked the busy 101 Freeway, and in Minneapolis where Floyd was

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

Protests over George Floyd's death spread across the nation

Developments across the United States in connection with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Journalist fired for staging 'promotional stunt' during George Floyd protests

Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin fakes community service as boyfriend takes her picture and the two dash away in their Mercedes Benz

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Source: theGrio

LA Police Reassigns 7 Officers As It Investigates Complaints Of Excessive Force

LA Police Reassigns 7 Officers As It Investigates Complaints Of Excessive Force

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Source: Stories About Black History

After four nights and lawsuit, officials end curfews

LOS ANGELES — One day after being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union over the imposition of curfews, Los Angeles County officials announced there are no plans to enact another

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Source: Homepage -

California’s Black Lawmakers Call for Converting Protest Momentum into Change

Ebone Monet, California Black Media

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

What Would Prince Think? People Imagine ‘The Purple One’ Reacting To Minneapolis Protests

The ongoing protests following the in-custody death of George Floyd have some of the country’s biggest cities rallying around Minneapolis by sparking their own demonstrations against police

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Source: NewsOne

'Bff for Life Vibes': Draya Michele and Her Bestie Reen Have a Girls Night In and Fans Catch All the Feels

Reen and Michele have been close friends for quite some

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

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