Eleven People Arrested After Sit-In

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Adams, Samuel Clifford, Jr. (1920-2001)

Samuel Clifford Adams, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Niger was born in Waco, Texas on August 15, 1920, to Samuel Clifford Adams and Sarah Catherine (née Roberts) Adams. He grew up in the Fourth Ward section of

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Obama Says We Should Learn 'Impatience' From Young Protesters

Former President Barack Obama said Friday that he is “inspired” by the young people taking to the streets to protest against racism: “They’re saying we don’t accept the status

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Anderson, Marian (1897-1993)

Marian Anderson, renowned contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th Century, was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was the daughter of John Berkley Anderson, a small business owner, and Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson, a former Virginia

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Families Of Robert Fuller & Malcolm Harsch Push Back On Suicide Claims In Hanging Deaths

Although the deaths of Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch have been initially ruled as suicide, the families are questioning those

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NEA Town Hall Tackles Race And COVID-19 Pandemic

That realization was at the heart of the National Education Association Tele-Town

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Obama Offers Further Support Of Anti-Racism Protests: 'I'm Proud Of You Guys'

Former President Barack Obama held a virtual town hall on Wednesday in support of anti-racism protests, signaling his increasing willingness to step into the political fray after years of staying largely on the

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18,000 teachers set for CBC training by Sept reopening

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Trans model Munroe Bergdorf re-hired after being fired 3 yrs ago for speaking against racism

Bergdorf, a black British model who got fired three years ago from L’Oreal after she spoke out on racism, has been re-hired by the international cosmetics company and will be joining the company’s U.K. diversity and inclusion

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Couple Gets Married During Black Lives Matter Protest in Philadelphia

Nationwide — Kerry Anne and Michael Gordon, an African American couple from Philadelphia, got married on June 6th and celebrated their wedding day with thousands of protesters as they joined them in the Black Lives Matter

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Full Text of General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa

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10 Facts About Africa

Africa is an amazing continent. From its start as the heart of humanity, it is now home to more than a billion people. It has jungles and desert and even a glacier. It covers all four hemispheres. It is a place of superlatives. Learn about the continent of Africa below from these ten amazing and

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Dressing While Black: Self-Censoring To Pass In White Spaces

For many Black people, altering their appearance and mannerisms to fit white expectations is a matter of

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Nearly 200 killed and injured in Afghanistan’s deadliest day of 2020

Mourners at a funeral and babies at a maternity ward were among the nearly 200 killed and injured Tuesday in militant attacks in

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Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr. arrested in Atlanta sit-in and ordered to serve four months in the Georgia State Prison for violating a probated traffic sentence.

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How to Fight Racism

Anti-racist activism in the U.S. dates back to the early 1800s when abolitionists first mobilized for the liberation of slaves. So, how did the abolitionists campaign? They wrote, they spoke and they rallied, to name but a few of their

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'We're sick of it': Anger over police killings shatters US

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Americans awoke Sunday to charred and glass-strewn streets in dozens of cities after another night of unrest fueled by rage over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police, who responded to the violence with tear gas and rubber

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10 Elected Officials Of Color Send Letter To Mayor Durkan And Chief Best

On Mon., U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and nine city, county and state elected officials of color who represent the Seattle community sent a letter to Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best that urged them to enact meaningful and transformative changes to the very nature of

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Nigeria: Data's Importance in Fighting the Shadow Pandemic - Gender-Based Violence By Ayisha Osori and Chitra Nagarajan

As governments and activists across the world respond to the increase in gender-based violence during the COVID19 pandemic, Nigeria's response raises questions about how well (lack of) data influences advocacy and

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White teens start ‘George Floyd’ challenge mocking his death

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Michelle Obama reflects on Juneteenth and family's slavery history

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Tech And Policing Amidst Pandemic And Protests - Blavity

Now, many Americans are experiencing, for the first time, a reality that Black people in this country have been living with since 1619: white supremacist terrorism supported by

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Dismantling Racism Initiative Launched By UM | Afro

Dismantling Racism: Pressing on to Freedom initiative launched by UMC

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UK Taxpayers Have Been Paying Compensation to Slave Owners for More than 180 Years Until 2015

Many decades after slavery was abolished in Britain, U.K. taxpayers have paid compensation for slave traders up to

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Tune In To #TheBeatDontStop: Don’t Mute My City Virtual Town Hall

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11 Things To Do Besides Say 'This Has To Stop' After Police Brutality

Below, Black community activists and their allies share how to turn your empathy into action in the wake of police

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Drake & Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2020 BET Awards Nominations

The list of nominees reveals that Drake brought in the most nominations, including Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, Video of the Year, and two nominations each for Best Collaboration and

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Michael Strahan Says He Found It Difficult to Speak Up As a Black Man on Former Show

Michael Strahan is spilling the beans about an undesirable work environment that made him feel that as a Black man, he couldn’t speak his

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UK could lock down city of Leicester after virus surge

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The central English city of Leicester could be the country's first to face a local lockdown due to a rise in coronavirus cases, the UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel said

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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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