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Min. Farrakhan To Deliver Major July 4 Worldwide Address

CHICAGO—The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam will deliver a major message July 4 concerning the current state of affairs in America, the world, the coronavirus global pandemic and other critical

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Colin Kaepernick Netflix Series on the Way from Ava DuVernay

A new scripted series based on Colin Kaepernick’s high school life is on its way to

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Experts see no proof of child abuse surge amid pandemic

NEW YORK, United States (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the United States in mid-March, forcing schools to close and many children to be locked down in households buffeted by job losses and other forms of stress, many child welfare experts warned of a likely surge in child

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Mississippi Surrenders Confederate Symbol From State Flag

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil

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Source: Black America Web

KSAMC PNP minority wants foul-mouthed councillor punished

The People's National Party Minority Leader in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation Andrew Swaby has written to Mayor Delroy Williams threatening to move a resolution to investigate a councillor who, he says, has brought the local authority in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

California Moves One Step Closer to Granting Parolees Right to Vote

(CBM) – Assemblymember Kevin McCarty’s (D-Sacramento) Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 (ACA 6) passed out of the California State Senate last

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Integrity Commission accuses Wheatley of being dishonest

“It is the conclusion of the director of investigations that Dr Wheatley was dishonest in his aforementioned representations and, in this regard, sought to mislead and did mislead the director of investigation contrary to Section 48 (3) of the Integrity Commission Act, Section 11E of the Commission

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Netflix Moves $100 Million to Black-Led Banks to Help Build Economic Opportunity in Black Communities

Netflix announced today it is shifting $100 million of its cash to financial institutions that serve the Black community to draw attention to the racial wealth gap in

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Meet the Visionary Bringing Aretha Franklin’s Biopic ‘Respect’ to Life

The card-carrying member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences worked several seasons on Queen Sugar, creating the lush sightscapes that distinguish that show from many

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City council to probe handling of Breonna Taylor shooting

Louisville’s city government has announced plans to review the handling by the mayor’s administration of the fatal police shooting of Breonna

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

Shyne Running For Political Office In Belize, Diddy Shows Support

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Reprieve as MPs release Sh2bn for Covid testing kits

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Holness headache - Petrojam scandal resurfaces with force as Wheatley labelled ‘dishonest’ in report

The director of investigation was caustic in his characterisation of Wheatley’s response to specific questions during a probe into donations made by Petrojam to various organisations and causes between April 2016 and March

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Black Fact of the Day: June 29, 2020- Brought to you by Black365

Otis M. Smith the first African American justice on the Michigan Supreme Court passed away, 1994 Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at Black365.com

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Protester Hit by Iowa Governor's SUV, Sure it was Intentional

ACKLEY, Iowa (AP) — An SUV carrying Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds hit a Black Lives Matter protester who was trying to block the vehicle Tuesday as she was leaving an event in northern

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COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk

Wash your hands frequently and after touching common areas, follow shelter-in-place orders and travel restrictions, cough in the crook of your elbow, keep your hands away from your face, and call your health care provider if you feel

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It will be up to us to make “this time” different for Black progress in America | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Just as the coronavirus confronts the world with an unprecedented negative reality, so does the spirit of global rebuke of Black oppression create a level of optimism for positive change that no living person has

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

A Creamy Complement for Summer Steaks

Dr. Gathe, who serves as the co-director of the COVID-19 Dedicated Care Unit at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), said he got a call one day from Dr. Varon, and they began discussing patients they had recently seen that had been getting sick with this unusual new

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Bodycam Footage Shows Night Eddie Johnson Was Found Slumped Behind Wheel of Car | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The city of Chicago has released body camera footage and other documentation related to the night former police Supt. Eddie Johnson was found slumped over the wheel of his SUV in October

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City Council to Probe Handling of Breonna Taylor Shooting

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s city government has announced plans to review the handling by the mayor’s administration of the fatal police shooting of Breonna

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Atlanta Street Artists deface own murals to remind protesters of dangers of COVID-19 | The Atlanta Voice

Over the past three months, Atlanta creatives-led COVID-19 prevention campaign, “Big Facts, Small Acts,” has worked tirelessly to help spread the message, through targeted, grassroots multimedia efforts, that Atlanta’s Black and Brown communities are disproportionately affected by the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Chavis: 'America should embrace prison returnees to our communities' | The Atlanta Voice

That tension between theory and policy is, sadly, beginning to emerge yet again in Washington, DC, where some community advocates have raised objections to plans for a new residential re-entry center that would provide temporary housing, job and skills training, substance-abuse counseling and other

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Voter Suppression Goes to College

Dr. Gathe, who serves as the co-director of the COVID-19 Dedicated Care Unit at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), said he got a call one day from Dr. Varon, and they began discussing patients they had recently seen that had been getting sick with this unusual new

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

BUWEMBO: Water everywhere, yet we have been crying for free

It is amazing the effort and investment people put in systems to divert NWSC water to their premises

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Source: The East African

States Reverse Openings, Require Masks Amid Virus Resurgence

By TAMARA LUSH and EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press

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Morehouse Cancels Fall Sports Due to Ongoing Pandemic

Morehouse – the famed, historically Black college in Atlanta – recently announced that it is canceling its fall sports, including its 2020 football season, due to the ongoing COVID-19

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Former Cop Who Placed Knee On Black Woman’s Neck Booked For Misconduct (video)

According to the Miami Herald, Safiya Satchell was sitting in her Mercedes SUV when she was approached by an off duty police officer who was working as security for a strip club in the immediate proximity of the incident, which occurred on

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DC Health Link Continues to ‘POWERUP’ Small Businesses

DC Health Link in partnership with the Washington Business Journal, The Washington Informer, DC Chamber of Commerce, Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, and the POWERUP DC Small Business Brain Trust partners are hosting POWERUPDC

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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act – Free Press of Jacksonville

Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, and Asian American people and have put up unnecessary roadblocks to the

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

I missed chance to be a dad - George Williams reflects on lost moments, five-decade incarceration

It was George Williams’ first Sunday as a free man, and his family made certain that he had a hearty dinner and experienced the warmth and togetherness of being at home in Ewarton, St

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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