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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says George Floyd Killing is “Personal” | Post News Group

As protesters demonstrated in at least 140 cities across the country in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other recent cases of police violence, the city of Chicago was also rocked by widespread

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SoftBank pledged to invest $100 million in companies led by minorities

SoftBank Announces $100 Investment Fund For Minority-Owned announced Wednesday it will start a $100 million Opportunity Fund that will invest only in companies led by people of

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

George Floyd gets a national send-off

“Time is out for empty words and empty promises,” said Reverend Al Sharpton at the nationally televised funeral of George Floyd Thursday afternoon in

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Democrats prepare police reform bills after Floyd's death

Congressional Democrats, powered by the Congressional Black Caucus, are preparing a sweeping package of police reforms as pressure builds on the federal government to respond to the death of George Floyd and others in law enforcement

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

Black COVID-19 Patients Have Died Disproportionately in Hospitals

There is only a global cure that requires global cooperation not seen since the end of World War

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‘We're not going to let it go’ – Gambia demands probe into U.S. police killing of citizen

The Gambia has demanded an investigation after one of its citizens, a former UN diplomat’s son, was shot dead by

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Study: White American Bigots Want Authoritarian Rule Instead of a Democracy

A report based on a recently conducted survey reveals that white American bigots are abandoning their commitment to a government, which operates on the principles of

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Source: Your Black World

History of riots as 'language of the unheard'

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Source: The Bay State Banner

‘Now is the time’ - BET founder Robert Johnson wants U.S. to pay $14 trillion in slavery reparations

And though attitudes towards reparations for slavery tend to polarize the U.S., BET founder Robert Johnson believes that “now is the time to go big” on reparations to help prevent the country from splitting into separate and unequal

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

1.9 million seek jobless aid even as reopenings slow layoffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 1.9 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many employers are still cutting jobs even as the gradual reopening of businesses has slowed the pace of

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

If You’re a White Woman and You’re Uncomfortable Right Now, That’s a Good Thing

But if you haven’t, let me explain: In a video posted to Twitter, a white woman calls the cops on a Black bird-watcher after he asks her to leash her unleashed dog in Central Park, which mandates

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A Tearful Lizzo Speaks Out About Protests and the Fight Against Racism | Afro

Lizzo broke down into floods of tears as she vented about “the real story not being told fully” amid the protests against

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Hurt, Pain and Tragedy Come with the Death of George Floyd

George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on Monday, May 25th, in a scene that has left us numb and

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Charges for 3 Officers Involved in Floyd’s Death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other officers on the scene when a member of the Minneapolis police force pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the murder case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree, a newspaper reported

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Source: Black America Web

LeBron, Richard Sherman, & More React To Drew Brees’ Ignorant NFL Kneeling Protest Comments

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27% of black voters agree: African Americans that back Trump ‘ain’t black’: Poll

Turns out that likely Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden’s controversial assertion — which he has since walked back — that black voters who cast their ballot for President Trump “ain’t black” is spot on for more than a quarter of black

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Source: Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News

New Orleans Native & Die-Hard Saints Fan Wendell Pierce Not Feeling Drew Brees’ Remarks On Kneeling

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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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On The Spot Where George Floyd Died, His Brother Urges Calm

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s brother pleaded for peace in the streets Monday, saying destruction is “not going to bring my brother back at

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Source: Black America Web

#BlackLivesMatter: How To Support The Movement For Black Lives

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D.C. National Guard To Investigate Helicopter's 'Show Of Force' Against Protesters

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Guard of the District of Columbia is investigating the use of one of its helicopters to make a “show of force” against protesters near the White House, while President Donald Trump is encouraging authorities to get tougher to quell the unrest over George

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Mourning and Mayhem: California Reacts to the Brutal Killing of George Floyd

By Tanu Henry, California Black Media

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

President Obama Reminds People That America Was Built On Protest

Obama most recently has voiced his support for the rising demands of police reform, he did this in what was his first public appearance since the killing of George Floyd, which ignited nationwide protests that took place in all 50

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

A STATEMENT ON RACISM AND INJUSTICE FROM THE FIRST STREAMING SERVICE FOR BLACK TV & FILM - UMC | The Crusader Newspaper Group

As Black people, it is an unspoken language that only we as a community truly

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Viral Justice for Breonna Taylor petition on Change.org hits 3 million signatures

Petition starter will lead virtual protest tomorrow (June 5th) on what would have been Breonna’s 27th birthday

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

The Black New Deal | Post News Group

In Oakland, coalition of Black-led organizations was convened to address the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 and its evisceration of the Black

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Source: Post News Group | PNG

Enough is Enough!

When the Black Lives Matter movement grew in strength, voice and prominence several years ago, I remember seeing signs posted in yards that said, “blue lives matter” (meaning police officers) and I thought: “you totally do not get

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Katherine Dunham: legendary dancer who founded the 1st American black dance company

In 1934, with the assistance of Speranzeva, Dunham established the Chicago Negro School of Ballet and a company, a Negro Dance Group, which advanced into the Katherine Dunham Dance

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America Must Be Held Accountable for the Original Sin of Slavery

The current and ever ongoing issue of police violence is now compounded by the COVID-19 virus which we know disproportionately impacts Black

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

Detroit's Top CEOs Speak Out Against Racial Injustice

In response to national outrage regarding George Floyd’s murder, various companies such as Nike, Apple, and Ben & Jerry’s have issued statements calling for racial

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