Evers Fight Against Injustice Lives Through Current Athletes
Evers led the march for desegregation of public schools in his home state of Mississippi as an activist following the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board decision which ruled segregated public schools were
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
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Trump Tweets Video with "White Power" Chant, Then Deletes It | Dallas Weekly
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white
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Source: Dallas Weekly
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‘I Want You to Know What They Did to My Boy’
Emmett Till’s body had been found in
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Everything To Know About The Mass Poor People’s Assembly And Online March On Washington
Only this protest — The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington for a Digital Justice Gathering — will be held online, inviting people to log on to the internet and digitally demand justice for low-income and otherwise disenfranchised people in
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Source: Black America Web
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This Day in Black History: June 12, 1963
On this day, civil Rights activist Medgar W. Evers was shot in the back by a white supremacist in front of his Jackson, Mississippi
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Anti-racism and pro-aging: A Stonewall legacy
As two white gay men leading national organizations focused on older Americans, the killing of George Floyd and many other manifestations of systemic racism in this country have reminded us of a lesson we must not forget this month or in the weeks, months and years to come: There can never be
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Source: The Hill
What is Juneteenth? Holiday marking Emancipation Proclamation takes on extra importance in 2020
On June 19, Americans around the country will celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the
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Queen Latifah Wants ‘Gone With The Wind’ Gone
The 1939 film Gone With the Wind has been temporarily removed from HBO Max due to the recent protests over Black people killed by
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
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Black Activists Confront Affirmative Action Opponents on Zoom Call
If voters approve ACA 5 in November, it will bring Affirmative Action back to the state of
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
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Testing where the people are –
Harper and Santiago know each other, but Santiago doesn’t represent Daytona Beach’s Black community in the Florida
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Source: Florida Courier
Trump's rally in Tulsa invokes the horror of the 'Red Summer' for Blacks
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Source: theGrio
Democrats Threaten To Block 'Woefully Inadequate' GOP Police Reform Bill
Senate Democrats on Tuesday called Republican police reform legislation “woefully inadequate” and threatened to block debate on the measure, a move that elicited sharp partisan sniping amid ongoing nationwide protests over police
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle
Since 2018, The Nation has hosted a US Civil Rights Tour led by documentary film maker André Robert
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
Grimké, Charlotte Forten (1837-1914)
Charlotte Forten Grimké grew up in a rich intellectual and activist environment.  Born into a wealthy Black abolitionist family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charlotte Louise Forten became famous in her own right as a writer and poet.  Her grandparents, James, Sr. and Charlotte Forten, hosted
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Source: Black Past
United Way, BET donate $1 million to local Black organizations
United Way of Greater Los Angeles has partnered with the NAACP and Black Entertainment Television to grant more than $1 million towards rental assistance, food, health, and student learning support in L.A.’s Black
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Jacobs, Harriet (c.1815-1897)
Born into slavery in Edenton, North Carolina, Harriet Ann Jacobs was the daughter of slaves, Delilah and Daniel Jacobs.  Harriet Jacobs is best known for her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, edited by white abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, and published in 1852.   Using the
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Source: Black Past
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Three African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles
A little over 100 miles southwest of Sacramento in Santa Clara County, another African the top post of the region’s water utility last Richardson, Secretary, California Government Operations Agency
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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California
BET Awards '20: Beyoncé Receives Humanitarian Award; Tributes To Kobe Bryant And Little Richard
New York, NY – (June 25, 2020) – Today BET Networks announces new additions to the line-up of the 20th Annual BET Awards, honoring prolific activists in the Black community and recognizing those who unfortunately left us in
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Civil Rights Groups Ask Advertisers To Stop Buying Facebook Ads In July
Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
Atlanta Cop Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Has Been Fired
Garrett Rolfe, the police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks, was fired on Saturday (June 13), police spokesman Carlos Campos said in a statement, according to
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
The Original Karens: From Emmett Till’s Accuser To The White Woman Who Sparked The Tulsa Massacre
Over the weekend, #KarensGoneWild trended on social media with jaw-dropping videos of frantic white women attacking Black women, toddlers, teenagers and grown Black
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE! Atlanta Police killing of Rayshard Brooks sparks more outrage
As protestors continue to cry out for justice around the nation, the fire and outrage have been reignited in Atlanta following the police shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s fast-food
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Source: Atlanta Tribune
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Country singers The Dixie Chicks remove 'Dixie' from name
Musicians Emily Robinson, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks (Photo by Michael Buckner/AMA/Getty Images for
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Source: theGrio
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What Does It Take? Rev. Dr. L.E. Bennett.
Rev. James Reeb, while other clergy and church people initially rejected King’s mission and message, a white, Unitarian minister accepted it with open
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Source: ThyBlackMan
Congressman John Lewis’ Legacy Celebrated With ‘Good Trouble’ Campaign To Inspire Social Change
LOS ANGELES (June 19, 2020)- Participant, the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change, today announced the “Good Trouble” impact campaign to coincide with the release of the new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble and in
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
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A FOCUS ON VOTING –
Volusia County races will include county chair; council district seats 2, 3 and 4; sheriff; property appraiser; county clerk; and supervisor of
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Source: Daytona Times
Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Cop Kills Black Man At A Wendy's (UPDATE)
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Saturday that police Chief Erika Shields is resigning, after a Black man was killed by police at a Wendy’s on Friday
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
Fix The Damn Schools!
Well, that’s exactly what we got on April 23 when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Court ruled that students in the low-performing Detroit Public school system have a right to expect to learn to read and write, thus reversing the previous 2018 decision that said the state was not
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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America | Afro
On May 6, national Black civil rights leaders participated in a call with former Vice President Joe Biden, the democratic presidential nominee, a day after the release of Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Three African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles
Yolanda Richardson and Adetokunbo “Toks” Omishakin, are officially assuming their roles as state government executives in Sacramento at at time when the state is implementing deep cuts to its fiscal year 2020-21 budget in response to the global COVID-19
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Source: The Sacramento Observer

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