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Kenya: Eliud Kipchoge Reveals Why He Loves Spurs and Thinks CR7 is Goat

Nairobi — World Marathon record holder and the only man to run the 42km distance in under two hours, Eliud Kipchoge, says he will continue supporting Tottenham Hotspur despite Kenya captain Victor

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Source: allAfrica.com

How have African Americans progressed since 1960s?

Family wealth

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Source: BBC

Good riddance to sour history: Congolese on toppling of Leopold II statue

Leopold II, for us, is a part of our history, a memory, a reference for our

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Reparations Are The Answer To Protesters’ Demands For Racial Justice | The Oklahoma Eagle

The aversion to making amends for systemic racism is perhaps most evident in my hometown of Tulsa, Okla., which last week commemorated the 99th anniversary of the Greenwood

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Family claims transgender woman's Rikers Island death was preventable

Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco

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Source: theGrio

Africa: How Live Music Is Meeting the Coronavirus Challenge

The Urban Sessions, a series of live streamed music concerts, is exploring a new way of online performance to help musicians hit badly by Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: COVID-19 Places Extra Burden On African Women

The fact that entire communities can still function despite the coronavirus pandemic is probably due to the efforts of

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Source: allAfrica.com

IN THE MAIL: Facing the 'stereotype threat'

Per your invitation to join in on the evolving conversation about African Americans and police, I am reminded of my junior and high school days growing up in the Walker Homes community near Mitchell

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

The Gantt Report – Voices of Black Elders

Huey Newton, Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Fred Hampton, George Jackson and other Black activists were young when they opposed and protested against racism and

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Source: The Florida Star

Words of Encouragement

During this time, it is very easy to get caught up with worry and

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Africa: U.S. Executive Order Against Property Of Certain Persons Associated With ICC

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and

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Source: allAfrica.com

L’Oreal Re-Hires Model After Being Fired For Speaking Up Against Racism

In 2017, a Black model for L’Oreal named Munroe Bergdorf was fired for speaking up about systemic racism while under

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Police Reform Was Never Going to Be Easy — But Now’s the Time

Fundamental reforms would begin with ending the “qualified immunity” of police, curbing the militarization of police forces, transferring funds and functions to social agencies, imposing residency requirements and finally making lynching a hate

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Somalia COVID Cases Hit 2,452

Somali Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 36 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Thousands Turn Out For Black Lives Matter Silent March

Thousands of people turned out Friday afternnon to Judkins Park in Seattle’s Central area for Black Lives Matter Seattle King County’s March of

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

As For Me and My Church

On March 13, 2020, I decided to reach out to Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield and Presiding Elder Uklyn Hendricks about the immediacy of a shift to church gatherings within the Virgin Islands Annual

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Source: The Christian Recorder

OpEd: Be Brave Class of 2020 | Afro

I worry for all our Black sons in the class of 2020 as they leave the protection of their parents to participate in social-distanced celebrations, I am acutely aware of their risks amidst the racial

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Leopold II: Belgium ‘Wakes Up’ To Its Bloody Colonial Past | Afro

Inside the palatial walls of Belgium’s Africa Museum stand statues of Leopold II – each one a monument to the king whose rule killed as many as 10 million

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Jamaican mangoes for New York market | New York Carib News

Jamaican mangoes for New York market

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Source: The New York Carib News

NFL Continues Strong Social Justice Initiative with $250 Million Commitment

The National Football League’s social justice initiative has continued to inspire change in underserved communities, including a $250 million commitment to bring awareness, dialogue, and a renewed direction to the conversation of racial and social

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Uganda: Which Economic Stimulus Works?

Yet according to the latest global assessment from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, these stimulus measures may not boost consumption and investment by much as policy makers are

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Source: allAfrica.com

If Black Americans were to seek asylum, they would easily qualify

Unsurprisingly, the US government's own findings reveal racial disparities in sentencing as well, with Black prisoners' sentences nearly 20 percent longer than those of white

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Source: Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera

South Africa: COVID-19 - 'The Pandemic Is Gaining Momentum in Gauteng' - Premier David Makhura

Makhura added that out of the total cases in the province, more than 3 000 were recorded in just 11 days of the Level

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Source: allAfrica.com

President Bio reinstates minister who threatens to kill opposition supporters

And after a week of intense public pressure and outcry, president Bio simply suspended the minister, rather than have him arrested and charged with incitement of public hatred and

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Dr. Sylvia Blyden appears in court today

One thing that is very clear about Dr. Blyden is that she speaks things as they

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

In UK, Police Response To Protests For Racial Equality Is Markedly Different

In London, as NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, many don't like what they've

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Source: Stories About Black History

Zanu PF top official torches tribal storm

ZANU PF Mberengwa North district executive member and prominent businessman, Tinashe Shumba has torched a tribal storm after he reportedly insulted members of the Lemba (VaRemba) community who refused to chant ruling party slogans as well as denigrate MDC Alliance leader Nelson

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Jay Pharoah Shares Video Of LAPD Accosting Him With Guns Drawn After A Jog

Source: Screenshot / Jay Pharoah

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Source: The Urban Daily

Italian Lawmaker Is Convinced He’s ‘Darker’ Than Black Caucus Members Amid Ohio Racism Hearing

Source: JodiJacobson / Getty

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Source: NewsOne

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