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Black private equity banker pays off HBCU students tuition

Another Black equity banker and his wife are donating $1 million dollars to Spelman College to assist in offsetting the cost of nearly 50

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After Stating 'No Good Person of Color' Has Been Killed by Police, California Mayor Resigns

A Southern California city mayor has resigned after apologizing for an email that he wrote that stated he didn’t “believe there’s ever been a good person of color killed by a police officer” according to The

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Bob Johnson Calls on BLM to Establish Independent Black Political Party to Help Advance Black Interests

Last week, Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), sent an open letter to the “leaders and supporters” of the Black Lives Matter movement calling for them to consider establishing “a formal independent political

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Tina Turner

Name at birth: Anna Mae Bullock

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Social Justice

This weekend took me back to December 2015, when my former student, Quintonio LeGrier, was killed on his front porch by a Chicago Police Officer who stated he reacted out of

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Netflix’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Tells Black Vietnam Veterans’ Stories the Way Only Spike Lee Can – Free Press of Jacksonville

In Netflix’s “Da 5 Bloods,” Spike Lee takes his audience on a journey across the decades, putting a spotlight on the Black veteran experience in a way few filmmakers ever

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1st Annual Juneteenth Holiday Citywide Caravan Set to Kick Off Black Culture Week

On this day, known as Juneteenth, we reflect on the past and pay homage to the sacrifices our ancestors made for

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Source: Chicago Defender

American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy

The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American policing and police brutality, have been called on a lot since mass protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and

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Keep Your Statues And Movies- Give Us Our Reparations Now – Your Black World

The paper says, “HBO Max temporarily removed the epic from its service after the surge of Black Lives Matter protests across the country and a re-energized discussion about racial inequality” ) But While Hollywood copes with their conflicts and contradictions for promoting White supremacy in their

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Rising Country Star JT Harker Releases New Single “Drunk People”

Country singer continues to gain followers and streams with each new song

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Latino and black Americans are allies in the fight for racial justice

And I have joined in previous demonstrations over the last several weeks because George Floyd’s murder serves as yet another painful reminder of the deeply entrenched racism in our nation’s institutions, from the highest levels of government to local law

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Ingraham: Trump has delivered results for African-Americans, Biden has delivered 'hashtags' and 'slogans'

Laura Ingraham opind in her "Ingraham Angle" monologue Tuesday that the idea that Joe Biden and the Democratic Party will help African-Americans and minorities is not true -- in the wake of the violent protests and riots following George Floyd's death -- is not

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Africa: Protests Lead Brands to Speak Out Against Racism. but Will They Act?

Major brands taking to social media to condemn racial inequalities have been challenged to back up their words with action to tackle a lack of black leadership in many firms and entrenched racial pay gaps in the United

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Hello by Lionel Richie

The music video for Lionel Richies Hello directed by Bob Giraldi, attracts attention as it tells the story of a music teacher (played by Lionel Richie) who falls in love with his blind

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Despite Mixed Reviews, '#blackAF' Gets A Second Season At Netflix

The second time might be the charm for Kenya Barris’s first series on

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

The Murder of George Floyd Uncovers “The Myth of American Justice”

In response to the murder of George Floyd, the current mayor of Minneapolis stated that “being born Black should not be a death

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The Burning Of America – Again.

(ThyBlackMan.com) I do not advocate violence, but apparently those police officers and racists who kill black people every week

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Lifetime discrimination linked to increased risk of high blood pressure among African-Americans

African-Americans who had experienced the stress of lifetime discrimination were up to 50 percent more likely to develop high blood pressure than those who reported lower levels of

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Tina Knowles-Lawson Pens Open Letter To Congress Pushing For Passage Of HEROES Act

On Thursday, the mother to singer-songwriters Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Solange, along with Mothers of the Movement and a host of Black women in Hollywood, sent an open letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Systemic Racism Makes Covid-19 Much More Deadly For African-Americans

A long and well-documented history of systematic discrimination against Black people regularly leads to worse underlying health conditions for African-Americans that make it more likely they become severely ill during this pandemic and die from the

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Tina Turner Born

Grammy-winning singer and actress Tina Turner was born on this day as Annie Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee. Turner will reach stardom with her husband Ike Turner. She will record such hits such as Whats Love Got to Do With It, Private Dancer, and Proud Mary. She will also have roles in the

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Africa: An Open Letter to America

On Monday, May 25, 2020, a disturbing video of a 46-year-old man (George Floyd) being murdered in broad daylight by four (4) white police officers, seized our various news feeds on every social media platform, and other online media

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University President Creates George Floyd Scholarship Fund, Challenges Other Schools To Do The Same - Blavity

"I want to announce, as president of this school, the institution of the George Floyd memorial

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Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital

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The Trifecta of Black Disempowerment: Poverty, Pollution, and the Pandemic

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OpEd: D.C. Must Support At-Risk Students | Afro

D.C. Councilmembers are now reviewing the mayor’s budget, which included a three percent increase in school operating costs for D.C. Public Schools and the District’s public charter schools, each of which educate about half of all city public school

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

MWANYASI: How ethnic, racial diversity drive corporate bottom

How ethnic, racial diversity drive corporate bottom line

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NDERITU: Let’s see if life will go back to normal after

To date, many Africans prefer ethnic over national

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The Black Unemployment Hits Highest Rate In Almost A Decade

According to a recent report by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall rate dropped to 13.3 % but the unemployment rate for African-Americans have risen to

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