It started with a knee

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Malaysia Pargo's Skating Pic Goes Left When Fans Bring Up Her Brawl with Jackie Christie: 'Remember Last Time You Were Skating'

It's been over a year since Malaysia Pargo and her fellow "Basketball Wives" co-star Jackie Christie got into a physical altercation at a skating rink in

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Barbra Streisand Makes George Floyd's 6-Year-Old Daughter Gianna A Disney Stockholder

George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter Gianna is an official Disney shareholder thanks to the kind gesture of legendary performer, Barbra

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

The Liberals Will Come For You Sooner Than You Think.

The joke known as the 1619 Project has rabid racists and professional victims at its helm, and under the banner of the New York Times, rewrote history from the very founding of our country to be all and only about racism. It was the first big public push to convince people that nothing good exists

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Greenleaf: OWN Network Hit is the Number One Cable Telecast for Women 25-54

OWN was Tuesday night’s #2 cable network among women 25-54 with “Greenleaf” the #1 cable telecast in the key demo. OWN was Tuesday night’s #1 network on all of television, including broadcast and cable, for African American women and total viewers. Currently, OWN has four of the Top 20 original

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Lizzo Lands Television Production Deal With Amazon Studios

Lizzo has inked a television production deal with Amazon Studios.

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Source: NewsOne

The Weeknd Steps Up, Donates $500K To Black Lives Matter & National Bailout Fund

On the eve of #BlackoutTuesday, The Weeknd opened up his wallet and reportedly donated $500K to help the Black Lives Matter movement and national bailout

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

A Call For Reparations: How America Might Narrow The Racial Wealth Gap

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Source: Stories About Black History

Black nonprofit seeks financial help close to home -

A few years ago I approached some of the major foundations and inquired as to why they did not fund Black programs. The program I began in 2001 had been serving hundreds of youngsters each year, providing free after-school music instruction. But each year our program was passed over by many of the

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Source: Homepage -

WNBA responds to Atlanta Dream co-owners anti-BLM comments

Kelly Loeffler is a U.S. Senator and co-owner of the Atlanta Dream, a WNBA team. She is also adamantly opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement. The post WNBA responds to Atlanta Dream co-owners anti-BLM comments appeared first on TheGrio.

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Source: theGrio

First Black Professor of Dentistry

Dr. Joseph L. Henry was the first African-American professor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine with his appointment in 1974. He created the department of oral diagnosis and oral radiology which he still heads. In 1978 Dr. Henry became the first African-American to become an Associate Dean at

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Op Ed: Generation Lost. . . UC Berkeley’s Missing Black Graduates - Black Voice News

Dr. Harry Edwards | Professor Emeritus UC Berkeley In the mid-1960s, the University of California, Berkeley started its Educational Opportunity Program to target underrepresented applicants and combat this history of discrimination. Unsurprisingly, this program was a success and the number of

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

African-American literature

African-American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of slave narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical

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Source: ThoughtCo

THE CULTURAL COACH: Looking at the White way of life - TSDMemphis.com

Reader question: If African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans have cultures, then why don’t White Americans? If there is a European-American culture, what is it exactly? Answer: Yes, there is an Italian culture, an Irish culture, an English culture and now, according to

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

Surgical or home-made, masks

Before the coronavirus outbreak abruptly disrupted the livelihoods of millions of people, the sight of masks worn in public spaces in the Western world conjured up images of malevolent clowns and terrifying fictional

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

“As A Human, You Just Don’t Treat People Inhumane” ICE Whistleblower Claims Mass Hysterectomies Performed On Migrant Women At Georgia Detention Center

Dawn Wooten, a licensed nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, claims detainees have been subjected to non-consensual procedures, as well as lack of proper care during the coronavirus.

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Source: MadameNoire

McKune, Elizabeth Davenport (1947- ) - Birthday

Ambassador Elizabeth Davenport McKune was born on November 15, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Source: Black Past

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Officers in deadly Breonna Taylor raid thought she was alone | The Atlanta Voice

Louisville police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor while serving a warrant were told she should be home alone because the main target of the narcotics investigation was elsewhere, according to an interview with one of the detectives who served the warrant. Taylor was shot eight times after

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

TEDx Speaker Dena Crowder Offers 5-Minute Guide on Divining Your Own Worth (WATCH)

For centuries, enslaved Africans were brought to America and had their worth literally determined in dollars and cents on an auction

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Composer Rosephanye Dunn-Powell discusses African American spirituals - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… focus on her expertise on African American spirituals in a virtual class …

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Source: Palo Alto Online

Los Angeles County Responds to New State Order “Blueprint,” Navigating California through COVID-19 - Los Angeles Sentinel

Throughout the pandemic, there has been many different models for monitoring the course of COVID-19. In response to the state issued news, Chairwoman Kathryn Barger stated, “I am thankful to the state for creating this new tiered system, which clearly lays out how Los Angeles County can perceive

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

NFL Player Kyle Queiro Questioned Jill Scott's Sex Appeal And Twitter Answered Him

The former Dallas Cowboys player was confused as to how anyone could be 'sexually aroused' by the 'Golden' singer.

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Source: MadameNoire

Cowboys’ Prescott Acknowledges Mental Struggles Of Offseason

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott says he was already feeling the emotional burden of the pandemic when the star quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys received word that one of his brothers had died by suicide in the spring. Prescott acknowledged the cause of Jace Prescott’s death for the first time in

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Source: Black America Web

VP Mike Pence Says Black Lives Matter Wants Radical Left Agenda

By The Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

President of Boston Bar Association

In 1989 Rudolph F. Pierce became the first African-American to be elected President of the Boston Bar Association, the oldest local bar association in the nation, founded in 1761 by John Adams.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Demings: Trump’s America Is the 'Scariest America I’ve Seen in my Lifetime' - African American News Today - EIN News

Sunday on MSNBC's "Velshi," Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) called the country under President Donald Trump "the scariest America" she had seen in her lifetime. | Clips

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African-Americans in 1790

There were 766 African-Americans (4 percent of the population) counted in Boston in the first United State Census in 1790.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Veteran School Committeman

In 1977 John O'Bryant was elected to Boston School Committee, becoming the first African-American elected to serve on the Committee in the 20th century. In 1989 he was elected to his seventh two-year term, and in 1991 he became president of the body for the second time.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Kenya: Rare White Giraffe Sighted at Garissa's Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy

[Capital FM] Nairobi -A rare white giraffe was spotted outside the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in Ijara within Garissa County on Tuesday, sparking excitement months after a similar giraffe was poached alongside its calf.

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Source: allAfrica.com

#Election2020: Democrats sue Georgia election officials over lines at polls | The Atlanta Voice

Democrats are asking a federal judge to order Georgia election officials to take steps to prevent long lines at the polls on Election Day. A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Atlanta alleges that the causes of long lines that have forced Georgians to wait hours to vote during multiple

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

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