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Opinion: Netflix and Pills — #BlackAF and The Downside of Popping Molly on TV

But even if it drug use on the show still raises the question of how much responsibility media companies should bear when they jazz up their story lines with dangerous behavior for the sake of authenticity, comedic relief or dramatic we have as Black artists is the same as

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Joe Louis - The World Heavyweight Champion

Who Was Joe

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Comerica Bank and National Business League Announce $1 Million Commitment to Support Black-Owned Small Businesses

Comerica Bank recently announced its $1 million commitment over four years to the National Business League as part of a national partnership that will launch the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP), an access to capital initiative to assist Black businesses across the

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

Comerica Bank Makes Historic Donation to Support Black-Owned Businesses

Comerica Bank today announced its $1 million commitment over four years to the National Business League as part of a national partnership that will launch the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP), an access to capital initiative to assist Black businesses across the

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

CNN Analyst Van Jones Helped President Trump’s Order On Police Reform

According to a new report, CNN Analyst Van Jones was instrumental in President Donald Trump’s executive order on police

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Three African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles

Yolanda Richardson officially assuming their roles 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: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Mali: Village Life in Modern Africa - Review of Camila Toulmin's Land, Investment and Migration - Thirty-Five Years of Village Life in Mali

The book's story is told through 35 years of one Sahelian village in the north of Mali, Dlonguebougou - DBG as it is

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Source: allAfrica.com

Lenny Kravitz

Name at birth: Leonard Albert Kravitz

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Laverne Cox examines transgender representation in 'Disclosure'

Netflix

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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

'When Model Besties Link Up': Fans Gush Over Eva Marcille and Cynthia Bailey's Friendship

Eva Marcille, a former cast member on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” and her previous co-star Cynthia Bailey turned up at The Bailey Wine Cellar over the

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

Fleming, George (1937- )

Washington State politician George Fleming was born February 22, 1937, in Dallas, Texas, to parents A.R. and Lilla N. Fleming. He started post secondary education at the University of Washington, Seattle. While attending the University, Fleming was running back and kicker for the Washington

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Source: Black Past

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California Senate Okays ACA 5: Affirmative Action Decision Moves to Voters

approve the amendment in November, California will join 42 states that allow

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

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard is a celebrated American actor known for his strong performances in movies such as “Hustle & Flow” and “Ray & Crash”. He was born on March 11, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois to Tyrone Howard and Anita Williams. He came from a family of actors; his maternal

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5 Memorable Quotes That Make "Kill a Mockingbird" an Evergreen Classic

Harper Lee summarizes the story in the title -- To Kill a Mockingbird. A mockingbird represents innocence. The story tells us of an innocent man who is sentenced due to racial prejudice. Every To Kill a Mockingbird quote on this page preaches a universal

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Source: ThoughtCo

CDC chief warns that US has ‘way too much virus’ to control

Workers check in residents at a mobile COVID-19 testing site set up on a vacant lot in the Austin neighborhood on June 23, 2020 in

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Source: theGrio

Harold Robinson Foundation sends kids to camp

When Joyce Hyser Robinson and her husband, Jeff, launched the Harold Robinson Foundation in 2009, their goal was to open outdoor camps that would give youth in South Los Angeles the same developmental opportunities and fun times they experienced at camp when they were growing

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Unions Rally to Defund Police and Call for OPOA to Embrace Reform Unions Rally to Defund Police and Call for OPOA to Embrace Reform

Approximately 150 union members and community leaders rallied June 17 at the Oakland Police Officers Association (OPOA, the police officer’s union) at 555 5th Street in Oakland to demand

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No Room to Love — When Abuse in Confinement Pushes Couples Apart

In fact, the National Domestic Violence Hotline (2020) has reported that abusers are using the COVID-19 crisis as an excuse for isolating domestic abuse victims from friends and

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

The Choreographer Behind Lizzo and Janelle Monáe’s Performances

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Source: https://zora.medium.com

Four Acts Return to 2021 State Fair Main Stage!

Their 2006 album “Comatose” spent 206 weeks on the Billboard Christian Music chart, with the title track winning the GMA Dove Award for Rock Song of the

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

AboutThatCar.com: 2020 Mazda3 Hatchback | Dallas Weekly

While test driving the 2020 Mazda3 Hatchback, we pulled into a parking spot at the grocery store and before we could get out of the car a young lady pulled in beside

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Gladys Knight

Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the Empress of Soul,[1] [2] is an American singer–songwriter and actress. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner,[3] Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group

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Source: BlackHistory.com

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California Moves One Step Closer to Granting Parolees Right to Vote

By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black McCarty’s (D-Sacramento) Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 (ACA 6) passed out of the California State Senate last

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Tracee Ellis Ross is ready for center stage with ‘The High Note’

Now Ross has a starring role in what should have been a theatrically released

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Sunbelt States Rush To Line Up Hospital Beds, Not Barstools

By TAMARA LUSH and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press

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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 a 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: Post News Group | PNG-0

Encore Performance for Marc Raby, Birmingham Playwright

Creatives and artists have been suffering, as well, and Marc Raby, director of the Encore Theatre and Gallery in East Birmingham, has spent the past month helping the best way he knows

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Disney Ride Will Be ‘Reimagined’ Because Of Ties To Racist Movie

According to CNN, the log flume ride was based on the 1946 movie “Song of the South,” which was notorious for racial stereotypes of Black people and romanticized portrayals of the antebellum

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Source: NewsOne

Robinson, Jack (Jackie) Roosevelt (1919–1972)

When Jackie Robinson took the field on April 15, 1947 wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, he became the first African American in over fifty years to play on a major league baseball team. In the process, he broke through baseball’s color line that had relegated African American players to the

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