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Dr. James P. Comer is the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine's Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut. He is known nationally and internationally for his creation of the Comer School Development Program in 1968. This teamwork concept promotes the collaboration of

Source: Yale School of Medicine

How Bayard Rustin, a Gay Man, Changed Civil Rights

Bayard Rustin isn’t a household name, but his contributions to the civil rights movement rival those of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Rustin organized the March on Washington, where King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. A confidante and advisor to King, he introduced the civil

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DACA Program To Remain After Supreme Court Ruling

The Trump Administration wanted to end DACA, but the U.S. Supreme Court voted against the

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Wells, Barry L. (1942- )

Ambassador Barry L. Wells has had an extensive career in international affairs with the United States Foreign Service after an earlier period as a university professor and administrator. Wells was born in 1942 in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from East High School in that city in 1959. He received

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Source: Black Past

Young immigrants land court win but still face uncertainty

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will renew his administration’s effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked the first

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

COMMENTARY: George Floyd and the Continuing Legacy of Dred Scott

These next words, though, memorialized for all time in the High Court decision, put flesh on the bones of the pro-slavery argument: “[Blacks] had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Name at birth: Eric

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Robinson, Todd D. (1963- )

Todd D. Robinson is a career U.S. Foreign Service Officer, currently serving as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala. Robinson, a Minister Counselor who speaks Spanish, Italian, and Albanian, has had a wide range of postings with the Foreign Service. Since his confirmation as Ambassador to Guatemala in

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Source: Black Past

OWN celebrates Juneteenth with special programming June 19

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday with slate of special encore airings of programming on Friday, June 19 beginning at 3 p.m. ET/PT starting with the evocative original documentary “Dark Girls,” followed by “Light Girls” at 4:30 p.m. ET/PT, “Oprah

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Milton Glaser, Designer Of “I Love NY” Logo, Dead At 91

Mr. Glaser was also responsible for designing the DC Comics logo among other works.

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Source: The Urban Daily

‘We’ve Succeeded!’ Florida’s Governor Claims Coronavirus Victory As Second Wave Looms

However, that’s precisely the script that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed on Wednesday when he and Vice President Mike Pence boasted of the Sunshine State defeating the

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Source: NewsOne

Amid Uprisings, Schools Consider Terminating Their Contracts With Police

In Minneapolis, where protests exploded after a police officer killed local resident George Floyd, the school board voted Tuesday evening in favor of a resolution to cut ties with the police

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Trump vows to end Dream Act despite court ruling

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump said yesterday that he will renew his Administration's effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after the Supreme Court blocked the first

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NBA Foundation commits $300M to Black economic growth - TheGrio

Together, the NBA Board of Governors and the National Basketball Players Association have confirmed plans to create the first of... View

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Source: theGrio

Civil Rights Groups: Increase Accountability in Policing

WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, submitted written testimony today to the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice highlighting the need for transformative reform of policing at both the federal

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

DACA Program To Remain After Supreme Court Ruling

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz History happens every day, but historical events aren’t as common. Thursday, June 18, will be remembered as a historical day, especially for those under the Deferred Action Against Childhood Arrivals program better known as DACA. DACA began in 2012 under President Barack

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Sen. Blackburn: Biden comment 'shows what the Democrats think of African-American voters'

Former Vice President Joe Biden may have walked back his controversial comment about black voters made during a Friday radio interview, but Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., insists it reveals a truth about not just the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, but his party as

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Loretta Lynch Bio - First African-American Woman Attorney General

Loretta E. Lynch serves as the U.S. attorney general. She was nominated to the post by President Barack Obama in September 2014 and, upon confirmation more than half a year later, became the first African-American woman to serve in the

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Source: ThoughtCo

Politics; Obamagate Is Not a Conspiracy Theory.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Those sharing #Obamagate on Twitter would do best to avoid the hysterics we saw from Russian-collusion believers, but they have no reason to ignore the mounting evidence that suggests the Obama administration engaged in serious

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Even While Physically Distant, 2020 Grads Find Ways to Celebrate and Inspire

– President Barack Obama, National High School Class of 2020 Commencement

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

Egypt, at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. It is nearly one and one-half times the size of Texas. Egypt is divided into two unequal, extremely arid regions by the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Karl Rove Calls Obama’s HBCU Address ‘Political Drive-By Shooting’ Of Trump

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Every Dope Song Michelle Obama Plays On Her Podcast And More Are On Her New 'Black Girl Magic' Playlist - Blavity

Michelle Obama shared her "Black Girl Magic" Spotify playlist of music that influences her podcast.

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Source: Blavity News

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individuals race, children, national

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From the Jackson/Mitchell Files – More about Our Fight for Freedom | Afro

In 1935, Dr. Carl J. Murphy (1889-1967), Publisher and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afro American Newspapers and Board member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), recruited Dr. Lillie May Carroll Jackson (1889-1975) to help revitalize the dormant

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Barack Obama Jokes - Funny Late-Night Jokes about Obama

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Source: ThoughtCo

President Rousseff learned in Sept. 2013 that the U.S. government had spied on her, senior government officials, and Petrobras, Brazils national oil company. The revealation was one of many details about the National Security Agencys surveillance program that were uncovered by Edward Snowden and

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Guest Editorial: Honor Lewis, Vivian by fighting for justice | New Pittsburgh Courier

On Friday, July 17, the nation lost two towering figures of the civil rights movement. First came the announcement that the Rev. C.T. Vivian, an early and key adviser to

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No more nightmares for Jamaican DREAMers - 3,000 with roots to island no longer in limbo

Approximately 3,000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Donald Trump administration cannot end the programme that was instituted by executive order by then

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Community Reflections on Justice for George Floyd and the 2020 I Can’t Breath Rebellion

Community Reflections on Justice for George Floyd and the 2020 I Can’t Breath Rebellion

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

Joe Biden endorsed by Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

CBTU is the independent voice of 1.2 million Black workers represented by 57 international unions in the U.S. and Canada and has been involved in presidential politics since 1972 — defying the AFL-CIO by backing George McGovern against President Richard

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

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