Jet magazine founded

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The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?

Collective African American net income (spending power) now exceeds $1 trillion dollars annually. Because of this economic reality, a wide variety of contemporary companies continually create marketing campaigns to effectively reach this important segment of the U.S. consumer market. Yet, in the

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Source: Black Past

Ebony replaces CEO Willard Jackson after a financial investigation - TheGrio

Ebony Magazine has removed its CEO Willard Jackson following an ongoing independent investigation about unspecified improper transactions. The board of... View Article The post Ebony replaces CEO Willard Jackson after a financial investigation appeared first on TheGrio.

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: One Participant Remembers

In the account below Edith Lee-Payne recalls the day she was photographed as a 12 year old participant in the March on Washington, and the curious history of that photograph through

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News-04062012 | The Jackson Advocate

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News-09072008 | The Jackson Advocate

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denied early release from prison

According to reports, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will not be granted an early release from

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Keith L. Black, M.D. – A Trailblazer Inspiring the Next Generation of Neurosurgeons

Bursting with excitement, about 135 seventh- and eighth-graders gathered in a conference room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and listened intently to a speech that could end up shaping their young

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Source: Savoy Network

Three African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles - African American News Today - EIN News

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Emmett Till

Emmett Till , in full Emmett Louis Till (born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Aug. 28, 1955, Money, Miss.), African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights

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25

1941

African American owned Newspapers and Media Companies Are Small Businesses Too! | Muslim Journal

Financial Support is Essential for Delivery of These Essential Services, a Minority Media Representation

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Source: Muslim Journal | Publishing Community News weekly since 1975!

Only 17 Percent of Black Lives Matter Protesters Are African Americans – Report - African American News Today - EIN News

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News-09072011 | The Jackson Advocate

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Ida B’s Pulitzer was late but right on time –

Exactly 136 to the day after Ida B. Wells was thrown off a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad train, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation for her “outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans in the era of

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Source: Daytona Times

Happy Birthday, Big: 10 Of Our Favorite Stories From Hip-Hop Songs

May 21 marks the birthday of the widely celebrated rapper, Notorious

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Clarendon man arrested after gun found in backpack

A Clarendon man is in custody after a .40 pistol with a magazine containing seven rounds of ammunition was taken from his

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Robert Johnson's Big Idea: $14 trillion in slavery reparations to African-Americans

Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, says it's time America atones for slavery and systemic racism by paying African-Americans reparations to make them economically equal to white

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Source: Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos

John H. Johnson

John H. Johnson published first issue of Negro Digest.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

1

1942

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte was shown with actress Janet Leigh and film star Tony Curtis on the cover of Ebony magazine. It was the first time a black person and two Caucasians were seen together on a U.S. magazine cover.

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News-25062009 | The Jackson Advocate

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News-25062013 | The Jackson Advocate

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News-09072009 | The Jackson Advocate

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Boris Johnson wants Britain to go to the pub – and forget about the 65,700 dead | Owen Jones

During the blitz, 43,000 civilians died, an average of 175 each day, a national trauma that is seared in Britain’s collective

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

JDF finds guns in August Town

The security forces on Thursday recovered one AR 15 A2 rifle, one shotgun, one magazine, and fifteen 5.56mm live rounds in August Town, St Andrew. It is reported that a joint police-military team was conducting a search in the area when they found...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Spingarn Medal: John Johnson

John H. Johnson, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, awarded Spingarn Medal for his productive imagination...in the perilous field of publishing and for his contributions to the enhancement of the Negros self-image through his publications.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

8

1966

Do Black Lives Matter enough for you to hire them for leadership positions?

During a campaign planning meeting for a beauty brand, filled with sales managers and directors, not one person of color was in the room when they came to the conclusion that Black women wouldn’t be a good fit to promote the

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Source: theGrio

The Right Side of History

It is in with this backdrop that today people are in the streets demanding not only justice for George Floyd, but for the heinous acts perpetrated against Blacks by the hands of those in law enforcement or those who decide to take the law into their own hands and become police, judge, jury and

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

African American Federal Executive Association continues fight during crucial moment - African American News Today - EIN News

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