John Hope, pres. Of Morehouse

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OP-ED: Rep. Maxine Waters, 'Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus'

Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, and Asian American people and have put up unnecessary roadblocks to the

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'I Thought This Was a Photoshopped Picture': Karlie Redd Fans Do a Double Take After She Posts a Photo with Her Daughter

The internet already knew Karlie Redd and her daughter had a striking resemblance, but the latest photo the reality TV star shared definitely drives that point

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US bickers with China over Africa Covid-19 loans relief

“At last week’s China-Africa Summit, we unfortunately saw more empty promises and tired platitudes from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)... The CCP needs to move beyond vague public statements and start to fully and transparently implement the DSSI in accordance with its G20 commitments,” he said

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Hennessy’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Initiative Offering $3 Million To Small Minority-Owned Businesses

With their Unfinished Business Initiative, the brand is providing immediate relief and long-term support to minority-owned businesses that were hit hard by the global

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Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams to Bring Their Juneteenth Musical to Netflix

Three years ago Kenya Barris tried to bring awareness to Juneteenth when an entire episode of his show “Black-ish” was dedicated to the

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P&G’s Short Film Takes a Real Look At Bias

This powerful mini flick takes viewers through a normal day from the lens of a professional Black

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Malika Haqq's Pic with Twin Khadijah Haqq McCray Derails When Fans Notice Height Difference

Malika Haqq and her identical twin sister Khadijah Haqq McCray are undeniably

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Chakwera wins Malawi vote

Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera won last week's presidential election re-run with 58.57 per cent of the vote, the electoral commission said

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Ohio Senator Breaks Down During Session Due to Racism

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Jihadist bloodshed brings Burkina Faso to its knees

Security sources say the armed forces have been a casualty of Burkina's political

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Aurora NAACP Leader: Independent Investigation Into McClain's Death Long Overdue

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Omar Montgomery, president of the Aurora, Colo., NAACP about the case of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after police officers detained him in 2019.

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BET Awards ‘20: International Global Good Recipient Winner

BET Awards ‘20: Movie Marathon Weekend, Binge Black Cinema Real-life Black Queens, legendary Black men and more.

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John Hope honored by NAACP

John Hope, now president of Atlanta University, was honored in New York City by the NAACP for his achievements as an educational and civil rights leader.

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Jul

3

1936

Video Of Five Children Being Separated From Their Mother By Tampa Police Causing Outrage

“This afternoon around 12:40 p.m. near Ashley Dr. and Tyler St. in downtown Tampa, The Tampa Police Department responded to a call of a mother, in apparent distress walking in the street with her 5 children

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Africa virus stats: 359,606 cases; 9,283 deaths; 172,974 recoveries

There are now more than over 350,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Secretary David L Bernhardt Designates John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park as African-American Civil-Rights Network Site

WASHINGTON DC (June 25, 2020) — At the direction of President Donald J Trump, US Secretary of the Interior David L Bernhardt has designated the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park as an official member of the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN), formally recognizing the historical and

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DDL expected to raise rum prices due to local molasses shortage

The Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) will have to raise the price of some of its rum products as local molasses shortages have seen the company having to import the product for most of the past three

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Petition launched to rename London school after first Black headteacher who was Guyanese

In light of the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement, which is putting pressure on universities and schools to demolish statues of slavers, hundreds of parents and former students of a London school named after an 18th century slave owner are calling for it to be renamed in honour of one of

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The Three Officers Involved In Elijah McClain’s Death Taken Off Street Duty

The three Colorado officers involved in Elijah McClain’s death have been taken off of the

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EYAKUZE: It’s now Black Lives Matter vs All Lives Matter. Who

After looking at me in puzzlement, people that I asked took a moment and then talked about externalities—black isn’t a thing, it is a negative

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Sheriff: Photos of African Americans hung from tree meant to invoke dialogue

Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas says six photos of African American victims found hanging from a tree was a misguided attempt to start a community conversation about race.The photos were found last Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee's Riverside Park.The laminated photos included Breonna

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Hampton University (1868-- )

Hampton University, located on the shore of Chesapeake Bay in Hampton, Virginia, was founded in 1868 by Samuel Chapman Armstrong, the son of a prominent missionary family that settled in Hawaii in the early 1800s. Armstrong was enrolled at Williams College in Massachusetts when the Civil War

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Spingarn Medal Awarded: Anthony Overton

Spingarn Medal awarded to Anthony Overton, publisher, insurance executive and cosmetics manufacturer, for his achievements as

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Dec

4

1927

A house built on sand

Yesterday, we carried a report that aides belonging to Khupe were assaulted by the security team that referred to a “president Mwonzora” ahead of the party’s national standing committee meeting at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai

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DR Congo justice minister arrested in crisis over judicial reforms

DR Congo's justice minister was arrested on Saturday, the latest twist in a crisis over proposed judicial reforms that have triggered violent street

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Death of John Hope

Death of John Hope (67), president, Atlanta University.

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Feb

20

1936

Mike Pence believes Black Lives Matter has a 'radical-left agenda'

Vice President Mike Pence (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty

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Let us love one another

My love language is spending time so I will make this one personal to make it more

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Burundi holds funeral, burial for Nkurunziza in capital Gitega

Thousands of Burundians on Friday lined the road to the capital Gitega as the body of former president Pierre Nkurunziza was escorted under heavy security for a state funeral after his sudden death earlier this

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