John W. Rogers

‘Now is the time’ - BET founder Robert Johnson wants U.S. to pay $14 trillion in slavery reparations

And though attitudes towards reparations for slavery tend to polarize the U.S., BET founder Robert Johnson believes that “now is the time to go big” on reparations to help prevent the country from splitting into separate and unequal

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

High Museum reopens to members, frontline workers July 7; reopens to public July 18 | The Atlanta Voice

The High Museum of Art has announced that it will reopen to its members and frontline workers free of charge with a valid ID from Tuesday, July 7 through Friday, July

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

"Hit the Floor's" Jonathan McDaniel Releases Two New Singles

Jonathan “Lil J” McDaniel continues to inspire fans with his two new singles, “Like Me” featuring Bobby Luv, and “Dance Is on the House,” which debuted on the June 30 episode of “Hit the Floor” to 3.9 million

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Benjamin Banneker

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County promises shorter lines for November voting

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County will use new technology to help voters track wait times and speed check-in at polls this November, in addition to sending vote-by-mail ballots to every registered voter in hopes of limiting the potential spread of COVID-19, officials said June

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W. Frank Fountain

Frank Fountain is President of Escambia Enterprises, LLC. Prior to this position, Fountain was the Chairman of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum Foundation Board of Directors from 2009 until 2012. Fountain is a retired senior executive of Chrysler, LLC, an automobile and automotive components

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Malin Akerman

Malin Akerman is a Canadian actress who plays Miss Jupiter (Silk Spectre II) in the 2009 film version of Alan Moores graphic novel, Watchmen (also starring Billy Crudup). Born in Sweden, Akerman was raised in Canada and started her career in front of the camera as a model. She moved to California

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What Pandemic? Billionaires Are Getting Richer During COVID While the Economy and Labor Force Tank

According to a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), the nation’s 623 billionaires saw their net worth increase by $434 billion in the first two months of the pandemic thanks in large part to tax cuts and

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Idris Elba

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Laurel J. Richie

Laurel J. Richie was President of the Women’s National Basketball Association, LLC (WNBA).In this role, Richie led the WNBA from 2011 to

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Uganda: Growth in Customer Deposits Boosts Banks' Income

Some bank deposits at commercial banks (demand deposits) are part of the M1 money supply (a country's physical currency plus demand deposits and other liquid assets held by the central bank and calculated by

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Leslie A. Brun

Leslie A. Brun is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Sarr Group, LLC. In this role, Brun leads a diversified holding company that handles key investments. Previously, Brun was a Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations in the New York office of CCMP Capital Advisors. Brun also

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Watts Jr., J.C. (1957- )

J.C. Watts, Jr., the first black Republican to be elected to a political office in Oklahoma. He was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, on November 18, 1957. A superior athlete, he starred as quarterback on a University of Oklahoma football team known for rarely passing the ball. Consequently, after Watts

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Two Bestselling Authors, Industry Moguls to Host a 6-Day Virtual Live Writers' Retreat

The retreat, hosted by industry experts Dawn James and Tenita Johnson, will take place online from August

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Naomi Campbell

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Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence took his stand-up comedy act and turned it into the hit TV show Martin from 1992-1997. In addition to the title role, Lawrence portrayed several different characters. The success of the series helped launch Lawrence on a career that has included comedy albums and several

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Billionaire Robert Smith Calls On Corporations To Adopt His 2% ‘Reparative’ Plan For Black People

According to Forbes, Robert F. Smith believes that big banks and major companies should spend the next 10 years investing directly in technology, education, telecom, banking and healthcare infrastructures that support Black

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Lionel Hampton

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Kunta Kinte

Kunta Kinte is the central figure in Alex Haleys 1976 book Roots. According to Haleys research, Kunta Kinte was a real historical figure who was 17 when he was captured and taken to America as a slave aboard the ship Lord Ligonier in 1767. Roots traces the lives of Kinte and his descendants down to

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Mary J. Blige

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Win for Reparations: California Assembly Committee Votes Yes on Bill

On May 11, the California Assembly Judiciary Committee voted yes on a bill that would mandate the state to set up an 8-member commission to examine how California engaged in — and benefited from — the enslavement of Black men, women, and

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Anthony Welters

Anthony Welters is Executive Chairman of the BlackIvy Group, LLC. Welters is also Senior Adviser to the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Prior to this appointment, Welters was Executive Vice President and a Member of the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Welters joined UHG upon its

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27-Year Old Nyakim Gatwech worth $4 Million for her rare dark skin tone?

27-year-old model Nyakim Gatwech labeled “Queen of the Dark”, who has broken down the barriers of conventional beauty and encouraged others to do the same, now has a net worth of

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Martin H. Nesbitt

Martin H. Nesbitt is Co-Chief Executive Officer and founder of Vistria Group, LLC. In this role, he shares the leadership role of the Chicago-based investment company focused on education, healthcare and financial services

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BET Founder Calls For $14 Trillion In Slavery Reparations | The Oklahoma Eagle

BET founder Robert Johnson argued Monday that “now is the time” for white America to acknowledge damages resulting from slavery, and for the U.S. Government to provide reparations in the sum of a $14 trillion wealth transfer to help prevent the country from splitting into separate and unequal

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Dr. Drew

Dr. Drew is the stage name of physician Drew Pinsky, a radio and television personality who has been dispensing advice on sex and addiction since the mid-1980s. Pinsky got his start on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ in 1983, when he was still studying medicine at the University of Southern

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Meet Cornelius Henderson, Senior VP, Jail Operations, NaphCare, Inc.

He’s back home now and presiding over the company’s transition, or new setup, as it assumes the role of overseeing health care management at Jefferson County jails in Birmingham and Bessemer beginning on June

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Donald Trump threatens social media after Twitter fact-checks him | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulations or even shuttering after Twitter added fact checks to two of his

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Kevin Hart

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Africa: Diaspora African Forum Demands Justice for George Floyd

The Diaspora African Forum has petitioned the United States of America (USA) government to arrest and prosecute all four police officers who were caught on video manhandling George Floyd at Minneapolis, USA, resulting in his

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