Julie Walker, Award-Winning Journalist

Rwanda: Former Minister Laurent Nkusi Passes On

Nkusi served as literature and language lecturer at the University of Rwanda for 24 years between the years of 1976 and 2000, before he was appointed as the Minister of Land and Environment for three

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Source: allAfrica.com

THE SWORD OF THE BLACK PRESS –

The Gantt Report told you for decades that no Democratic candidate can win a rat race, a sack race or a political race without strong Black voter

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Source: Florida Courier

An ex-Police Officer Charged in George Floyd's Death, J. Alexander Kueng, Questioned by Angry Shopper (Video)

After being charged in the police killing of George Floyd and posting bail, one of the four ex-police officers was discovered shopping freely by an angry

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Black with a Capital “B”: Mainstream Media Join Black Press in Uppercasing Race

(CBM) – Last week, Norman Pearlstine, the editor of the LA Times, sent a memo to staffers announcing that the publication will begin capitalizing “B” in the word Black in its articles when referring to a race of

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Study: Black Americans most interested in COVID-19 news

Forty-eight percent of blacks told Pew they were closely following news about the local availability of coronavirus tests, compared to 25 % of

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Source: South Florida Times

Mark Cuban Makes $100K Donation to NABJ’s COVID-19 Relief Fund

A $100,000 donation to the National Association of Black Journalists by Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban was made in honor of two long-time Dallas/Fort Worth journalists who both passed away in

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns

Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Rejected for being gay, Alain LeRoy Rocke became the Father of the Harlem Renaissance

Alain LeRoy Locke was a longtime Howard University professor, art critic, writer and

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Ghana coronavirus: 8,070 cases, conditional lifting of most restrictions

Each student, teacher and non teaching staff will be provided with reusable face mask by the Ministry of Education prior to reopening for final year students

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nicole Beharie is Miss Juneteenth

Miss Juneteenth, a project from debut filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples and starring Nicole Behari and Kendrick Sampson, fittingly premieres on

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

COVID 19 testing at Project H.O.O.D | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Project H.O.O.D, a 501 c (3) organization located at 6330 S. Martin Luther King Drive hosted a two-day free COVID-19 testing event on Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Kenyan editors in plea for media, journalists

Kenya’s top editors have called for an urgent meeting of stakeholders to discuss the state of the media in the Covid-19 period and develop joint approaches to solve problems facing the

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Source: The East African

Africa: Coronavirus "Information Heroes" - Journalism That Saves Lives

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has compiled a list of 30 coronavirus "information heroes" - 30 journalists, whistleblowers and media outlets whose courage, perseverance or capacity to innovate has helped to circulate reliable and vital information during the Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Tributes Pour in for Fallen Minister Ahead of Burial

Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary-General of Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and former senate president, Bernard Makuza, are among several officials who have paid tribute to former Minister Laurent Nkusi, who passed away on Monday, May

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Wife Of Derek Chauvin, Accused Killer Of George Floyd, Has Filed For Divorce

The wife of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer who has been charged with George Floyd’s death, has filed for

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Source: MadameNoire

U.S. Marines bans depictions of confederate flag at its installations

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Source: theGrio

Horizon Park bullet could have killed me watching TV, says woman

One of the bullets suspected to have come from the M16 rifle used by 39-year-old Damion Hamilton to murder two cops at an upstairs house in Horizon Park on Friday could have killed Kamika Blake* had she been watching television that

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Algeria: RSF Condemns Flagrant Erosion of Press Freedom in Algeria

In Mohammadia, 350 km west of Algiers, the newspaper Ennahar's correspondent, Djamel Ali Toubal, was given a summary trial on 17 June because of his sympathetic coverage of the "Hirak" anti-government street protests on Facebook and was sentenced to two years in prison for "insulting state

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Source: allAfrica.com

10 years on… still remains witness to history

Today, the newspaper celebrates its 10th anniversary by publishing a reflective edition of the journey so far

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Gov. Newsom: Coronavirus testing way up, but state’s nursing homes still lagging | Black Voice News

As California ramps up coronavirus testing of the general population, the state is still about two weeks away from any mandatory testing of its most vulnerable residents: those in nursing

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

Back to Terror of Lynchings Past?

Author and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a staunch crusader against lynching at the turn of the last century, would likely have been included among the hundreds of thousands of people calling for a thorough investigation into recent hanging deaths of two Black men in California and

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

How artist Emma Amos challenged racism and sexism through anonymous groups

Art museum director, Sharon Patton, summarizes her works thus: “Amos’s sequence of paintings is anecdotal, but the objective of each is the same: to argue constructively against norms in the field of art as well as

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Meet Kodjo Afate Gnikou who built a 3D printer from electronic waste

Togolese geographer, Kodjo Afate Gnikou, invented an entirely recycled 3D printer using discarded mainframes, second-hand scanners, and

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Ghana coronavirus: 7,768 cases, infections hit Jubilee oil fields

Total confirmed cases = 7,768

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

East Africa: Decolonising Peace Journalism - - and Putting It to Work in East Africa

Peace journalism is evident when reporters and editors make deliberate choices in their day to to day work that create opportunities for society at large to consider and value nonviolent responses to

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Sword of The Black Press

Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Ghana coronavirus: 7,303 cases, voter registration to proceed - EC

Total confirmed cases = 7,303 (new cases

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

14-year-old Noah is leading the call to bring Belgium's statue of King Leopold II down

Noah, a teenager is determined to bring Belgium‘s controversial statue of King Leopold II crashing

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

'I'm borne down': She’s lost more than 30 friends and acquaintances to the coronavirus

For weeks, Marsha Music's Facebook feed has brought a stream of death notices as COVID-19 tears through the black community in her hometown of

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Source: News from California, the nation and world - Los Angeles Times

Birmingham Times captures top awards from Alabama Press Association

The Birmingham Times Media Group (BTMG) won 1st place awards for Best News Feature Story; Best Education Coverage; Best Layout and Design; and Best Newspaper Website in the 2020 Alabama Press Association Media Awards, the organization announced

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Source: The Birmingham Times

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