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Latino and black Americans are allies in the fight for racial justice

And I have joined in previous demonstrations over the last several weeks because George Floyd’s murder serves as yet another painful reminder of the deeply entrenched racism in our nation’s institutions, from the highest levels of government to local law

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Source: The Hill

49ers CB Richard Sherman calls for more diversity in NFL | The Atlanta Voice

But the San Francisco 49ers’ star cornerback called on the league to do a lot more that just talk in the coming weeks and years to confront a problem that hasn’t gone away despite years of protest by

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Mavs Seek Racial Healing With “Courageous Conversations”

Former NBA star Sam Perkins recently said what every black person in America has thought or said numerous times in the past two weeks since unarmed black man George Floyd was killed by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who held his knee to Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Birmingham Will Host Virtual Freedom Fest on July 25

Birmingham Freedom Fest, a music and empowerment festival, has announced plans transform its annual event into a virtual experience on July

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Scholarship Named for Departing Trustee Creates Opportunity for African American Students

A new scholarship named for Florida Polytechnic University Trustee Frank T. Martin is designed to provide more opportunity to African American students and help them achieve their STEM career

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Adonis displeased with CrossFit CEO’s remarks

Gregg Glassman, CrossFit’s CEO has stepped down after telling staff on a Zoom call, “We’re Not Mourning For George Floyd,” and Guyana’s fittest woman and CrossFit star athlete, Delice Adonis, has weighed in on the saga which has since sparked

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

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President Dr. Glenda Glover, president of Tennessee State University, speaks of a “call” resounding in the wake of 46-year-old George Floyd’s killing in Minnesota while in police

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Covid-19 delays efforts to address Eskom's debt crisis

The utility would have to achieve a debt balance of R200-billion for it to be financially sustainable and not require assistance from government

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Source: TechCentral

Allen Iverson Is a Decade Away from Receiving His $32 Million Trust Fund Payment from Reebok

Reebok, acquired by Adidas in 2005, currently pays Iverson an annual salary of $800,000, which he’s been receiving since the start of the

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Camille Cosby Opens Up to the Black Press in an Exclusive Historic Interview – Free Press of Jacksonville

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This is a pivotal time, in our nation’s history, to force positive changes within all of our institutions which are rampant with racist behaviors – federal and state, healthcare, education, corporations, including corporate media, Wall Street – which is appropriately named because

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Kenya: Nairobi Park Row - KWS Chair 'Resigns'

The storm began in mid-April when it emerged that Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the custodians of the country's national parks and game reserves, planned to fence off the park and build luxury lodges through a new management plan dubbed the Nairobi National Park 2020-2030 management

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zoom pledge to work with law enforcement spurs user blowback

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan

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Source: TechCentral

'A betrayal': Early Facebook staffers denounce Zuckerberg

Nearly three dozen former employees from Facebook’s early days on Wednesday blasted CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act against incendiary posts by US President Donald Trump as “cowardly” and a “betrayal” of company

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Source: TechCentral

Snapchat removes Trump account from curated section

Snap said it would no longer promote US President Donald Trump’s account in Snapchat’s Discover section, saying his incendiary comments last week made the account ineligible for the curated section where users explore new

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Source: TechCentral

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Demanding Better Conditions in Broward County Jail

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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

Lowenfield report says it cannot be ascertained that recount results meet criteria of fair, credible elections

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Starbucks Reverses Black Lives Matter Stance, Reveals New ‘BLM' Shirts

[UPDATE] Friday June 12, 11:22

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

New PBS NewsHour Weekend Special | Dallas Weekly

America in Black and Blue 2020, a new PBS NewsHour Weekend special, offers context for and insight into the widespread protests currently engulfing the nation after the latest display of police brutality against Black

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Source: Dallas Weekly

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That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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

Nike joins the companies making Juneteenth an annual paid holiday | The Atlanta Voice

Nike is adding June 19, a holiday called Juneteenth, to its list of official, paid company

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

MultiChoice shrugs off Netflix threat, delivers strong full-year results

MultiChoice Group CEO Calvo Mawela

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Source: TechCentral

VettX Partners with Recall Masters to Identify Vehicles with Dangerous Recalls on its Platform

, the nation’s leading provider of automotive recall solutions, today announced a partnership with VettX , an automotive industry software provider that enables auto dealerships to easily access and acquire vehicles for sale by private

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Pro-Trump Republican Candidate Kimberly Klacik Wins Primary, Will Run Against Democratic Rep. Kweisi Mfume

Congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik, who describes herself as pro-Trump, has won the Republican primary in a bid to represent the Maryland district that was once held by the late Elijah Cummings according to The Washington

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Black America speaks. America should listen.

30th March 1965: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in

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Source: theGrio

Burundi's Nkurunziza leaves a mixed legacy

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died of a heart attack aged 55 according to an official statement released on Tuesday, has left behind a mixed

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Source: The East African

How businesses can adapt and prosper in a post-pandemic economy

“Many businesses won’t be able to return to their old way of doing things, but in some cases that might be just as well,” says Bill Higgs, an authority on corporate culture and the ForbesBooks author of the Culture Code Champions: 7 Steps to Scale & Succeed in Your

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The Walt Disney Co. Pledges $5 Million To Support Nonprofit Organizations That Advance Social Justice

The Walt Disney Co. has announced that it has pledged $5 million to support nonprofit organizations that advance social

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Juneteenth Now Permanent Company Holiday For Twitter

Twitter is now positioning itself at the forefront and announced it’ll be honoring Juneteenth by making it a company wide

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

Brands Must Speak Out Against Racial Intolerance or Risk Losing Customers: Report

Following the police shootings of multiple African Americans, people across the country are fed up with brands and organizations that don’t fight such issues as racism and

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

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