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Atlanta City Council approves $88.4 million in Federal Coronavirus Relief Funding

• An ordinance to amend the levy provisions of the Code of Ordinances for the purpose of changing the ad valorem tax rates for personal property, bond indebtedness, parks, school operations/debt and special tax districts, and provide that those rates remain fixed for one year in compliance with the

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Netflix Launches ‘More Than A Moment’ Collection To Highlight The Black American Experience [Details]

As the Black community fights for change, Netflix has launched its very own Black Lives Matter

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Trans model Munroe Bergdorf re-hired after being fired 3 yrs ago for speaking against racism

Bergdorf, a black British model who got fired three years ago from L’Oreal after she spoke out on racism, has been re-hired by the international cosmetics company and will be joining the company’s U.K. diversity and inclusion

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Privileged White Moms Are Exposed In Facebook Group After ‘Racist’ George Floyd Comments

On May 30, after the repeated backlash against UES Mommas, Addy Spriggle, a 38-year-old resident on the Upper East Side, asked the group’s administrator Lindsey Plotnick Berger to consider adding a Black

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Source: NewsOne

Samira Nasr is Appointed Harper's Bazaar's First-Ever Black Editor-in-Chief

Hearst Magazines has officially named Harper’s BAZAAR‘s first Black editor in chief in the publication’s 153-year-old

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Source: Chicago Defender

BET Launches Content for Change Initiative

TO SUPPORT THIS UNPRECEDENTED UNDERTAKING, BET AND ITS CORPORATE PARTNERS WILL DEDICATE $25 MILLION TO THE “CONTENT FOR CHANGE” CAMPAIGN THAT WILL FOCUS ON RACIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND

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

Romney’s racial justice march spotlights faith groups’ role

Mitt Romney’s participation in a racial justice march Sunday brought the startling sight of Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee avowing that “black lives matter” – a rare statement for a federal lawmaker in his

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Source: South Florida Times

ANALYSIS: The need for a new model to advance Memphis

Communities, activists, city leaders, social justice organizations and police departments represent groups that are making their stance heard on how systemic and structural racism perpetuates recurring police violence against African

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

Mother Sues MPD for $100M Over Son’s Death

In observing the two-year anniversary of Marqueese Alston's police-related death, his mother has taken her crusade against the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to another level with a $100 million wrongful-death

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Source: The Washington Informer

BET To Air Special Coverage Of George Floyd’s Houston Funeral Today

Floyd family lawyer asked on social media that people join him in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck until he lost consciousness, causing his

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

The signs say Black Lives Matter. Yet the very people who are supposed to protect us too often, in too many places, don't seem to agree

Three police officers stood and watched as a fourth, Derek Chauvin, knelt on

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Nike To Recognize Juneteenth As An Official Paid Holiday

Nike CEO John Donahue sent an internal memo to his staff announcing that the company would recognize Juneteenth as a holiday for U.S. employees, according to Yahoo

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Source: MadameNoire

Donald Trump’s Snatch of Richard Nixon’s Law and Order Pitch Worked Once, Why Not Again.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump didn’t puff his chest out and brag that he’s the law and order president in response to the looting and burning that accompanied some of the massive anti-police violence

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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

Chicago Children’s Choir honors Juneteenth with virtual concert | The Crusader Newspaper Group

A New Freedom: Black Voices Honoring Juneteenth in a Time of Struggle

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

For a Day, Scientists Pause Science to Confront Racism

The petition reads, in part: “We recognize that our academic institutions and research collaborations — despite big talk about diversity, equity and inclusion — have ultimately failed black

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

Georgia Police Chief Pushed To Resign Over Black Lives Matter Post

A new Georgia police chief in Johns Creek is now being called on to resign after he posted a controversial statement on his social media page regarding the Black Lives Matter

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

We are all horrified, but only White people have luxury of being shocked –

Last night while my city burned and curfew fell, I sat and watched “Black Panther” and thought about what smug hypocrites White people can

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Source: Florida Courier

Black Lives Matter founder finds hope in global protests for...

For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Africa: Netflix Adds Black Lives Matter Collection

Netflix has added a new Black Lives Matter collection to its streaming service, which features movies, TV shows and documentaries about racial injustice and the experiences of Black people in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Twitter Slams Terry Crews For Worrying About ‘Black Supremacy’ When White Supremacy Is Still The Norm

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15,000 People Gather For ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ Rally In Brooklyn [Photos]

Source: Michael Noble Jr. / Getty

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About Mad Men: The advertising industry's systemically racist ways

When it came to watching “Mad Men,” the TV drama about the ruthless, win-at-any-cost ad agency world in the 60’s, I was one and

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

COMMENTARY: When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home?

There is a ground swell in America, and for 13 days there has been multiracial protests and demonstrations based on the killing of George Floyd by four Minnesota

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

Filmmaker Nnegest Likké Writes Open Letter to Fellow Black Artists

To Dr. King’s statement that he had “integrated black people into a burning house,” Mr. Belafonte asked what should we

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

After Backlash and Calls to Boycott, Starbucks Will Now Allow Employees to Wear “Black Lives Matter” Apparel

Earlier this week, and first reported by BuzzFeed, the company turned down a request from baristas and other employees who wanted to show their support for the BLM

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

NASCAR Driver Who’s Won Zero Races Quits Over Confederate Flag

Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty

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The Dilemma for the Black Pastor and Racial Reconciliation In The Future.

In these cases of deserved pain caused by racism, before demanding that whites meet us at the table of reconciliation, I believe that healing starts within the

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Source: ThyBlackMan

T.I. Says Terry Crews and Candace Owens Should be Canceled Forever Because of Their Views on Black People

T.I. believes there are some in the Black community who’ve spoken out against racial justice so many times that Black folks shouldn’t deal with them

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