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Video Shows NYPD Cop Choking Black Man Weeks After Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act Is Passed

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Source: The Urban Daily

America’s ugly history

On May 31, 1921, whites in Tulsa, Oklahoma utterly destroyed the black section of the city that was known as

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Source: The Bay State Banner

The Hyped Up Jordan X Dior Apparel Collection Finally Has A Release Date

According to WWD, the much anticipated $2,000 Air Jordan 1 X Dior is expected to drop soon and will “take the form of an exclusive online

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

Schooled By Youtube: Fred Hampton….A True Revolutionary

Fred Hampton, a revolutionary on a mission fighting against a system of exploitation and

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Source: Black Then

Oklahoma cop faces backlash but won't apologize after saying African Americans 'probably ought to be' shot more by police

"Chief Wendell Franklin and the Tulsa Police Department want to make it very clear we do not endorse, condone or support Yates’ comments made on the show," the department said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, adding "This matter has been referred to our Internal Affairs

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Youth scream out, ‘We are not our ancestors!’

Did the little sister just accuse the ancestors of being cowards and wimps, fading and withering before

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

The reality and pitfalls of being Black in America –

My family and friends, we experience racial discrimination every day in all aspects of life, including education, employment, affordable housing, the criminal justice system, the banking system when it comes to getting grants and loans and affordable medical

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Source: Daytona Times

Remember that Black men vote too –

According to the 2019 the Center for American Progress States of Change report, 78 percent of Black men with a college degree voted for Clinton (16 percent voted for Trump) and 82 percent without a college degree voted Democrat (11 percent voted for

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Source: Florida Courier

‘More police officers are shot and killed by blacks than police officers kill African-Americans,’ claims former New York Mayor Giuliani

That’s former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani offering his perspective to Fox News on rising concerns that police disproportionately kill black

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

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

Lynchings

One hundred and eighteen Blacks were reported lynched in 1893.

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Why is it so hard for America to outlaw lynching? - The Bay State Banner

The cast of Democratic and Republican Presidents stretching back over more than half-a-century all at one point in their administration were asked to throw White House weight behind a federal anti-lynching bill in Congress. All either flatly refused or

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Schooled By Youtube: In Memory of Malcolm X….Unapologetic & Uncompromising

Schooled By Youtube: In Memory of Malcolm

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Source: Black Then

George Floyd’s Family Was Plagued With Racial Injustice For Decades – Your Black World

Angela Harrelson, George Floyd’s aunt, isn’t new

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Source: Your Black World

(1893) Frances E.W. Harper, "Woman's Political Future"

On May 20, 1893, women’s activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper gave this speech before the World’s Congress of Representative Women, meeting in their conference in

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Opinion | I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out.

The only colors that penetrate those dark memories are the blue and red lights of police vehicles parked on every other street corner, swirling all night

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Afro-American Council (1898-1907)

The Afro-American Council (AAC) was established in Rochester, New York, in September 1898 by newspaper editor T. Thomas Fortune and Bishop Alexander Walters of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. They envisioned the organization as a revival of the earlier National Afro-American League

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Source: Black Past

Black Churches’ Census Sunday

These crises will be forever linked in the annals of history not just because they collided in time but also just as the cruel murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police finally tore open the gapping cruelty of police in this nation toward its African-American citizens, COVID-19 laid

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

Lynchings

Thirty-six Blacks reporters lynched in 1917.

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1917

These famous black celebrities are carriers and advocates for Sickle Cell Disease

June 19 has been earmarked as World Sickle Cell Day to create awareness, generate public understanding, and inform the society about the

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Beyond health issues, justice is the most serious item on our national agenda | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Part of the frustration is knowing that it took 74 days for an arrest to be made, even though law enforcement had video evidence of precisely what was done and who did it; the quintessential justice delay is justice

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Why Black History Should be Taught Starting in Elementary School

With the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd maybe it’s time to look at how African American history is taught in our educational system to help some understand why blacks are feeling frustrated and

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Lynchings

Twenty-nine Blacks were reported lynched in 1923.

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1923

Lesotho: Lerotholi Student Raped, Murdered

While we condemn such barbaric deeds of rape and murder, we are also against mob justice and appeal to communities to report to the police instead of taking the law into their own

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Source: allAfrica.com

Landmark Police Reform Bill Addresses Funding, Chokeholds, Lynching And Accountability

Led by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 ambitiously aims to end police brutality, hold police accountable, improve transparency in policing and create meaningful, structural change when it comes to how law enforcement does their

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Source: NewsOne

“That Dog Don’t Hunt!”

Before Demoncratic Senators blocked the Republican supported Justice Act on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 California Senator Kamala Harris offered a scathing rebuke of the legislation on the Senate

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

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Pays Homage To Breonna Taylor On Her Birthday – Your Black World

On Friday, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunited to honor Breonna Taylor, one of the many blacks killed by police

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Source: Your Black World

George Floyd’s Brother Said His Conversation With Donald Trump ‘Was Hard’

George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd said he spoke with President Donald Trump and unfortunately the conversation didn’t leave him feeling

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Source: MadameNoire

Ghana's Minister of Tourism to Black Americans: 'come home to Africa'

Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Ghana memorial for George Floyd

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