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Mayor Eric Johnson, Borden Dairy, Dallas ISD team up | Dallas Weekly

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Tuesday announced the launch of the Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy to distribute thousands of gallons of milk to Dallas residents in need during the COVID-19

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Source: Dallas Weekly

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Minneapolis Burning As Race Relations Flare | Afro

His life mattered, they say, until a police officer decided it

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0

Ferguson elects first black mayor as new protests roil US

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson voters have elected Ella Jones as the city’s first black mayor as protests over the death of George Floyd and police treatment of black communities roil the

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

SOS Caravan calls for Federal and state action at Montgomery Federal Courthouse

Leaders called on federal and state officials to take action now to save lives in the coronavirus pandemic overwhelming Alabama and killing Blacks at least three times the rate of

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

Jewish School In Brooklyn Conducts Classes Despite Lock-down Orders

A Brooklyn Yeshiva defied the state’s lockdown orders by opening classes and having more than 60 children continue with

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Source: Your Black World

RESTART MKE!

WITH STATE STAY AT HOME ORDER STRUCK DOWN, MAYOR BARRETT ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO RESTART LOCAL BUSINESSES AND GET THEM UP AND RUNNING

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

***EVENT CANCELED*** Rev. Jackson, son, Yusef, to take COVID-19 test today at Kennedy King College | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Leading by example, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. and his son, Attorney Yusef Jackson, who is Secretary of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Board, will lead by example 12 noon, Tuesday, May 26th, by taking a COVID-19 test at Kennedy King College, 6301 S. Halsted

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Swift firings for Minneapolis officers in death of African-American man

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was

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

Rwanda: How Two Sectors in Rwamagana Are Becoming Key Suppliers of Fresh Foodstuff

Speraton Ntawumenyumunsi, a farmer in the area has more than 10 hectares of coffee, banana, macadamia, passion fruits, tamarillos and pineapples among

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Source: allAfrica.com

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says 'F U' To Trump For 'Looting' Tweet

When Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot was asked if there was anything she’d like to say to Donald Trump, she was ready with an

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

TSD Flash!: Local protestors, supporters push forward for 'justice'

Memphis Police Department officers made moves to keep the groups apart, subsequently issuing dispersal orders in response to streets being blocked illegally, according to a police

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

Thomas Atkins

In 1967 Thomas Atkins became the first Black Bostonian to win a city-wide election to the Boston City Council. He served two two-year terms before losing a campaign for mayor in 1971.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Exclusive: Cash Money Co-Founder Slim and Business Manager Vernon Brown on Partnering with New Orleans Mayor to Pay Rents Amid COVID-19

Co-founders and brothers Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams of Cash Money Records partnered with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to cover the cost of rent for the month of June for residents living in low-income

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

THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD UNCOVERS “THE MYTH OF AMERICAN JUSTICE”

In response to the murder of George Floyd, the current mayor of Minneapolis stated that “being born Black should not be a death

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

The Latest: Thousands join London protest over Floyd's death

Atlanta police said in a statement late Saturday they had made more than 50 arrests as protesters threw rocks at officers and broke windows in the downtown

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Trump's National Security Adviser Denies 'Systemic Racism' Across U.S. Police Forces

White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien on Sunday denied that there’s “systemic racism” across police agencies in the U.S., despite numerous incidents in which officers have harassed or killed unarmed Black men, including George Floyd in Minneapolis earlier this

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Atlanta City Council member Michael Julian Bond hosts drive-thru food event

Post 1 At-Large Council member Michael Julian Bond is hosting a drive-thru food distribution event Friday, May 15 at 1 p.m. at Rosel Fann Recreation Center, 365 Cleveland Avenue

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Manuel Ellis: Tacoma Man Died In Police Custody, Saying He 'Can't Breathe'

Matthew Ellis speaks at a vigil at the intersection where his brother, Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in

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Source: Stories About Black History

Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

MDC Alliance councillors in stands scam

MDC Alliance councillors at Mutare City Council have been implicated in a scam involving residential stands after they allocated themselves land that only new councillors were supposed to benefit

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Gov. Wolf, Mayor Peduto call for police reform

On the sixth day of Black Lives Matter protests in Pittsburgh, Mayor Bill Peduto outlined an agenda and series of specific actions for police reform, some of which, he said, he expects to be enacted in the coming

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Curfew Lifted in Atlanta as Thousands Protest Across Georgia | Afro

ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of people across Georgia joined in dozens of protests for racial justice Saturday, from sometimes-festive events in downtown Atlanta, to a protest that drew hundreds in a once all-White north Georgia

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Three weeks after opening, Georgia business owners chart their own course forward | The Atlanta Voice

All eyes were on Georgia three weeks ago as the state became one of the first to allow some businesses to open their doors, welcoming customers back after weeks under a coronavirus

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Shirley C. Franklin

Shirley C. Franklin is Executive Chair of the Board for Purpose Built Communities, Inc., an organization established to transform struggling neighborhoods into sustainable communities since 2011. Also, Franklin has served as the Barbara Jordan Visiting Professor at the University of

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Source: Savoy Network

The conspiracy to defraud brought to light

The $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial ended on Friday, May 15, 2020 with the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tashagaye Elliott Goulbourne; two former employees of the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Minneapolis Protests Spread to Other Cities Across The US

Developments across the United States in connection with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police

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Source: Black America Web

Tucker, Walter R., III (1957- ) - Death

When Walter Tucker II died of cancer during his third termas Compton'smayor, younger Tucker ran for the mayor's post and won the special election onApril 16, 1991.

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Source: Black Past

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Atlanta City Council approves legislation for healthy food options

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council approved legislation on Monday introduced by District 10 Council member Andrea Boone to develop a healthy food procurement policy for City-owned locations (Legislative Reference

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

500 National Guard Personnel will Join the LAPD to Protect the Community from Violence and Looting

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Los Angeles City Mayor Announces Largest COVID-19 Testing Site at the Dodger Stadium

Friday, May 22, Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti delivered news surrounding the COVID-19

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