NBA's Marvin Williams to retire after 15 seasons

Keep Your Statues And Movies- Give Us Our Reparations Now – Your Black World

The paper says, “HBO Max temporarily removed the epic from its service after the surge of Black Lives Matter protests across the country and a re-energized discussion about racial inequality” ) But While Hollywood copes with their conflicts and contradictions for promoting White supremacy in their

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Source: Your Black World

Violence, morality, and the destruction of property

One brief Twitter exchange between a New York Times contributor and a pro-life radio host became a story of its

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Africa: Over 3.4 Million COVID-19 Tests Performed, 133,344 Active Cases Across Continent

South Africa has the most reported cases – 76,334, with deaths numbering

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Source: allAfrica.com

Try Again: Eliza Reign Rejects Futures 1K Monthly Child Support Offer

Last week his legal team submitted a plan that would find the Atlanta native paying $1,000 dollars a month to her for child

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Source: The Urban Daily

TSD Flash! - COVID-19 forces The Classic's cancellation

The 31st Southern Heritage Classic (SHC) has been canceled — a casualty of

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

Illegal cigarette sales booming in South Africa

A ban on the sale of cigarettes in South Africa since the country’s COVID-19-induced lockdown began in March has cost the economy millions of rands daily in the form of tax revenue lost to illicit sales of smokes, a variety of industry officials

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

MDC ‘abductees’ denied bail

THREE MDC activists accused of publishing falsehoods prejudicial to the State and defeating the course of justice have been denied bail and remanded in custody to June

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Africa Development Bank Blacklists Chinese Company Building Kenyan Power Project – Voice and Viewpoint

“An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Sinotec Company Limited misrepresented its experience, the value and dates of its reference contracts and its relationship with other bidders while participating in three Bank-financed tenders under

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

John Legend says Koffee's contribution to his upcoming album is 'Incredible' | New York Carib News

John Legend says Koffee’s contribution to his upcoming album is

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Source: The New York Carib News

Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz says Donald Trump's reaction to BLM protests | New York Carib News

Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of civil rights activist, Malcolm X has said she believes President Donald Trump’s reaction to the Black Lives Matter protests has helped to shine a light on the racism that black people have had to endure for

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Source: The New York Carib News

How to mourn your old normal and adapt to the new

In addition, we are also mourning lost habits and ways of life that are casualties of the coronavirus.Going out with friends, hugging a grandparent, even opening a door in a public place are on

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Plague Pestilence Fire & Ice.

Although the televised murder of George Floyd momentarily diverted media attention from COVID-19, the plague-like virus continues to

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Source: ThyBlackMan

‘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

Africa: SA Participates in China-Africa Solidarity Summit

FOCAC is an official forum that coordinates cooperation between the People's Republic of China and African

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa is Strong

A beautiful new short film, narrated by rugby superstar, Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira, is released as hardships continue across the continent in the face of COVID-19

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Black Business Group Takes AB 5 Independent Contractor Fight to Gov. Newsom – Voice and Viewpoint

In the wake of worldwide efforts to call out systemic racism, Black business organizations are speaking out against the restrictions that AB 5 has placed on African American entrepreneurs in including the bill’s author Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), say they are open to making

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Pelosi Orders Committee Chairs to Require Face Masks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered her committee chairs to see that members wear face coverings while participating in meetings and gave them the power to bar those who

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Source: The Washington Informer

Rayshard Brooks Was Fatally Shot By Atlanta Police Officers Last Friday

Two Atlanta police officers are being held accountable for the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks outside of a Wendy’s in Atlanta last

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Pharrell Teams Up With The Governor of Virginia To Announce Plan To Make Juneteenth a State Holiday

On Tuesday (Jun 16), Pharrell joined Gov. Northam for his press conference in Richmond where he unveiled plans that Virginia will recognize Juneteenth as a paid state

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Source: The Urban Daily

Zuma wades into race debate, attacks ‘blacks thinking like whites’

Former president Jacob Zuma, whose views on the country’s race question have become stronger in recent years, on Monday said he was pained to see educated blacks thinking like

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Source: https://www.news24.com

‘A school community that works’ nets $25,000 prize from Ellen DeGeneres

Days after an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that netted his school $25,000, Bruce Elementary School Principal Archie Moss Jr. said he still is “in shock about the

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

Three generations on what America needs to change

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VIDEO: Doctors grapple with tough conditions in Mumbai’s slums amid pandemic

It gets very hot in the sun,” said Dr. Palak Kaserwal, who leads a 10-member team of doctors and nurses screening COVID-19 patients in claustrophobic shanties in

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Why The World Is More Worried Than Ever About A 2nd Wave | The Oklahoma Eagle

A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China, new cases in New Zealand and record infections in parts of the United States show that the pandemic is far from

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Berkshire Bank’s Virtual Townhall Series “Reimagining America” Raises Critical Questions About the Economic Future of African American and Hispanic Communities

Last week’s two-part townhall series “Reimagining America,” hosted and livestreamed by Berkshire Bank and Reevx Labs, is now available for viewing online at “ The Future of the Black Economy ” and “ The Future of Latinx

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Source: Odessa American

Zimbabwean farmers get tech savvy to stay in business

HARARE, Zimbabwe—Quickfresh co-founder Rumbidzai Mbambo makes daily runs supplying fresh produce to her growing list of

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Source: South Florida Times

College Football Star Threatened Boycott Over Coach's Support For Far-Right Channel

Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET

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Source: Stories About Black History

Africa: COVID-19 Will Slow Hotel Development in Africa, Report Says

The new coronavirus pandemic will slow down the development of hotels in Africa in 2020 despite the sector returning growth at the start of the year, the latest survey by W Hospitality Group

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Source: allAfrica.com

Oldest African-American Owned and Operated Nursing Home in Maryland Reports Zero Covid-19 Deaths and Not a Single Case of the Virus | Afro

Oldest African-American Owned and Operated Nursing Home in Maryland Reports Zero Covid-19 Deaths and Not a Single Case of the Virus

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Exam-level students take COVID-19 precautions as classes resume

Exam-level students returned to schools across Guyana yesterday while observing safety protocols to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus disease

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

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