NBC's Welker sharp in first turn as debate moderator

California After COVID – Recovery is Not Good Enough – Voice and Viewpoint

The coronavirus crisis is testing most households and businesses in California, pushing some to the very brink of what they can bear before falling off

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

California and Wisconsin Special Elections: What to Watch For

LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, voters in California’s 25th Congressional District will choose the successor to former Representative Katie Hill, and Wisconsin voters in the state’s Seventh District will look to fill the seat left by former Representative Sean

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Source: Unpublished Black History

9 States, DC Vote Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Social Unrest

Voters are being asked to navigate curfews, health concerns and a sharp increase in mail balloting on Tuesday as elections take place from Maryland to

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Source: Black America Web

McMillian, Marco (1979-2013)

Marco McMillian was known primarily as the first openly-gay African American male to seek mayoral office as a Democrat in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. On February 26, 2013, McMillian was found dead the age of 34, having been beaten, dragged, and

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Source: Black Past

Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill

Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor

President Trump (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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Leland, Mickey (1944-1989)

George Thomas Mickey Leland, III was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 27, 1944, to Alice and George Thomas Leland, Jr. Mickey Leland and his family soon moved to Houston’s Fifth Ward where he attended Phillis Wheatley High School and later Texas Southern University where he earned a Bachelors

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Source: Black Past

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30

1989

Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States [5] that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.[6] It prohibited unequal application of voter registration

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(1898) Rev. Charles S. Morris Describes The Wilmington Massacre of 1898

Long termed a “race riot,” the turmoil that enveloped Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898 is now called an armed insurrection. White supremacists drove from power all of the black and white elected officials of this predominately African American city in what was believed to

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10

1898

US Legislatures Slow To Pass Laws Limiting Use Of Force

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of

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Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Clarifies Message to Black America | Afro

Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden clarified his message to Black America after the GOP, and others, seized on a remark he made in jest while wrapping up an interview with the famous Breakfast

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Meet the Black Republican Woman Trying to Unseat Civil Rights Icon John Lewis – Free Press of Jacksonville

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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

Elders, Joycelyn Minnie (1933- )

Joycelyn Elders, the former U.S. Surgeon General, was born Minnie Lee Jones in Schaal, Arkansas on August 13, 1933 to Curtis and Hailer Jones; she added the name Joycelyn when she was in college. As the eldest of eight children of sharecroppers, Joycelyn Elders experienced extreme poverty in

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Source: Black Past

Sep

8

1993

Stokes, Charles Moorehead (1903-1996)

Charles Moorehead Stokes, one of three sons of Rev. Norris Jefferson Stokes and Myrtle Garner Stokes, was born on February 1, 1903 in Pratt, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas Law School in 1931 and soon after opened his law practice in Pratt but later moved to Topeka to serve as an

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Source: Black Past

Nov

25

1996

Washington, Maurice E. (1956- )

Maurice E. Washington is a Reno, Nevada businessman and pastor who is best known as a former Republican member of the Nevada State

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Source: Black Past

Jul

25

1956

Fudge, Marcia (1952 - )

Democrat Marcia Fudge is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 11th Congressional District of Ohio since November 2008. She was the first female African American mayor of Warrensville Heights, a predominantly middle-class black suburban city outside of Cleveland. She

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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America

In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based

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Lawmakers propose sweeping relief to homeowners, renters | Black Voice News

As missed rent payments and delinquent mortgages pile up across the state, California Democratic lawmakers Tuesday introduced a series of sweeping proposals aimed at shielding homeowners, renters and landlords from the economic fallout of the COVID-19

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

(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”

By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement. Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James

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Source: Black Past

Jan

14

1963

COVID-19 data sharing with law enforcement sparks concern

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Public health officials in at least two-thirds of U.S. states are sharing the addresses of people who have the coronavirus with first

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

US legislatures slow to pass laws limiting use of force

A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Enough is Enough!

When the Black Lives Matter movement grew in strength, voice and prominence several years ago, I remember seeing signs posted in yards that said, “blue lives matter” (meaning police officers) and I thought: “you totally do not get

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

Savage, Augustus Alexander, “Gus” (1925 - )

Augustus Alexander Savage, later better known as “Gus”, was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 30 1925. Savage attended public schools in Chicago and graduated from Wendell Phillips High School in 1943 before joining the United States Army. He served until 1946 before earning

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Source: Black Past

Jan

3

1981

Hugo Black

Hugo Black , in full Hugo La Fayette Black (born February 27, 1886, Harlan, Clay county, Alabama, U.S.—died September 25, 1971, Bethesda, Maryland), lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937–71). Black’s legacy as a Supreme Court justice derives from

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Sen. Blackburn: Biden comment 'shows what the Democrats think of African-American voters'

Former Vice President Joe Biden may have walked back his controversial comment about black voters made during a Friday radio interview, but Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., insists it reveals a truth about not just the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, but his party as

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Marion Barry

Marion Shepilov Barry (born Marion Barry Jr.; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014)[1] was an American politician who served as the second Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of

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Source: ThoughtCo

Fulton County Library System welcomes guest reader Stacey Abrams

The Fulton County Library System’s Summer Reading Program kicked off Monday, June 1 with a full week of exciting guest speakers, including best-selling author Nic Stone, local politicians, Lucy McBath and Park Cannon and local artists from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Dad’s Garage Theatre

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(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”

Los Angeles newspaper owner and political activist Charlotta Bass began her career as a conservative Republican. By the 1940s, however, she moved to the political left. In 1948 she supported Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace in his failed bid for the Presidency. Four years later she was

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Source: Black Past

Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump began a solemn Memorial Day railing against North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, ahead of the 2020 Republican National Convention, threatening to pull it out of Charlotte, where the convention is expected to be held August 24 to

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Commentary: Bill would close an intolerable loophole for schools | Black Voice News

Restrictions were lifted on some forms of state school aid, dubbed “categoricals,” thus giving local school districts more flexibility in spending, and they also were given extra money specifically to help underachieving children catch

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