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Democrats proposing new police procedures, accountability

With the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument in the distance, a man stands at the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool at sunrise, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Washington, the morning after massive protests over the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police

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Source: theGrio

Letter to the Community | The Crusader Newspaper Group

As a spiritual ambassador in this community, I seek to provide this community a message of inspiration, hope, and encouragement as we all collectively reshape our lives while advocating for social justice to all

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Homegoing Services For Ralph Sumers Smoote Wednesday First Baptist Church Tulsa At 12 Noon | The Oklahoma Eagle

Ralph Sumers Smoote was born to Lucille Riser Smoote and Artie Raymond Smoote, Sr. in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 15 November 1962

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Sudan suggests political solution to Nile dam squabble

Sudan on Wednesday proposed that the heads of state of the three countries involved in the spat over the use of the Nile waters directly handle the disagreement to provide a lasting political

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Source: The East African

Beyond symbolism: The Gospel of Christ

The Gospel of Jesus Christ, that is, the Grace of God announces to hearers and delivers to resultant believers and partakers the finished or accomplished work of Jesus

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

J. C. Lewis Healthcare Partners With Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church for COVID 19 Testing

Last Friday, Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church teamed up with J. C. Lewis Healthcare to provide COVID-19 testing to church members as well as neighborhood residents. Testing time was from 9am-noon in the church parking lot.

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Middle School Principal Jamaal Bowman Claims Victory Over 16-Term Democrat

Middle school principal Jamaal Bowman is declaring a win against New York’s longest-serving Congress member Rep. Eliot Engel in the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th Congressional

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

Should Statues Of Historic Figures With Complicated Pasts Be Taken Down?

David Greene talks to Manisha Sinha, professor of American history at the University of Connecticut, about the recent toppling of non-Confederate statues like those of George

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Source: Stories About Black History

Republican Senator Rand Paul (KY) Single-Handedly Stalls Anti-Lynching Legislation

“Senator Paul is now trying to weaken a bill that was already passed — there’s no reason for this, there’s no reason for this,” Harris

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Source: Chicago Defender

Ozie Jackson: Well-Known and Respected Businessman of South Carolina

Ozie Jackson was well known and respected throughout Columbia and the state of South

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Source: Black Then

Uzalo soapie teasers: What’s happening this July 2020?

Excited for Uzalo this month? You should be. See what is in store for July with Uzalo soapie teasers and everything the month has in store!

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s proposed rate reform for Freetown in troubled waters

Following her announcement last week of a new local council rating system for the capital Freetown, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has failed to win the political backing and support of the Bio-led

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Unemployment Is Falling Nationally, But Not Among African Americans

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

NYC Mayor To Have “Black Lives Matter” Painted In Front of Trump Tower, Racist-In-Chief Big Mad

According to the New York Daily News, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has greenlit the painting of “Black Lives Matter” in giant yellow letters in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Ave between 56th and 57th streets in Midtown Manhattan and Cheeto Jesus is cursing the heavens for the

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Source: The Urban Daily

Florida site of GOP convention orders wearing of masks

(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty

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Source: theGrio

US's surgical strike on HiSilicon threatens to cripple Huawei

While Huawei can buy off-the-shelf or commodity mobile chips from a third party like Samsung Electronics or MediaTek, it couldn’t possibly get enough and may have to make costly compromises on performance in basic products, they

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Source: TechCentral

US/Venezuela relations… The more things change...

The consequential meltdown in Venezuela has manifested itself in the fashion of a gradually unfolding theatrical production…first, brooding then street riots and official crackdowns, debilitating scarcities… and after all of these had changed nothing, a sustained outward procession by Venezuelans

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Following Protests, Democrats To Unveil Police Overhaul Measure

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California about legislation to install wide-ranging changes for the nation's police

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Source: Stories About Black History

Malawi: Grace Life Drops Ndaituluka Single

[Nyasa Times] Renowned music group Grace Life Clique has encouraged young people to believe in Jesus Christ for the salvation of their souls.

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Source: allAfrica.com

EDITORIAL: Involve public in free trade deal talks with US

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Source: Business Daily

Soul Vibrations Corner | New York Carib News

Lucky numbers: 36, 49, 29, 23, 46, 15,37

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Source: The New York Carib News

[Poem] An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penetential Cries by Jupiter Hammon

Jupiter Hammon was the first published African American poet in the country. His first published poem, An Evening Thought. Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries: Composed by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro belonging to Mr. Lloyd of Queens Village, on Long Island, the 25th of December, 1760, appeared

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Source: Black Then

Stewarts aren’t racists, says JHTA’s Robinson

Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association President Omar Robinson has lambasted critics who have launched a social-media campaign targeting Sandals hotel moguls Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart and his son

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Charles Booker Suddenly Has Progressives Excited About Kentucky

But in the last three weeks, progressive state Rep. Charles Booker, the youngest Black state lawmaker elected in Kentucky in nearly a century, has interrupted McGrath’s quiet stroll to the

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

Remembering Ron Brown; the first black person to head a major presidential cabinet position in U.S.

Brown attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where he became the first African American member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, collegiate fraternity and as result, the national charter of SPE at Middlebury was rescinded and the fraternity became known as Sigma Epsilon, the Harlemworldmagazine.com

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Dr. Ankrehah “Kre” Johnson: The Ministry of Medicine

As a doctor, Ankrehah “Kre” Trimble Johnson was particularly saddened when 17-year-old Courtlin Arrington, a student at Huffman High School, was killed in

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Racial reckoning turns to symbols

Protesters are taking ropes and sledgehammers to symbols of oppression, from equestrian statues of Robert E. Lee to Christopher Columbus monuments, but elected and appointed officials are also whisking them away by decree, including a Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Poor People’s Campaign to move forward virtually after 57 years

Labor unions, religious organizations, faith and civic rights leaders, The Women’s March and numerous celebrities will gather virtually Saturday (June 20) for “The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral

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

Outrage After Black Man Sentenced to 55-Years in Prison After Alabama Cop Killed His Friend

Millbrook, AL — Lakeith Smith, an African American man from Alabama, was just 15-years old when he was convicted of felony murder after a police officer shot and killed his friend in 2015 under the state’s accomplice liability

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

Venezuela calls US warship presence a 'provocation' | New York Carib News

Venezuela calls US warship presence

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Source: The New York Carib News

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