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Rayshard Brooks memorialized at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

Family, friends, dignitaries, elected officials and community leaders gathered yesterday to remember the life of Rayshard Brooks at Historic Ebenezer Baptist

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Tommie Lee Applies Pressure with Her 'Fine As Wine' Looks

Striking a pose for the camera, Lee accessorized the evening look with a white manicure, see-through vinyl pumps, a pink purse, auburn colored tresses, a nude lip, oversized shades, and a smoldering

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Deep Roots Across the Atlantic: Rice and Race in Africa and the Americas

Carnegie Mellon University historian Edda L. Fields Blacks 2008 book, Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora, opened a vast new area of diasporic study by linking the cultivation of rice in Africa to the rise of this crucially important food crop in Colonial South

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Source: Black Past

ELDON: Adaptive leadership is what we need right now

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Source: Business Daily

Our dad was shot right in front of us – family of Umlazi councillor speaks out

Ward 84 councillor Bhekithemba Phungula, who was also an ANC branch chairperson, died in a hail of bullets as unknown assailants opened fire on him at his home in eNgonyameni, south of Durban, on Tuesday

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Homegrown: Kam Franklin

I grew my voice in the church choir at Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Ethiopia

Ethiopia is in east-central Africa, bordered on the west by the Sudan, the east by Somalia and Djibouti, the south by Kenya, and the northeast by Eritrea. It has several high mountains, the highest of which is Ras Dashan at 15,158 ft (4,620 m). The Blue Nile, or Abbai, rises in the northwest and

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

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City of Riverside Embraces ‘Art and Innovation’ as a Path to Healing

Founder of Black Roses, a brand experience firm in Downtown Riverside, Dex Alexander began figuring out what to do with all of the art next, and is working with artists directly to see what they can

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

BlackPast.org

BlackPast.org is a web-based reference center that is dedicated primarily to the understanding of African-American history and the history of people of African ancestry. In 2011 the American Library Associations Reference and User Services Association included it in its list of the 25 Best Free

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Source: ThoughtCo

What The Revolution Has Taught Me About Being The ‘Token Black Girl’ - Blavity

Because how could I not see that being the only Black girl in the room is a form of

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Source: Blavity News

Why The Revolution Needs To Include The Black LGBTQ+ Community - Blavity

If Black people reconfigured their belief systems after centuries of brainwashing and manipulation, there’s no reason that our community can’t come together and see that Black trans communities are just as worthy and beautiful as the rest of the Black

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Source: Blavity News

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , (born September 15, 1977, Enugu, Nigeria), Nigerian author whose work drew extensively on the Biafran war in Nigeria during the late

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Source: Brittanica

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Make the most of virtual meetings

Almost every business professional has hosted and participated in multiple online meetings, but how many have taken the time to consider how they present themselves on camera and how to make the most of virtual interactions with colleagues, clients, or

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Powerful quake shakes Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — A powerful earthquake centred near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco killed at least four people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the

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She Does It Your Way | Dallas Weekly

They have married couples live on Good Morning Texas, at the State Fair of Texas, in a coffee shop, at Whataburger, and many other

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Man arrested because face recognition can’t tell Black people apart [VIDEO]

ACLU Calls on Lawmakers to Immediately Stop Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Technology

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

'Don’t Play with Me': Trina Braxton Seemingly Teases Fans About the Upcoming Season of 'Braxton Family Values'

Trina Braxton is apparently letting the cat out of the bag about the upcoming season of “Braxton Family

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

FBI shrugs at noose in Bubba Wallace's NASCAR garage, says it wasn't new

The FBI released preliminary findings from its investigation into a noose found in the garage of NASCAR‘s highest-ranked Black driver, and it came across as the equivalent of a shrug of

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

'There is an urgent need for justice' - Mali teen urges UN to protect children in war zones

United Nations, US – A 15-year-old Malian girl on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to protect children in war zones, lest they suffer

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Source: https://www.news24.com

'Why are you black?' - Eton headmaster apologizes to its first black student Onyeama for racism

The first ever black student at the prestigious Eton College, Dillibe Onyeama, has received an apology from the current headmaster of the college after 50 years of being banned from the school

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JSPCA overwhelmed by an uptick in sick animals

PAMELA LAWSON, managing director of the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), has said there has been a 30 to 40 per cent increase in the number of persons taking in sick animals to the veterinary clinic since the COVID-19

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns

A survey by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) about working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic confirms that corporate America has treated Black workers categorically worse than White workers during the

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

Black voters might hold Democrats accountable for police violence...

That issue was and is police

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Malawi calls for calm as it tallies presidential re-run votes

Malawi's electoral commission appealed for "peace and calm" on Wednesday as it tallied ballots following a historic poll to re-elect a president after Peter Mutharika's victory was

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Black Leaders Coalesce to Combat Structural Racism in Riverside County

As the call to action regarding police brutality against African Americans continues throughout the nation, Black elected officials in Riverside County are working to dismantle racial

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

Eastern Cape man jailed for life for raping estranged wife

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for raping and sodomising his estranged wife in Motherwell, Eastern Cape, the National Prosecuting Authority has

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Yambo Ouologuem

Yambo Ouologuem , pseudonym Utto Rodolph (born Aug. 22, 1940, Bandiagary, Mopti region, French Sudan [now Mali]), Malian writer who was highly acclaimed for his first novel, Le Devoir de violence (1968; Bound to Violence), which received the Prix Renaudot. With this work, Ouologuem became the

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Source: Brittanica

Inside Akodessewa, the world’s largest voodoo market in Togo people swear by

Whether you are looking for good luck, spiritual protection, or answers to your illness and relationship problems, voodoo practitioners say the best place to go is the fetish market of Akodessewa, located in Lome, the capital city of

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Meet the Founder of Ghana's Newest University For Leadership and Technology

Nationwide — Chief Nana Obokese Ampah, founder and CEO of a Year of Return Legacy Project and The Asebu Pan African Village Project, announces the launch of a new institution in Ghana called the Obokese University of

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

The Gambia denies plan to decriminalise homosexuality

The Gambia said on Tuesday that it would neither decriminalise homosexuality nor review its laws, following weeks of controversy over the issue in the tiny West African

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Source: https://www.news24.com

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