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Robert Johnson Argues Black Americans Should Be Paid $14 Trillion In Reparations: ‘Wealth Transfer Is Exactly What’s Needed’

Robert Johnson said this week the United States owes the Black community trillions of dollars in

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

Floyd Murder Unleashes Black Parents’ Worst Fears

Her tears, she said, are for the senseless, callous murder of another innocent unarmed Black person, for the constant terror that African-Americans live under because of police brutality and extra-judicial murders; and a deep and persistent anxiety about her

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Happy Birthday, Nat Love!

Nat Love, also known as Deadwood Dick, was an African-American cowboy after the American Civil

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Source: Black Then

#MalcolmXDay: 20 Quotes Relevant To The Movement Today

UPDATED: 7:46 a.m. ET, May 19, 2020

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Black Democrats: ‘Choose a sister’

“Joe Biden owes black people, and black women in particular, a debt of gratitude for reviving a campaign that was dead,” said Colette Phillips, founder of the Get Konnected social network and a supporter of the former vice president in the

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Noose Found in Black Race Car Driver Bubba Wallace Garage

As the U.S. is now grappling with rectifying its racist past federal authorities recently confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver who successfully pushed the stock car series

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

Death of Prince Hall

Death of Prince Hall, activist and Masonic leader, in

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A Black Running Mate for Biden? More Democrats Are Making the Case – Free Press of Jacksonville

“Just like in ’08 — when President Obama selected someone that would help him govern, someone that could hit the ground running on recovery efforts in ’09 — when Joe Biden is elected in November, his running mate, the next vice president, would hit the ground running to address the crisis we have

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

California’s Black Lawmakers Call for Converting Protest Momentum into Change

As mass protests continued across the state Tuesday, the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) called for lasting change in race relations — as well as reform in social justice policy — in California and around the

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

Mayor Johnson calls a special meeting in response to excessive force claims during peaceful protests

Mayor Eric Johnson called a Dallas City Council special meeting June 5 in response to reports of police

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

'Just Stop It': Cynthia Bailey Blows Fans Out of the Water with Her Breathtaking Selfie

Bailey’s fans went wild over her photo and remarked about how gorgeous she

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

I CAN’T BREATHE: George Floyd Murdered by Minneapolis Police Officers Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J. Alexander Kueng

Pastor Seth Martin, a resident of Minneapolis spoke to the AFRO about the May 25 death of George Floyd, the calls for the prosecution of the officers and the tension mounting in the Black

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

‘Fix That Mask’: Lil Scrappy’s Inspirational Post Derails When Fans Notice His Mask

“Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” cast member and rapper Lil Scrappy is one of many celebrities participating in the peaceful protests following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of

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

Mayor Eric Garcetti Looks to Find 250-Million Dollars of Cuts in the City Budget, for Police Reform and New Opportunities in Underserved Communities.

Mayor Eric Garcetti Looks to Find 250-Million Dollars of Cuts in the City Budget, for Police Reform and New Opportunities in Underserved

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

A former felon has turned his life around after studying the stock market

While incarcerated, Leon Howard spent his time in prison learning the stock market and now he is using his knowledge to teach others financial

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Another Black private equity banker pays off HBCU student's tuition at graduation

Frank Baker and his wife Laura Day Baker, gifted Spelman College $1 million to offset the tuition for 50 high-achieving graduates that had tuition balances and needed

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

Supreme Court Hears Offender’s Court Costs Issue

A Montgomery County man was sentenced to prison until at least his mid-80s is challenging a trial judge’s decision not to waive his mandatory court costs, after concluding the man has to “take responsibility for his

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Sick and tired of being sick and tired: Time to fight RIGHT!

Now “Big Floyd,” as he was affectionately called by family and friends, is dead, Chauvin is facing charges and the American “justice” system is under attack by angry protesters who are all “sick and tired of being sick and tired,” as Fannie Lou Hamer famously

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD UNCOVERS “THE MYTH OF AMERICAN JUSTICE” – Voice and Viewpoint

The 1965 Watts Riots were a reaction to police mistreatment of Marquette Frye, a young African-American motorist who was stopped and detained by an officer of the California Highway

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Gambia postpones protest against police violence in the US

Gambian police “temporarily” banned a demonstration planned on Monday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Banjul to protest police violence in the United States, after the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and a Gambian national near Atlanta, the organizer of the rally said

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Frank Robinson

Born: 8/31/1935 Beaumont, TexasFrank Robinson is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played for five teams from 1956 to 1976, and became the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American LeaguesBusiness / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:

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In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief | Afro

Black-Owned Businesses Got Little Relief Under PPP

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

TGR COMMENTARY: Every Department is a Police Department

Almost every day you turn on your radio or television set, local broadcast stations and national news will gather their hand-picked colored commentators to explain to angry protestors why a few bad apple officers are making other law enforcers look really

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Eric Trump: Democrats designed lockdown orders to beat Trump in 2020

Eric Trump (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty

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Financial Expert, Shawn Rochester, Releases New Book to Help Change How You Think About Your Personal Finances

Southbury, CT — Shawn Rochester is an author, entrepreneur, investor and sought-after speaker who has spoken on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, the United Nations and lectured at leading universities about the staggering financial cost of discrimination against Black people in America and advocates

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HBO’s Human By Orientation Launches Digital “Pride” Site With Daily LGBTQIA+ Programming And Events Through The Month Of June

HBO’s Pride 2020 festivities kick off this Thursday night with Por Detroit x Ostbahnhof, two of LA’s most notorious warehouse parties coming together to show off the city’s diverse and colorful

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Coronavirus takes deadly toll on African American communities

Black residents like Burke in Prince George’s County have been contracting and dying from coronavirus at alarming

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Source: KWQC | Davenport | KWQC - Home

Spike Lee says he feels ‘good’ about current protests

Director Spike Lee did what he does best and created a short film right after the killing of George

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Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington was an eminent twentieth century African American composer and pianist. He was also a bandleader of jazz orchestras which he led from 1932 till his demise. He served the American music industry for over 50

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