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VITAS offers grief support to all Americans specialty support to health care workers

The VITAS Grief Helpline also is available to members of the health care community who need emotional support related to grief, death and loss as a result of their experiences on the COVID-19 front

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Protests continue over the murder of George Floyd and others

While Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on a city street during the arrest, Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, kept his knee on the right side of Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, this according to the criminal complaint against

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Five things to do for Memorial Day

Memorial Day is the perfect opportunity to get out and celebrate as

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

First Black Judge

George L. Ruffin of Boston became the first African-American judge in Massachusetts with his appointment in 1883 to the District Court of Charlestown. He served in this position until his death in 1886. In 1869 he was the first African-American to earn a law degree from Harvard University. In 1984

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Legendary TSU debate coach Dr. Thomas Freeman dies at 100

HOUSTON – Texas Southern University’s legendary debate coach Dr. Thomas Franklin Freeman died

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

Bronze McGhee Lougheed: Dance Teacher Extraordinaire

“I don’t know what spring is without dance, without my students, and without our recital,” said Bronze McGhee Lougheed, partner and studio

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Friends and Former Media Colleagues React to Death of Beloved Sports Journalist Roger B. Brown

As news hit on May 18th that legendary DFW sports journalist Roger B. Brown passed away days after his 61st birthday, many of his friends and former media colleagues took to social media to express their feelings about the beloved “Roger

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Retreat or deploy? Police try to balance protest response

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On two straight nights of unruly protests against police brutality, officers retreated from their posts in some American cities, while in others, they deployed batons, flash-bang grenades and tear gas to quell the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Rockets, Toyota and Pizza Hut Offer Surprises at Kids’ Meals Distribution

The Houston Rockets and the Fertitta Family teamed up with Toyota and Pizza Hut to offer up surprises to families stopping by Kids’ Meals food distribution site in

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

Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings | Dallas Weekly

From the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to the Streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Louisville, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York City, and the bright lights of the Big Apple, African Americans are expressing outrage over the police killing of George Floyd, the

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Source: Dallas Weekly

The Commitment of Eight Minutes and Forty-Six Seconds; Honoring George Floyd at His Home Coming.

Political leaders and spiritual guidance affirmed Big Floyd’s homecoming; close friends and families gathered to find comfort in one another as George Floyd lay to

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

From Marva With Love: Wesley Catholic from Royal’s Fried Chicken and Seafood

On “From Marva with Love,” we heard from Wesley Catholic, the owner of Royal’s Fried Chicken and Seafood in Cedar

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Manson B. Johnson II, Holman Street Baptist Church pastor, dies of COVID-19

Pastor Manson B. Johnson II, the shepherd of Holman Street Baptist Church for 43 years and a force in the Third Ward community, died May 31 from complications of

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

Prairie View A&M president named to Dallas Fed’s Houston board

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., has appointed Ruth J. Simmons to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Houston Branch board of directors to serve the remaining portion of an unexpired term ending

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

Texan Greenard in pursuit of greatness on and off the field

That drive should ultimately push Greenard to be his best for the team that drafted him in third round (90th overall) in last month’s NFL

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

FAMU proposal to leave MEAC and join the SWAC

In a decision heard throughout the historically black college community, Florida A&M University has decided to leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and join the Southwestern Athletic

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden's new senior advisor, is ready for November

I’m the worst at that,” says Karine Jean-Pierre, the newly hired senior advisor to Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign, when I ask her to describe

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Source: theGrio

Africa Rises in Rage Over George Floyd Death in US

Johanneburg — Officials in Africa have expressed concern over developments in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd, the black American man killed in police custody in the city of Minneapolis last

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Source: allAfrica.com

Houston Health Department, agency partners to provide free COVID-19 tests

The Houston Health Department and its agency partners will set up new sites offering free COVID-19 tests for the week of May

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

WHOAZONE WATER-BASED FAMILY RECREATION CENTER IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND IN ROSHARON TEXAS

Empire Recreation Management (ERM), the managing partner responsible for the WhoaZone brand, is pleased to announce that Rosharon & Grapevine, Texas WhoaZone locations are scheduled to open this weekend and

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

D.A. Lacey says video of Floyd’s death made her angry

LOS ANGELES — District Attorney Jackie Lacey said was “angry” and “pissed off” when she saw the video capturing the death of a black man in Minneapolis at the hands of a white police officer, while emphasizing her support for peaceful protests and belief that looters are hurting the wrong

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Source: Homepage -

FBI says Texas naval base shooting is 'terrorism-related'

A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

University of Houston debuts contact tracing course amid COVID-19 crisis

To help reduce community spread of COVID-19, the University of Houston College of Medicine has launched an online contact tracing certificate program for anyone around the world interested in becoming a “disease

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

‘We Can’t Breathe’ | Afro

The murder of George Floyd by a White Minneapolis police officer has sparked uprisings in all 50 states and even around the

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

NFL Stars Demand The League ‘Admit Wrong’ To Silencing Players Amid Bogus Statement

They all spoke the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Garner, Laquan McDonald, and more by proclaiming they are representations of them because of their

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Source: NewsOne

Tina Knowles Lawson, Beyoncé launch Houston campaign to fight COVID-19

– Philanthropist, entrepreneur and fashion designer, Tina Knowles Lawson, has created the #IDIDMYPART campaign to encourage residents in her beloved home city of Houston to get tested in wake of the COVID-19

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

Texans Bill O’Brien stands with Floyd family, understands why players kneel

Houston Texans coach and general manager Bill O’Brien spoke Wednesday morning with passion and great empathy about the George Floyd tragedy that has gripped our

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

Researchers find TEG test can identify undetected blood clots in COVID-19 ICU patients

HOUSTON – (June 5, 2020) – Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recommending that all COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU undergo a thromboelastography (TEG) to test for the risk of forming blood

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

First Court Child Care Center

The Roxbury District Court Child Care Center was the first court-affiliated drop-in care center in New England for families who must bring their children with them when they have court business. Roxbury District Court Judge Julian T. Houston, now a Superior Court judge, worked for four years to

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

George Floyd Protests: Resources To Help Protesters

Given the current nature of the country following the death of George Floyd, many Americans across the country took the streets in protest, to demand justice for Floyd as well as many other lives who have been victimized by police

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Source: Black America Web

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