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U.S. Bank and the Vikings Kick Off $1 Million Effort to Enhance Minnesota's Places to Play

U.S. Bank and the Minnesota Vikings are teaming up to invest $1 million over the next three years with U.S. Bank Places to Play, an effort to make Minnesota an even greater place to live, raise a family and create lifelong

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More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina

When Aisha Cort walks into a convenience store with her rich brown skin and tiny dark locs, she knows she has the power to cause confusion by speaking

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'You and Your Man Look Sexy': Joseline Hernandez's Sultry Couple Pic with Her Fiancé Leaves Fans Fawning Over Their Love

Joseline Hernandez and DJ Balistic Beats fans are obsessed with their

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Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963 (Full Speech)

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Nigeria coronavirus: 4,641 cases, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar syrup

May 12: Cases hit 4641, Bauchi lockdown, Madagascar donation

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a history timeline when African Americans begin using the Internet

Arthur McGee’s Black Online Directory hotlinks and his energy in keeping them straight was THE FIRST open-source list of Black Online User Communities at the time and he knew every SYSOP

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Egypt

Unrest spread throughout the Middle East in January 2011. First, Tunisias president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali stepped down amid widespread protests against corruption, unemployment, and the repressive police state. Demonstrations followed in Yemen and Algeria. In Egypt, opposition groups and

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Nigeria's COVID-19 Cases Exceed 5,000

Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people exceeded

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Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader, says he was ‘stupid’ to defend slavery in 1998 CNN interview

(RNS) — In December of 2018, Albert Mohler, longtime president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, released a report detailing and denouncing the school’s legacy “in the horrifying realities of American slavery, Jim Crow segregation, racism, and even the avowal of white racial

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How to Achieve Cultural Diversity in the School System

Cultural diversity as an issue wasnt even on the radar of most private school communities until the 1990s. To be sure, there were exceptions, but for the most part, diversity was not at the top of the list of priorities back then. Now you can see genuine progress in this

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'This Gives Me Chills': Toya Johnson and Her Fiancé Serve Couple Goals with Heartwarming Video

Toya Johnson and her fiancé Robert “Red” Rushing swooned fans this week with their sensual couple

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Facebook to pay $52M to employees with PTSD from moderating rape, murder and suicide videos

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Is The Help Realistic? It Depends.

In the essay below, Associate Professor Trysh Travis of the University of Floridas Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research Center explores some of the controversy surrounding Kathryn Stocketts novel The Help, which has also become a major film of the same name. She argues that many people

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Death of Eric Garner

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer put him in what has been described as a chokehold for about 15 to 19 seconds while arresting him. The New York City Medical Examiners Office attributed Garners death to

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Black Delivery Truck Driver Blocked from Leaving Gated Community By Man Who Thought He Was Suspicious

Nationwide — Travis Miller, an African American delivery truck driver from Oklahoma City, was brought to tears as he recorded his encounter with a white man who demanded to know why he was inside his gated

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Alternate Care Site Opens at Convention Center | Afro

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the area without flattening of the curve, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was pleased to showcase the alternative care site to support the nation’s capital’s battle against the novel coronavirus at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in

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Best Barack Obama Cartoons of All Time

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Dash, Stacey (1967- )

Stacey Lauretta Dash is an American actress and talk show host. She is most widely known for co-staring in the film Clueless (1995), which later turned into a television series (1996-1999). She is also cited for her recurring role in The Cosby Show (1984–1992), The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

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Zimbabwe female opposition politicians abducted, assaulted, abandoned

Three female opposition members were this week abducted leading to an outcry and diplomatic concerns raised by the United States, United Kingdom and

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Gay Celebrities in Interracial Marriages and Relationships

Interracial marriages occur more frequently among gay couples than they do among their heterosexual counterparts. Data from the 2010 census reveals that 20.6 percent of same-sex couples are interracial. That’s more than two percentage points higher than the amount of unmarried heterosexual couples

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Africa coronavirus: DRC's returnees from Europe, Zim lockdown extended

Major African stats: May 16 at 7:30

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Whitney Houston, George Michael - If I Told You That

Whitney Houstons official music video for If I Told You That ft. George Michael. Click to listen to Whitney Houston on

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Iconic Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell dies

HOLLYWOOD – Andre Harrell, the founder of Uptown Records best known as the man who turned Sean “Diddy” Combs into a music mogul, died Fried at the age of

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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Online Polls Will Not Determine Lagos Decision On Another Lockdown - Official

The Lagos State Government says its final decision on the possibility of another lockdown will not be based solely on the outcome of the online public polls on the

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'Log Off Now': Reginae Carter Leaves Fans In Stitches After She Does 'Snack' Challenge with a Teddy Bear

The young actress recently put her own spin on the new “fruit snack” challenge circulating around the

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G. Garvin Recommends Burning the turkey this Thanksgiving

While acclaimed Food Network Chef G. Garvin doesn’t actually recommend burning the turkey to a crisp this Thanksgiving, he does recommend burning the turkey calories. His new, tongue-in-cheek #BurnTheTurkey Recipe Collection in partnership with Anytime Fitness will show you how, featuring exercise

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Informant Tekashi 6ix9ine Accuses Snoop Dogg of Being A Snitch, Tha Doggfather Responds

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Still Unbroken: Acknowledging African-American Community Leaders during COVID-19

Black leaders, along with state and city officials have largely been the heroes to assume the responsibility of protecting their constituents from both the virus and federal

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Atlanta City Council legislative items for Monday, May 18

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council will consider legislation during Monday’s remote meeting to ratify an executive order directing the City’s chief financial officer to allocate up to $1.5 million for nonprofit and philanthropic communities providing individual shelter options with supportive

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