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NAACP launches #WeAreDoneDying Campaign to take action against killings of African Americans

Washington, D.C. – The NAACP has launched its #WeAreDoneDying campaign, aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American health care system and the country at

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

The Music Industry Mourns | The Crusader Newspaper Group

We did our first little party in the Clinton projects in the community

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

African American Inventors - Patent Holders Index P

Black history inventors are listed alphabetically: use the A to Z index bar to navigate and select or just browse the many listings. Each listing has the name of the black inventor followed by the patent number(s) which is the unique number assigned to an invention when a patent is issued, the date

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Source: ThoughtCo

NYC Mayor Calls Off Mask-Wearing Orders After Video Of NYPD Pinning Down Black Mother Goes Viral

After a video of a mother being pinned to the ground and handcuffed by New York City Police Department officers in front of her child went viral, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has decided to change the rules around enforcing that masks be worn in

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Source: MadameNoire

Wake Up And Stay Woke: Looking For Answers?

There’re some who’ve used this time to do positive things that carry with them hope and good feelings about what they’ve been able to do for themselves and for

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Swaziland Journalist Critical of King Flees, Hides in Forest Five Days

Eugene Dube, the journalist critical of King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), who was beaten by police and is facing a treason charge hid in a forest for five days as he made his

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Source: allAfrica.com

Social Security's Online Services Are Ready For Business

Our newest my Social Security feature, Advance Designation, enables you to identify up to three people, in priority order, who you would like to serve as your potential representative payee in the event you ever need help managing your

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Source: The Florida Star

Teacher By Day — Rapper/Songwriter By Night: Marlon Wood, AKA Bruce Wayne, Strives For Excellence | Florida Sentinel Bulletin

MARLON WOOD, AKA BRUCE WAYNE BY MONIQUE STAMPS Sentinel Feature Writer Black men are often portrayed and perceived as thugs or gangsters. Rarely are the millions of Black men that go to work each day and take care of their families and communities highlighted or celebrated.

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Source: Florida Sentinel Bulletin

The Last Word: What Do You Have To Lose? Your Health OR YOUR JOB?

Twenty-one percent of the USPS” roughly 625,000 employees are African American, and nearly 17 percent are other people of

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Largest African American owned architecture firm in the nation dedicated to inspiring Chicago’s youth

For 38, years the Moody Nolan firm has been changing the architectural landscape of cities across the country, while also building a diverse

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Source: WGNTV.com | Chicago News, Weather & Sports | Chicago, IL

National Negro Health Week: Formed to Educate Black Communities on Proper Health Practices

Observed during the first week of April, it focused on educating black communities throughout America on methods of acquiring health care as well as informed students on proper health

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Source: Black Then

Mental Health and Me: A Discussion About Blackness and Mental Health

Dr. Ragsdale (BG): We look at mental health as black people based on our

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Source: Chicago Defender

Sean C. Harrison chronicles his journey (Part II)

Battling paranoid schizophrenia in what are considered a person’s most life-defining years was no easy feat for Sean

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Meet The 25-Year Old South African Lawyer Who Runs Her Own Law Firm

Becoming a lawyer is no easy feat and thousands of dedicated students around the world work tirelessly to gain entrance into a promising law

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

African American Michigan: The Reconstruction Era | News, Sports, Jobs - The Mining Gazette

With slavery completely out of the question in Michigan, African Americans had to fight for these other inalienable rights white people

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Source: News, Sports, Jobs - The Mining Gazette

Birmingham Mayor Woodfin joins ‘HBCU Students for Biden’ Town Hall

On Thursday, Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin joined the national Co-Chairs of “HBCU Students for Biden” to discuss Vice President Biden’s policies and to answer

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Restaurants Team Up To Feed Seniors

Great Plates is based on a model called Family Meals, created by Patrick Mulvaney, owner of the midtown restaurant

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Black moms like me will not be patient with Pittsburgh Public Schools. We need to demand more.

As a Black mom raising a daughter with a disability, I’ve seen first hand how the inequities in our public school system are a matter of life or

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

The doctors who cried wolf and other commentary

Science desk: The Docs Who Cried Wolf

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Source: New York Post

Virginia Black Caucus Says Reopening State Would Treat Black and Brown People Like Pigs

The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus has sent a letter to Gov. Ralph Northam saying the move to reopen Virginia would be treating black and brown people like “guinea pigs for our

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

In Memoriam: Kenneth W. Edmonds, Carolina Times Publisher, 66, Dies – Free Press of Jacksonville

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Kenneth brought the newspaper into the age of digital technology and ushered in an era of a new relevance to the publication with the inclusion of national wire service stories, and the incorporation of color photography within the pages of The Carolina

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

Africa: An International Anti-Corruption Court Could Help Recover Funds for the Fight Against COVID-19

For too long now the kleptocrats have enjoyed impunity for their

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Source: allAfrica.com

Just how do you vote in the June 2 Primary Election?

Allegheny County executive Rich Fitzgerald wants the overwhelming majority of ballots in the county to be sent in by mail, not via the traditional polling places that many are used to visiting on election

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Change

Assertive, foresighted and progressive political leadership among Black elected officials has been wanton in the past, and now, Black folks must decide who to elect as we’re faced with some of the gravest challenges of our

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Vincent Tubbs: First African American to Head a Motion Picture Industry Union

Vincent Tubbs was a leading African American journalist, who became the first black person to head a motion picture industry

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Source: Black Then

Former Houston Astros Baseball Player and New York Yankees General Manager Bob Watson Dies at 74

“Bob Watson was a highly accomplished figure in our National Pastime and a deeply respected colleague for those of us at Major League Baseball,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement Friday

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

Black Fact of the Day: May 15, 2020- Brought to you by Black365

Black Fact of the Day: May 15, 2020- Brought to you by Black365 Ray Lewis, considered to be one of the greatest NFL linebackers, was born in Bartow, Florida, 1975. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar.

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

Kenya: Kamworor Vows to Come Back Stronger

Three-time World Half Marathon Championships title holder Geoffrey Kamworor is optimistic he will come back stronger when competition resumes after the coronavirus

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Source: allAfrica.com

NCEL to launch new online course for principals, vice-principals

The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) is now accepting applications for its Virtual Instructional Leadership (VIL) online course that will be launched within

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

We Must Protect the Right to Vote in the November Elections | Post News Group

Republicans are worried that voting by mail may increase turnout, particularly among low-income and minority

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Source: Post News Group | PNG

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