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Camille Cosby On Husband Bill Cosby’s Appeal and What She Thinks #MeToo Gets Wrong

The wife of embattled comedian and actor Bill Cosby is remaining in solidarity with her husband and is happy with him winning the right to appeal his 2018 sexual assault

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

MBUGUA: Inequality is a big knee on the necks of Kenya’s poor

Inequality is a big knee on the necks of Kenya’s poor

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Source: Business Daily

High data prices? Don't blame Vodacom and MTN

Why, with so many burdensome regulations and compliance requirements that drive up costs in the mobile data sector, does the narrative remain that some “duopoly” between Vodacom and MTN is the source of South Africa’s relatively high data

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Source: TechCentral

Camp Atwater (1921– )

Camp Atwater is a cultural, educational, and recreational camp designed for the children of African American professionals. The camp, founded in 1921 by Dr. William De Berry, was located in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Initially named St. John’s Camp, in 1926 the name was officially changed to

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Source: Black Past

Feb

26

1999

Raven-Symoné

Name at birth: Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Thomas, Clarence (1948- )

Clarence Thomas, the second African American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, was born in Pin Point, Georgia, a small community south of Savannah. His mother, Leola Williams, a single parent, raised Thomas until he was seven. He and his brother, Myers, were sent to Savannah where they were

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Source: Black Past

(1965) Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights"

On June 4, 1965 U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson gave the Commencement Address at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He used the occasion to remind his audience and the nation of the long history of racial discrimination and urged the American people to end racial discrimination as the most

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Jun

4

1965

Queen Latifah, Viola Davis And More Demand Hollywood Divest From Police And Invest In Anti-Racist Content

The organization known as BLD PWR, which was founded by “Insecure” actor Kendrick Sampson, released their demands as part of a Hollywood 4 Black Lives campaign, and everyone from Queen Latifah to Viola Davis has signed

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Source: NewsOne

Latinos follow Black Americans in being devastated by police violence, data shows

“Of course the years of systemic racism and voicelessness are not near the same level the Black community has been forced to endure,” AL DÍA News’ Ericka Conant rightfully notes, “but the recent deaths of multiple Latinx individuals at the hands of police have reignited the call to end police

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Source: Daily Kos

2009 BMW Z4 Convertible Roadster

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Ludacris Responds to Backlash Over R. Kelly Lyric

The internet may have declared Chris “Ludacris” Bridges the winner of his Verzuz battle against Cornell “Nelly” Haynes on the strength of his catalog alone, but some questionable lyrics on a new song he debuted during the faceoff has some fans on the fence, which he addressed during a recent

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

Bill Cosby Granted Appeal in Pennsylvania Sex Assault Case

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, comedian Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction in the Pennsylvania Supreme

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Source: Black America Web

Cosby Granted Appeal in Pennsylvania Sex Assault Case

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, comedian Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction in the Pennsylvania Supreme

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Source: Black America Web

Arthur Ashe Kids' Day

Arthur Ashe Kids Day is an annual tennis/children’s event that takes place in the end of August at the United States Tennis Association at Arthur Ashe Stadium. (USTA) Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York. It is sponsored by the Hess Corporation, IBM, and USTA. This event also begins the

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Hanging Out With AutoNetwork 111313

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Isaacs, Cheryl Boone (1949---)

Veteran publicist Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African American to serve as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, followed the path of her pioneering sibling as a top-tier executive in the Hollywood motion picture industry. Ashley A. Boone Jr. (1939-1994),her brother, had

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Source: Black Past

Jul

30

2013

FIYAH — 6.8.20 4PM ONE-ON-ONE with MARK CUBAN, Outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Bill Cosby granted appeal in Pennsylvania sex assault case

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby returns to the courtroom after a break with his spokesman Andrew Wyatt at the Montgomery County Courthouse, during his sexual assault trial sentencing in Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. September

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Freedmen's Town, Houston, Texas (1865- )

Freedmen’s Town is a nationally registered historical site. The site was originally a community located in the fourth ward of Houston, Texas that began in 1865 as the destination for former enslaved people from surrounding plantations in Texas and Louisiana after the Civil

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Source: Black Past

Jun

19

1865

Best Detailed Walkaround 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off Road

That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway was an American jazz musician of the 20th century. He was born in Rochester, New York, on December 25, 1907 to Martha Eulalia Reed and Cabell Calloway, Jr., both of whom were college graduates. Martha was a teacher and church organist whereas Cabell was a lawyer and also worked in real

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Source: Black History Resources

Nov

18

1994

Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad , née Phylicia Ayers Allen (born June 19, 1948, Houston, Texas, U.S.), American actress who first gained fame for her work on the television series The Cosby Show (1984–92) and later became the first black woman to win (2004) a Tony Award for best actress; she won the honour for

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Jun

19

1948

Coleman, William T. Jr. (1920-2017)

William T. Coleman, Jr., a prominent Republican lawyer and businessman, served as Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford. Born in 1920 to a middle class Philadelphia, Pennsylvania family, Coleman attended a segregated elementary school. When he moved to Germantown High School he

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Source: Black Past

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31

2017

Opinion | I’m a Black American. I Need a Gun to Feel Safe in This Country.

What does it take for Black Americans to feel safe right

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Donald Trump’s Snatch of Richard Nixon’s Law and Order Pitch Worked Once, Why Not Again.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump didn’t puff his chest out and brag that he’s the law and order president in response to the looting and burning that accompanied some of the massive anti-police violence

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Shooting, protests test Atlanta's image of Black prosperity | The Atlanta Voice

Then her uncle, Rayshard Brooks, was shot in the back by a white Atlanta police officer after fighting a drunken driving arrest and trying to run

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 1: On ‘I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out.’

Winner

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Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate the New York City Fire Department

In the following article Ginger Adams Otis, a staff writer at the New York Daily News and a longtime city reporter, describes her more-than-decade-long research following the evolution of a landmark civil rights case brought by the Vulcan Society, a determined group of activist black New York City

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First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, California, (1872- )

The First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church is today the oldest and one of the largest African American congregations in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1872 by Bridget (Biddy) Mason who arrived as a slave in Los Angeles with her owner in 1856. However, since California was

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