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A number of people might have had unkind things to say when Laurence Johnson started barbering at 20 years old, but the deaf man obviously couldn't hear his

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90 year old Grandmother shields grandson during police stop

A video has surfaced online of a 90-year old grandmother from Texas shielding her 21-year old grandson, Tye Anders, from three police officers who were pointing guns at

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Teyana Taylor Hires Erykah Badu To Help With The At Home Delivery Of Her 2nd Child

Teyana Taylor already has her birthing plan for her second child with her husband, Iman

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Former NAACP President Joins Kapor Capital

Months after stepping down as head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is transforming himself from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture

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Lawyer Helped Man Charged In Ahmaud Arbery Leak Video Because He ‘Didn’t Want the Neighborhood to Become a Ferguson’

Gregory McMichael gave the video to Brunswick-area attorney Alan Tucker to stop rumors about the incident that were circulating through the

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Film review: The Last Tree

Writer/director Shola Amoo’s semi-autobiographical portrait recaptures his experience as a foster child of African

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Why does God allow evil and disease?

We need to remember, however, that God is not the cause of evil in this world and we should therefore not blame Him for

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WATCH | Capetonians stage vigil outside Parliament in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

A group of Capetonians on Wednesday joined a peaceful "walk-by" vigil outside Parliament in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter

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Minnesota pardons Black man in century-old lynching case

In this May 30, 2020 photo, a protestor holds up a photo of George Floyd in front of the Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Memorial as part of a large protest in Duluth, Minn. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via

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Freddie Gray

At the time of his death, Freddie Gray was awaiting trial for a drug offense; he had been arrested many times as a young man for minor drug offenses.

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BUWEMBO: Water everywhere, yet we have been crying for free

It is amazing the effort and investment people put in systems to divert NWSC water to their premises

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‘He Looks Like Babyface’: Toni Braxton Fans Do a Double Take After the Legend Posts Son’s Graduation Picture

The R&B living legend took to Instagram to celebrate her oldest son, Denim Braxton-Lewis, on his milestone achievement of graduating from high school, but his resemblance to Braxton’s producer and longtime friend Kenneth “Babyface” Edmunds turned a few

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Minnesota Pardons Black Man in Century-Old Lynching Case

Minnesota’s pardons board on Friday granted a posthumous pardon to a black man imprisoned a century ago in the alleged rape of a white woman, part of a case that included the infamous lynchings of three other black men in

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Comedian DL Hughley COVID-19 positive after fainting onstage | The Atlanta Voice

Comedian D.L. Hughley announced he tested positive for COVID-19 after collapsing onstage during a performance in

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‘Will You Adopt Me?’: Young Man Makes Tearful Request to Stepfather In Viral Video

On Father’s Day, in a now-viral video, a 17-year-old from Suffolk, Virginia, named Keon Wiggins-Saunders held back tears as he shakily read his letter to Donzell Powell, the man who stepped up as Keon’s father since he was 1 and married his mother, Keona, when he was

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Depoo was fierce fighter for free and fair elections

He was a fierce proponent of free and fair elections (FFE) in

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Sister Tarpley: Little by little

“The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you, little by

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Latest US monuments toppled: Grant, national anthem writer | The Atlanta Voice

Protesters tore down more statues across the United States, expanding the razing in a San Francisco park to the writer of America’s national anthem and the general who won the country’s Civil War which ended widespread

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Johnathan Austin, former Councilor, On How City Finally Removed Confederate Statue

The outrage over the death of George Floyd —a black man killed by police in Minneapolis—has already led to change in Birmingham, said former City Council President Johnathan

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Double amputee protester pepper sprayed by Ohio police

There is public outrage in Ohio after local police were spotted blasting a double amputee with pepper spray during a protest and then allegedly trying to take away his prosthetic

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Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker was born in 1731 just outside of Baltimore, Maryland, the son of a slave. His grandfather had been a member of a royal family in Africa and was wise in agricultural endeavors.His father, Robert, was an African slave who purchased his freedom and his mother, Mary, was the daughter

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Jamaican teen hailed as hero after rescuing elderly man from fire

The youngster is 18-year-old Aldain Daley, who, on May 17 of this year, ran into the burning home of Vernon Sewell, an 86-year-old retired farmer, after the senior citizen reportedly left his gas stove on by

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MAN ABOUT TOWN: Covid rules block visit as mum’s health fails

Covid rules block visit as mum’s health fails

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Rickey Smiley’s Daughter Shot 3 Times In Houston

Rickey Smiley shares that over the holiday weekend, his daughter Aaryn was shot in Houston, Texas.

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Biography of Gayle King

Most people know Gayle King as Oprah Winfreys best friend and sidekick. But King was an established news anchor and talk show host before her friendship with the queen of all media became her pop culture

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The Gantt Report: Protest Pimps

The people in Black communities that are hurting and mourning are not impressed by protest clowns that come to town to deliver phillipic rants and raves that were choreographed and orchestrated by red necks, hillbillys, conservatives and closet

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Austin, William McDonald ( ? -- ? )

Determined to study law in the United States, William McDonald Austin moved from his home in Barbados to San Francisco, California when he was a young man. He moved again from San Francisco to Seattle, Washington when he was admitted to the University of Washington law school in 1899. Austin was

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Life Can Emerge from the Stench

It negates the love God has for us and the life Jesus demonstrated as He lived a life of revolutionary love and radical community

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Local funeral home owner and businessman Arthur Reid, Jr., passes at age 82

Arthur Reid, Jr., business man, founder and president of Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home and a longtime benefactor of student education in Milwaukee, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020. He was 82 years old. Arthur Reid was born in Jackson, Tennessee. His family relocated to Milwaukee when he was 13

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