Russell Simmons, Erica Ford Continue Decades-Long Tradition Uplifting Mothers of Murder Victims | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Erica Ford has received honors for implementing concepts for increasing safety that New York City officials said have resulted in a 10 percent reduction in violence throughout the five boroughs. When she and Russell Simmons began collaborating years ago, the mogul became one of the
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Things Parents Should Know Sending Their Kids Back to School
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The unanimous opinion among our doctors was if your child can get vaccinated, they should. The only thing that has proven to be effective so far in fighting COVID-19 is the vaccine, they said. While a tiny fraction of people has died from the vaccine, more than 600,000 have died
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
NY Mets’ Javier Baez Gets Disrespectful & Boos Own Fans After Huge Home Run, Twitter Reacts
NY Mets' Javier Baez Gets Disrespectful & Boos Own Fans After Huge Homerun, Twitter Reacts
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Lane, William Henry/Master Juba (1825-c. 1852)
William Henry Lane is credited as one of the most influential figures in the creation of American tap dance. Lane developed a unique style of using his body as a musical instrument, blending African-derived syncopated rhythms with movements of the Irish jig and reel. Lane’s melding of these
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Sizzla debuts visuals for single "Crown On Your Head" | New York Carib News
Ahead of the much anticipated On A High album drop by reggae international star Sizzla Kalonji, comes visuals from his “Crown On Your Head” single.
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American Reilly Opelka calls $10,000 fine for unapproved bag 'a joke' after advancing at US Open news -The Black Chronicle
NEW YORK - American tennis player Reilly Opelka was fined $10,000 for carrying an unapproved bag onto the court for his second-round match Thursday at the US Open. It
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Source: The Black Chronicle
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz musician who is widely credited as being one of the creators of modern day jazz. He was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Thelonious and Barbara Monk. He had an older sister named Marion and a younger brother named Thomas. When
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Oct
10
1917
Adams’ Win in NYC Latest in Surge For Moderate Democrats
Eric Adams, a former New York Police Department captain, this week became his party’s nominee to lead the nation’s largest city after making a centerpiece of his campaign his rejection of left-leaning activists’ calls to defund the police.
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Source: Black America Web
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter and actress who has been making hit records for almost 25 years. She was born on January 11, 1971 in the Bronx, New York to Cora and Thomas Blige. She grew up in a very neglected and disastrous neighborhood and her childhood was marked by
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Jan
11
1971
Jackie Robinson
Born: 1/31/1919 Cairo, GeorgiaDied: 10/24/1972 Stamford, ConnecticutJackie Robinson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers
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Apr
15
1947
Wilkens, Lenny (1937- )
Leonard Randolph Wilkens was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 28, 1937, son of an African American father and white mother. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section, one of the toughest sections in the city, where he endured many hardships, including the loss of his father at a young
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Source: Black Past
Rising Crime Also Needs a Reckoning - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Families, local businesses and corporations will refuse to live or invest in urban areas where crime is rampant.
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Source: Jewish Journal
Taylor, Ruth Carol (1931- )
Journalist and nurse Ruth Carol Taylor became the first African American airline flight attendant in the United States when she joined Mohawk Airlines in 1958. While she is most commonly known for her achievement in the airline industry, she spent much of her career as an activist for minority and
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Source: Black Past
Feb
11
1958
Liberia: Senator Darius Dillon Did Not Say the Truth Regarding His Business Class Ticket - FPA Investigation Reveals
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Investigation conducted by FrontPageAfrica has established that Montserrado County Senator Darius Dillon deceived the public when he said he never flew business class on his recent fund-raising trip to United States of America.
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George Crum
George Crum was born as George Speck in 1822 in Saratoga Lake, New York, the son of a Huron Native-American mother and an African-American father who worked as a jockey. He worked for a while as a mountain guide and trapper in the Adirondack Mountains in New
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Source: Black History Resources
Aug
21
2013
Broadway’s Neon Lights Shine with 10 New Black Plays, Musicals
After a somewhat experimental reopening in June with “Springsteen on Broadway,” the Great White Way will step further into the mix with the August 4 debut of “Pass Over” at the August Wilson Theatre.
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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California
Twitter Is Conflicted After Woman Brings Entire Seafood Boil On An Airplane
We need answers...
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Death of Asa Philip Randolph (90), labor leader
Death of Asa Philip Randolph (90), labor leader and civil rights pioneer, in New York.
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May
16
1979
Vanessa L. Williams born
Actress-singer and the first black Miss America Vanessa L. Williams is born in Millwood, New York.
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Mar
18
1963
New York Draft Riots
On the Monday morning of July 13, 1863, the Enrollment
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Jul
13
1863
Mercer, Mabel Alice Wadham (1900-1984)
Mabel Mercer was one of the most important jazz cabaret singers of the 20th Century. Her personal singing style emphasizing interpretation, diction, lyrics, and projection over vocal proficiency influenced numerous leading singers including Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Nat
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Source: Black Past
U.S. hitting encouraging milestones on virus deaths and vaccinations
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, ...
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Source: South Florida Times
Women, early-career academics likely to feel impostors
… academia (i.e., Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino/a … Leslie revealed that women and African Americans are underrepresented in careers where …
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Source: New York State.News.Net - Top Stories - New York News
Black Nurse Will Have Her COVID Vaccine Card In The Smithsonian
Sandra Lindsay was one of the first people in New York to receive the vaccine, and now, President Biden has honored her.
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
In NYC after Ida, Biden calls climate 'everybody's crisis' | The Atlanta Voice
President Joe Biden declared climate change has become “everybody’s crisis” on Tuesday as he toured neighborhoods flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, warning it’s time for America to get serious about the “code red” danger or face ever worse loss of life and property. Biden spoke after
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
The Case for a G21 - Stabroek News
By  Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The Group of Twenty has become a pillar of multilateralism. The article The Case for a G21 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Toni Morrison
Born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio as Chloe Anthony Wofford, Toni Morrison is an American author, editor and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature for being an author “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of
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Source: Black History Resources
Feb
18
1931
Why put politics into Sierra Leone’s transparency and accountability institutions?
Dr Samura Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2021: My attention has been drawn to the content of a press briefing by the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, held on Wednesday, 1st September 2021, at the Cathedral Hall, Gloucester
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Woman Filmed Tackling Black Teen In NYC Hotel Over Missing Phone Charged With Hate Crime
Miya Ponsetto is hit with two counts of unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime, endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated harassment.
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
Hurricane Ida Slams Northeast Causing Massive Flooding and Power Outages • EBONY
The residual effects of Hurricane Ida slammed the Northeast with a combination of tornadoes, torrential rainfall, and massive flooding throughout the region, the Associated Press reports. On Wednesday night, reports of at least two tornadoes, heavy rainfall, and strong winds left cars abandoned and
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