Washington DC home of Frederick Douglas is declared a national shrine, 1922

Thousands Seek to Remove Lincoln Park Emancipation Memorial | Afro

A week later more than 5,400 people have joined in his mission to petition the U.S. National Park Service to eliminate the statue, which depicts a naked slave on his knees with broken chains looking up in adoration to President Abraham

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Stop Pandering to the Leftists’ Systemic Racism “Big Lie”

Here in the United States of America, ANTIFA is demanding that white America literally kneel in worship to Black Lives Matter, an evil false

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Watchdog Report: Big Texas-Based Companies Took $42M in Federal Aid Meant for Struggling Small Businesses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today marks the two-month anniversary of President Trump signing the CARES Act, the $2 trillion relief package addressing the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, government watchdog Accountable.US released a new report on how large Texas businesses walked away with $42 million

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House approves bill that would make DC the 51st state

(Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty

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Source: theGrio

Opinion: Black Protest Is Music. Learning The Melody Isn't Enough

I have been overjoyed to see the large protests reaching across this nation, all the way into the small towns and suburbs, to see the pain and outrage on faces of all colors, ages and genders, people from all walks of

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Source: Stories About Black History

PAHO warns about significant increase in dengue cases

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — The Pan American health Organization (PAHO) is warning Caribbean countries to do more to deal with mosquito-borne diseases during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, after indicating that more than 1.6 million cases of dengue have been reported in the

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WATCH: What You Need To Know — June 3, 2020: Biden Goes To Church — Scarce Inmate Test — What is ANTIFA?

Biden Goes to Church, Trump Takes A Photo Op Too Far

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Source: Black America Web

Very Important! These Five States Are Holding Primary Elections Today

Amid coronavirus and the protests against police brutality that are sweeping the nation, many may not realize that four states and Washington DC are holding their primaries today

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Source: Watch The Yard

D.C. National Guard To Investigate Helicopter's 'Show Of Force' Against Protesters

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Guard of the District of Columbia is investigating the use of one of its helicopters to make a “show of force” against protesters near the White House, while President Donald Trump is encouraging authorities to get tougher to quell the unrest over George

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New York City To Display 'Black Lives Matter' on Street in Front of Trump Tower

The Big Apple plans to have a “Black Lives Matter” street mural painted outside of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan–Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets, to be exact–sometime before July 4, according to The New York

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A Place All Our Own: The Highland Beach Resort, The First Black Owned Beach Resort Town In The United States

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Three generations on what America needs to change

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Source: BBC

Africa and Israel - Re-Opening the Debate

Yotam Gidron has done us all a huge service by putting Israel and Africa back on the

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Source: allAfrica.com

How messaging technology is helping fuel global protests

Protesters are using a variety of technology tools to organize rallies, record police violence and communicate during the marches sweeping the U.S. and other countries following the death of George

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Source: South Florida Times

U.S. National Archives Unearths Original Juneteenth Order

General Order No. 3 doesn't use the exalted language of some other documents central to American

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Source: Stories About Black History

James Wormley Jones Pt. 2: The Red Scare and UNIA

Since the definition of “subversive” as it relates to the Bureau has always been broad, Jones entry made his a perfect

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Source: Black Then

D.C. Council Passes Emergency Police Reform Bill | Afro

The Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, prohibits neck restraints and chokeholds, has restrictions on police hiring, emphasizes accountability procedures and punishments, and clarifies the meaning of deadly

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Newswire : The killing of George Floyd sparks continued protests, outrage across the nation

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin relaxed as he was suffocating George

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ARC Updates Risk Assessment Tool with Multi-Stage Approval Process

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S., June 15, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- ARC, a leading provider of Safety Management Systems (SMS) software, is improving its Risk Assessment Tool to include a new approval process for medium or high-risk

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Stop the pain!

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — George Floyd's brother challenged Congress yesterday to “stop the pain” as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul, so the man he loved and looked up to won't be just “another name” on a growing list of black Americans killed during interactions

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Wale Drops Surprise Black Lives Matter Inspired ‘The Imperfect Storm’ EP [Listen]

Source: press handout / Warner Records

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Source: The Urban Daily

DTEC-TAG LAUNCHES SUMMER LIVE-STREAMED LEARNING SERIES FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS & LEADERS

The Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF) is offering a summer instructional program to help parents, teachers and leaders better understand and utilize digital platforms to actively engage students of all

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Supreme Court Declines To Hear Trump's Legal Challenge To 'Sanctuary' Laws

WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the most-populous U.S. state, declining to hear his administration’s challenge to “sanctuary” laws in California that protect immigrants from

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PAHO chief urges Caribbean to prepare to manage COVID-19 for next two years

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Director of the Pan American Health Organisation, Dr Carissa F Etienne is urging Caribbean countries as well as those in the Americas to prepare to manage the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic closely for the next two

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

Known White Supremacist Stephen Miller Rumored To Be Writing Trump Speech On Race Relations

Stephen Miller is many things—Trump’s senior adviser, a far-right conservative, an anti-immigrationist and known White

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Civil Rights Groups: Increase Accountability in Policing

WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, submitted written testimony today to the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice highlighting the need for transformative reform of policing at both the federal

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Harris, Markey, Smith, Booker to Introduce Legislation to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Friday announced they will introduce Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, legislation to make Juneteenth a federal

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action

In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade, a community festival, a soulful rendition of “Lift

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Rep. Cedric Richmond Gets GOP Colleague Together During House Hearing

On Wednesday, tempers flared during a House hearing on the matter and it left Louisiana Congressman Cedric Richmond at odds with his Republican colleague Matt

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My family was robbed!

The Trump Administration has been pointing to a segment of the industry — facilities with low federal ratings for infection control — and to some Democratic governors who required nursing homes to take recovering coronavirus

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