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… address the socio-economic disadvantages Black Americans have faced for centuries as … centuries of systematic abuse against African Americans, many Black Bostonians struggle to …
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The life story of a boxing legend who went from fighting to finding his faith is told in the dynamic new biopic 'Big George Foreman.'
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Top looks from the Blue Carpet of the TECNO Camon 19 Pro Mondrian Edition Launch
The event was indeed an extravagant one, and trust TECNO to always keep it premium and classy The post Top looks from the Blue Carpet of the TECNO Camon 19 Pro Mondrian Edition Launch appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Public Safety or Over-Policing? - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Dusanne, Zoë (1884-1972)
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Music review: DSSO captivates with color and dance | Duluth News Tribune
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Revamping the National Museum - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Udecott has issued a call for proposals to restore and upgrade the National Museum and Art Gallery. What is planned is structural, with an emphasis on roof repairs, but the museum is overdue for rethinking as more than a repository of artefacts. Its holdings should be assessed, their stren
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Muhammad Ali: The Hidden Side of the World’s Greatest | The Michigan Chronicle
Elizabeth Lampkin, Contributing Writer Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Muhammad Ali. Boxer, activist. Everyone in the world knows Muhammad Ali for many reasons. However, most people don’t know that he was a painter, poet, and peace advocate. In Rodney Hilton Brown’s new book, Muhammad Ali The Untold
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Calls grow for committees, reviews & new laws in wake of Texas school shooting Governor Greg Abbott called for state lawmakers to form committees to discuss making schools safer and to require safety checks at all schools. But the governor did not call a special session and didn’t say he would call
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Racial Tension Stoked the Deadly 1942 Phoenix Thanksgiving Day Riot - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Phoenix New Times takes a look back at the bloody Thanksgiving Day Riot in Phoenix between a Black Army regiment, military police, and local law enforcement, noting similarities with racial tensions today.
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Artist Amy Sherald, Who Painted Breonna Taylor For Magazine Cover, to speak at BMA Nov. 5
By Sydney Melson The Birmingham Times The renowned artist commissioned to paint Michelle Obama for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. in 2018, and who painted Breonna Taylor for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, will hold a virtual talk with the Birmingham Museum of
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Arizona Counterterrorism Agencies Monitoring Police Brutality Victims, Ignoring Right-Wing Threats - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Arizona counterterrorism personnel are keeping close tabs on the activities of civil rights activists and even victims of police violence across the state, New Times has found.
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Amherst professor Robert Hayashi teaches on race and sports. What he says sports fans need to learn now. - African American News Today - EIN News
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How Swann Galleries Set the Stage for the Modern African American Art Market – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Boston removes Park Square statue of Abraham Lincoln and kneeling slave
City officials blamed the statue's "role in perpetuating harmful prejudices and obscuring the role of Black Americans in shaping the nation’s freedoms."
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Egyptian miniature sculptor celebrate art after years of denials, trials | Africanews
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