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Kareem Abdul Jabbar ‘It’s Important for Athletes to Speak Out’ in Wake of George Floyd Protests
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is no stranger to social activism and protests. Jabbar, the all-time leading scorer in NBA history who earned six world titles, boycotted the 1968 Olympics in the wake of social
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NASA will name headquarters after its first African American female engineer - The New York Beacon
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Open letter on George Floyd tragedy from DeKalb Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson | Atlanta Daily World
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Teyana Taylor Remembers The Night She Got Pregnant: It Was Going Down, I Felt It
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