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Biden-Harris: A force to be reckoned with

… here,” said Pam, a retired African-American woman who had driven north … white lifeguard in a predominantly African-American pool, but who could work … brought by Hill, a young African-American government employee, against supreme court …

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President Donald Trump is doubling down on a strategy he believes worked to his advantage four years ago: seizing on divisive culture wars and using race-baiting rhetoric as he seeks to fire up his base to give him a second term in office. His GOP allies on Capitol Hill are looking on with

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Highland Beach, Maryland (1893- )

Highland Beach, Maryland, the oldest of the major black resort towns, was founded along the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in 1893 by Charles and Laura Douglass. Charles Douglass was the son of prominent abolitionist and 19th century civil rights activist Frederick Douglass. Major Charles

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Foutanga B. Sissoko, the man who scammed a Dubai bank of $242m - and has never faced justice

Alleged to have used black magic, he got the Dubai Islamic Bank to give him over $200 million dollars, and to date, the once fabulously wealthy man has never spent a day in jail for the bank

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Nigeria: The Deceitful Propaganda for Zoning in Enugu

Akpa Francis, a public affairs analyst interrogates the current succession plan into public offices in Enugu State, which excludes people of Greater Awgu cultural group from the zoning arrangement

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Muhammad, Khalid Abdul (1948-2001)

Khalid Abdul Muhammad was an African-American activist, a one-time member of the Nation of Islam and national chairman of the New Black Panther Party. Muhammad was born Harold Moore Jr. on January 12, 1948, to Harold Moore Sr and Lottie B. Moore in Houston, Texas. Moore’s Aunt, Carrie Moore

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Mississippi seeing big virus outbreak in state legislature - Black News Channel

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Packed elevators and crowded committee rooms. Legislators sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the House and Senate floor. People standing close to each other and talking, sometimes leaning in to whisper, without a mask in sight. Those were

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Catholic University Professor Suspended for Racist Tweets

Catholic University Professor Suspended for Racist Tweets About Barack Obama and Kamala

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Kenya: Govt's Repeated Denials of Complicity in High Places Under Scrutiny

Earlier in June 2001, the International Crisis Group (ICG) released a report titled "International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Delayed Justice," implicating government officials in the hiding of Mr

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Florida’s Failed Unemployment System Faces New Scrutiny – Free Press of Jacksonville

But more disturbing is that 1.2 million Floridians filing claims brought on by the corona pandemic cannot navigate the state’s online system to get

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The Daily 202: Trump makes another end run around GOP-controlled Senate by stretching delegation authority - African American News Today - EIN News

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Former president Koroma of Sierra Leone and world leaders calling for environmental change

Yesterday, a press statement, titled: “Recover from the Global Recession, We must Invest in Nature” – authored and signed by a group of prominent global players, made up of former presidents and prime ministers, including Sierra Leone’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma, who are members of the

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Ambassador Caroline Kennedy honors President Barack Obama

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy says President Barack Obama inspired a generation to take action in their communities just as her father did almost 60 years before. She says the Presidents record and convictions embody the Profile In Courage

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Cory Booker Asks A Pointed Question Over And Over In Senate Speech Against Racism

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor about racism and the protests that have erupted nationwide since the death of George

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Sen. Kamala Harris Enlists DJ D-Nice, Jermaine Dupri And More To Fundraise For Joe Biden

The California Senator is hosting ‘Get Up Stand Up.’

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Rand Paul’s Indifference to Lynching Seen In His Continued Delay of Vital Legislation

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Biography and Profile of Susan Rice

Name: Susan Elizabeth Rice Position: Nominated as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations by then President-elect Barack Obama on December 1, 2008 Born: November 17, 1964 in Washington, DC Education: Graduated National Cathedral School in Washington, DC in 1982 Undergraduate: Stanford University, B.A.

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Kenya: Governor Sonko's Daughter Sets Date for Her Wedding

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko's daughter Saumu Mbuvi and her fiancé Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip have set a date for their

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Louisiana House debate erupts after Republican claims police die at higher rates than African-Americans - African American News Today - EIN News

On Thursday, 4WWL reported that an argument erupted in the Louisiana House of Representatives during a debate on police reform. The argument erupted after Democratic Rep. Ted James agreed to a Republican amendment striking language from a police reform bill that mentioned George Floyd’s death and

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VIDEO: Endangered Maine senator calls for focusing coronavirus relief on small businesses

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Why Jubilee wants Kindiki out

It is now official that Senate Deputy Speaker Kithure Kindiki is on borrowed time after Speaker Kenneth Lusaka on Wednesday published a notice for a special sitting on Friday to discuss his removal from

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Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to US Senate

Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi legislature.

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Harris, Warren lead in polls on who voters want as Bidens VP

Several polls are indicating that Democratic voters think Senator Kamala Harris or Senator Elizabeth Warren would be the best picks for a running mate for Joe Biden. The post Harris, Warren lead in polls on who voters want as Bidens VP appeared first on TheGrio.

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Glenn H. Taylor, U.S. Senator from Idaho and

Glenn H. Taylor, U.S. Senator from Idaho and Vice-presidential candidate of Progressive party, arrested in Birmingham for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked for Negroes.

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No studies; we need action –

One of the first things I heard from Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican senator, was a plan for a study of 18

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Forty-sixth Congress Convened

Forty-sixth Congress (1879-1881) convened. One U.S. Senator: Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi.

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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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(1965) Lyndon B. Johnson, "The Voting Rights Act"

In early March 1965 much of the nations attention was focused on civil rights marches in and around Selma, Alabama. Activists led by Dr. Martin Luther King used these demonstrations to urge the federal government to act to end the denial of voting rights to tens of thousands of African Americans

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(1948) Bayard Rustin, “Jim Crow Army"

By the early 1960s Bayard Rustin would emerge as a major strategist for the civil rights movement and advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King. In 1948, however, he was less well known among the American population. By that point, however, most of his views were shaped and well known. In World War

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(2007) Senator Barack Obama “Voting Rights March Commemoration Speech”

Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I’m going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every

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