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NNPA NEWSWIRE — The beach resort once flourished while welcoming African American visitors in the 1920s – a time when Black people and other minorities weren’t allowed on White beaches. The property famously took on the name “Bruce’s Beach.” Meanwhile, descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce had
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“They have a safe space here.” Mavs Host Inaugural All-Girls Hoop Camp - Texas Metro News
Sports Editor Trees can grow in a crowded forest. But young girls need to bloom in a a safer, smaller environment that honors who they are and allows them to blossom at their rate. The Mavs Academy understand that and with young girls and their mental and physical well-being in mind, recently
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Delta Variant Now Makes up 83 Percent of all U.S. COVID Cases | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 variants is to prevent the spread of disease, and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have,” Dr. Walensky asserted during a U.S. Senate
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal: Advancing Economic and Public Health Opportunities for Communities of Color | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Bipartisan Infrastructure deal addresses economic disparities in our economy and the consequences of decades of disinvestment in America’s infrastructure that have fallen most heavily on communities of color. Through critical investments, the Bipartisan Infrastructure deal
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OUSD Teachers, Parents, Ask for Weekly COVID-19 Testing | Post News Group
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On the Need for New Investments & Developments in South Dallas - Texas Metro News
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‘Our goal is speedy vaccination of 800 million Africans’ – says President of Afreximbank
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Eric Adams Poised to Become New York’s Second Black Mayor | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Adams won New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor, and political watchers in the Big Apple give Republicans virtually no chance of beating Adams in the fall, which would put him in exclusive company with the late David Dinkins as New York’s only Black
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