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“We are at a unique moment in time, an inflection point, where we have a generation of women who have risen in the ranks as corporate leaders and have wealth to invest,” said Julie Castro Abrams, founder and CEO of How Women Lead. “Investing in women-founded companies is financially savvy, creates
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Legendary Publisher William Garth Sr. Enshrined in Black Press Archives and Gallery of Distinguished Black Publishers - Texas Metro News
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “On behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund (NNPAF), we pause in sacred remembrance in tribute to the life, legacy, and memory of Publisher William ‘Bill’ Garth Sr.,” NNPAF Chair Pluria Marshall Jr., stated in a video tribute to Garth during Black Press
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Dr Kandeh Yumkella speaks about state of politics in Sierra Leone ahead of June 2023 polls
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March 2022: Dr Kandeh Yumkella, the politician many in and outside of Sierra Leone believe to be the President the country needs if it is to turn its misfortunes and poor governance around, has been talking to journalists about politics in Sierra Leone today and the [Read
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Buy Black Business Spotlight: Aaron Johnson Fitness Club - Texas Metro News
Owner Aaron T. Johnson is all about improving client's mind, body and emotions in each training session - driving the focus of pushing yourself to go the distance in seeking your fitness goals. Mr. Johnson’s club has certain age groups; he serves ages 6 - 18 fitness programs and ages 50 + in home
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Four years of President Bio: The challenges that demand urgent attention – Op ed
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2022: Yesterday, 4th April 2022, marked four years since President Bio and his government took office in Sierra Leone. With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international economic
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WATCH: ‘The Queen of Basketball’ Documentary Short Wins Oscar
THE BURTONWIRE — Ben Proudfoot directed the short, which educated die-hard basketball fans about the trailblazer. Told mostly in her voice, Lusia takes viewers through her life story highlighting the highs – groundbreaking basketball career and lows, a bipolar diagnosis, nervous breakdown, loss of
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COMMENTARY: Asian Americans, African Americans Know the Hate in America | Post News Group
You may have missed the statistics, though you may have felt it instinctively last August when the FBI released the news. Hate crimes targeting people of Asian descent rose by 70% in the U.S. The number of hate crimes targeting Blacks jumped 40%. All of it compared to 2019 levels. The trend is
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SUPERB WOMAN: Tamecka Grate-Frazier - Texas Metro News
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Motown Legend Smokey Robinson Causes Social Media Stir Saying He Resents Being Called African American | Post News Group
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I consider myself to be a Black American, and I enjoy being called Black, and Black has been so negativized as a color down throughout history by those who wanted to negativize it,” Robinson explained, adding that contributions by Black people should be recognized similarly to
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Congressman Bennie Thompson Applauds $7.9 Million in Funding to Close Homework Gap | Post News Group
One year after the American Rescue Plan became law, Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced on March 11 that Mississippi Second Congressional District has received $7,945,336 to date from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF). The Federal
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Tim O’Neal Drops 15-Footer on 18 to Win APGA Tour at PGA Golf Club | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Tim O’Neal, the 49-year-old from Savannah, Georgia, triumphed at the APGA Tour’s regular-season opener at TPC Harding Park in February and lost in a playoff at the APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Invitational in
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SUPERB WOMAN: DeAndrea Fleming - Texas Metro News
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Listening Care: Serenity House Oakland Offers Domestic Violence Victims Treatment with Solutions | Post News Group
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What the Global oil crisis means for Africa
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Advocates: Gov. Newsom Still Has Chance to Fund DV Prevention | Post News Group
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Cal Reparations Task Force: Yale Professor Traces Long History of Racism in Public Health | Post News Group
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SUPERB WOMAN: Cleo Greene  - Texas Metro News
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