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Gen. Charles Brown, commander of Pacific Air Forces and President Trump's nominee to be the next Air Force chief of staff, said in a video released Friday that he navigates "two worlds" as an African American and that he's "thinking about how I can make
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Libya - Pro-Government Forces Capture Tripoli Airport
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Jamaican US army veteran recounts act of police brutality
A Jamaican man living in the United States (US) who was beaten by police officers at his daughter's graduation in 2016 is adding his voice to the throng of protesters across North America agitating for racial justice following the recent murder of George
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'A betrayal': Early Facebook staffers denounce Zuckerberg
Nearly three dozen former employees from Facebook’s early days on Wednesday blasted CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act against incendiary posts by US President Donald Trump as “cowardly” and a “betrayal” of company
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Pharrell Says He Called Virginia's Governor About Making Juneteenth A State Holiday - Blavity
Academy Award-winning musician and Virginia Beach native Pharrell joined Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in declaring Juneteenth as a state holiday last Tuesday.  According to Rolling Stone, Pharrell made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon  where he shared that the collaboration
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Militant movement launched to fight cartels
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Bollywood Stars Criticized For Posting About Racial Equality While Endorsing Skin Whitening Creams
But critiques of selective activism have also emerged, pointing out that these same stars have promoted skin whitening creams or have failed to speak out for the plight of migrant minorities in
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ACLU And Black Lives Matter Sue Trump Administration Over Protest Violence
The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration and federal law enforcement agencies, saying they violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators who were violently evacuated out of a park Monday to clear the path for
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Liberia: IMF Executive Board Approves a U.S.$50 Million Disbursement to Liberia to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
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deGregory: White supremacy in Wakanda | The Atlanta Voice
Black people in America, who have for the last four centuries not known what it was like to live without the crushing weight of racism’s constant burden, are using their bodies once again to mount a visible protest that strikes at the heart of white America’s most visceral fear: the upending of
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Africa: Digital Briefing on USAID's Ongoing Development Priorities and COVID-19 Assistance Response in Africa
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(1849) Charles Sumner, “Equality Before the Law: Unconstitutionality of Separate Colored Schools in Massachusetts”
In 1848 Benjamin Roberts filed a lawsuit against the city of Boston on behalf of his five year old daughter, Sarah, who was denied admission to schools in her neighborhood and instead assigned to the lone all-black school in the city.  Two attorneys, Robert Morris, one of the first black lawyers in
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… against itself, and left many African Americans and Native Americans worse off … across the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National … . One exhibit explores how, for African Americans, thousands of whom fled to …
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The NBA Set to Return with New Format, All Games Played at a Single Location
NBA fans near and far have every reason to celebrate, because it’s been announced the league will return, with a tentative July 31 start date, after being suspended in March because of
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F**k Fourth of July: The only independence day I recognize is Juneteenth
F**k the Fourth of July. In a world where we officially recognize Juneteenth, that great new holiday sits on the... View Article The post F**k Fourth of July: The only independence day I recognize is Juneteenth appeared first on TheGrio.
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VIDEO: Donald Trump Jr. set his sights on big tech months before his father’s feud with Twitter
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Burundi: The United States Commends the People of Burundi On the Presidential Elections of May 20
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We’ve been living under COVID for years, say craft merchants
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Black Youth Are Central Force in California George Floyd Protests
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Thomas Jefferson Descendant Reflects On His Ancestor's Memorial and Legacy : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
Shannon LaNier is the sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. He talks to NPR about the founding father's complicated history, and how that should be reflected in his memorial.
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The African Development Bank on Thursday launched an independent inquiry into allegations of embezzlement and preferential treatment against its embattled president Akinwumi Adesina, who is seeking re-election in August, its board of governors
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Black America’s Conflicted History with the Insurrection Act
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