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Constitution of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, 1918
The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities’ League is a social, friendly, humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive and expansive society, and is founded by persons desiring to the utmost to work for the general uplift of the Negro peoples of the
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Eboni K. Williams opens up about RHONY and her 'curriculum for white folks' on Acting Up
Eboni K. Williams knows about television and RHONY is all the better for it. The newest Real Housewife of New... View Article The post Eboni K. Williams opens up about RHONY and her 'curriculum for white folks' on Acting Up appeared first on TheGrio.
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These Two Black Women Make History As Inventors Hall Of Fame Inductees | Chicago Defender
Photo: Getty Images; National Inventors Hall Of Fame Two Black women inventors are being recognized for their landmark inventions which have helped advance technology in healthcare and even how many of us work from home. Engineer Marian Croak, who currently leads Google's Research Center for
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Family of Armed Black Man Shot Dead In Police Shooting Files Complaint – Free Press of Jacksonville
SAN BERNARDINO, USA – The family of an armed man, who was shot dead by a police officer at a parking lot in front of the King Tut Liquor store in San Bernardino, California, has [...]
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Black History Month 2014
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Protest march in Ghana in wake of George Floyd killing as president denounces brutality
As nationals across the world solidarize with America’s black community in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by holding protest marches, Ghanaian nationals and their African-American counterparts resident in Ghana also held a peaceful protest march, which culminated in front of the US Embassy in
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Us’ 55 Years of Unbudging Blackness: Africa as Our Moral Ideal - Los Angeles Sentinel
Now the interrelated moral imperative to be ourselves and to free ourselves is intimately related to our commitment as advocates of Us to the principle and practice of unbudging Blackness and the deep-rooted and irreversible embrace of Africa as our moral ideal. To talk of our Blackness, again, is
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Georgia Cops Detain And Cite Black Man For Singing Rap Lyrics Too Loud
Georgia police detained and cited a black man in Hephzibah, GA for singing rap music too loud while he was walking home.
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NYC Photographer Shows The World All Black Women Are Summertime Fine
New York City-based photographer Chandler Easley debuts summertime fine headshots of a variety of Black women.
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Nike Makes Juneteenth an Annual Paid Holiday for Its U.S. Employees – Your Black World
Nike CEO, John Donahoe, announced in an internal memo that the company would recognize Juneteenth as an annual paid holiday for its
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Source: Your Black World
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Black LGBTQ+ Leaders and Allies Applaud 3 California Bills | Post News Group
Some of the proposed laws aim to address challenges that impact various segments of the African American LGBTQ+ community -- either directly or circumstantially.  The post Black LGBTQ+ Leaders and Allies Applaud 3 California Bills first appeared on Post News Group.
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Traffic deaths jump for Black Americans who couldn’t afford to stay home during COVID-19 pandemic - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Originally Published: 20 JUN 21 09:23 ET Updated: 21 JUN 21 12:20 ET By Matt McFarland, CNN Business (CNN) — Traffic deaths soared in 2020 despite Americans driving less due to the pandemic, and Black Americans bore a disproportionate share of the increase in fatalities. The National Highway
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PureGym apologises after ‘12 Years a Slave workout' sparks outrage - Voice Online
PUREGYM HAS apologised after its Luton and Dunstable branch advertised a '12 Years a Slave'... The post PureGym apologises after ‘12 Years a Slave workout' sparks outrage appeared first on Voice Online.
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America must not fail black Americans again
The murder of George Floyd on the streets of Minnesota in 2020, is still the problem of the color
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Jax Black Chamber of Commerce names Jasmine Lashawn CEO | BlackPressUSA
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS - “It is an honor to serve our black business community and I look forward to engaging with all of the business owners throughout Jacksonville. Whether entrepreneurial startups or established corporations, they employ our people and serve as the economic engine for our
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5 Major California Firms, Other Businesses, Invest Billions in Black Enterprises. Where Will The Money Go? - Black Voice News
Over the last month, several corporations have stepped up to fund the Black community.   Two weeks ago, Netflix announced it will drop 2 percent of its cash holdings, up to $100 million, into Black-owned banks and other financial institutions and organizations that directly support African American
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
Outrage After Sha’Carri Richardson, Other Black Women Banned from Participating in Tokyo Olympics | Post News Group
Social media users, media pundits, and celebrities rushed to Richardson’s defense, noting that marijuana is legal in many states anyway and using the hashtag
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Death has engulfed America; what can we do? –
Recently, there have been numerous killings of unarmed Black folks by the police and vigilantes, who believe they have a right to patrol their neighborhood and kill Black
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Black Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19
“It doesn’t matter what color you are, how much money you have, how much education you have, things happen: grief, depression, anxiety, which COVID has really unleashed,” said F.T. Burden, president and CEO of Springboard Community Services, a regional full service behavioral health and case
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More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina
When Aisha Cort walks into a convenience store with her rich brown skin and tiny dark locs, she knows she has the power to cause confusion by speaking
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Remembering the Brixton uprisings 40 years on - Voice Online
FORTY YEARS ago this month, what was described as one of the ‘worst disturbances’ on... The post Remembering the Brixton uprisings 40 years on appeared first on Voice Online.
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Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online
WARNING to Black Fathers
They are hunting Black men and killing them for sport, it
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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd's Alleged Murder
For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the
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Source: The Florida Star
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Black Americans Still Wary of Clinical Trials | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Yet, studies show Black Americans continue to distrust medical research and clinical trials, apparently a lasting legacy of the infamous Tuskegee experiment which was shut down more than three decades
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Defunding won’t reform the police department –
When a 77-year-old Black retired St. Louis Police Department captain David Dorn was shot and killed by Black looters, there was no comparable outrage by Black and White Democratic Party national political
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Ice Cube Supports Charlamagne and Diddy Against Biden Democrats
According to Diddy, the blacks should refrain from supporting Joe Biden and other democrats until the challenges the black communities
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This Young Black Cancer Survivor Is On A Mission To ‘Legalize Melanin’
Nicole Bracey wanted to go beyond blame and move toward action so she created a t-shirt line to bring awareness to and eventually lend significant financial support to a variety of social justice causes.
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DeWine outlines several steps Ohio is taking to address health disparities in the Black community - African American News Today - EIN News
… life expectancy of African-American Ohioans is four years … to encourage more African-Americans and other minorities … help get more African-Americans involved in business ownership … health disparities among the African-American community and racial injustice …
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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyds Alleged Murder | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the future. At the same time, she said, “It’s bittersweet that it takes
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Source: The Florida Star
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It's Time That We Have a Full Spectrum of Black Liberation • EBONY
DarnellL.Mooreis the author of 'No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America' and the host of 'Being Seen' podcast. Today, Black America is seeing a convergence of so many beautiful social and political movements. Though we have overcome much in the past few decades, we still have
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