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Will Effective K-12 Education Survive Gov. Newsom’s May Revise Budget?
According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the actions taken by Newsom achieved overall school funding that is “roughly flat Newsom’s efforts, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said,” I want to thank Governor Newsom for working hard to prioritize and preserve
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Fannie Lou Hamer Walking Off the Plantation: Questioning and Transforming America - Los Angeles Sentinel
It is our foremother, Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, who taught us the morality of remembrance, saying: “There are two things we should all care about. Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us
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African-American history of agriculture in the United States
The role of African Americans in the agricultural history of the United States was extremely important, and given that the majority of blacks were employed in agriculture in the United States particularly during the 19th and early 20th century, represents a major part of their history and the
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Quit Playin’: Who’s Lootin’ You??
“Mini-Me” Mnuchin tooled a foreclosure machine and looted the taxpayers for no less than $200 million, according to a Huffington Post 2017
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WVON’S Pam Morris-Walton publishes book after miraculous heart transplant | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Erick Johnson It’s been four years since WVON radio host Pam Morris-Walton learned that she had a bad heart and would not live without a transplant. The diagnosis set off an intense, successful search for a donor that ended in record time during a miraculous journey that changed
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Hanging Death of Black Man in California Park Ruled Suicide
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide Thursday following a police investigation prompted by outrage from the family who said authorities initially were too quick to rule out the possibility he was
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Stereotypes Harm Black Lives and Livelihoods, but Research Suggests Ways to Improve Things - African American News Today - EIN News
from professors. Negative stereotypes harm Black Americans at every turn. To reduce were Chinese names, Indian names, African-American-, Latino- and white-sounding names counter-stereotypical exemplars. As an African-American, female professor, a student’s
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Oakland Pilot Will Give $500 Per Month To Hundreds Of Low-Income Residents Of Color
The guaranteed income program follows in the footsteps of Stockton’s, which found recipients had better mental health and got full-time jobs at higher rates.
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Kenya: Take Up South Korean Market, PS Johnson Weru Tells Farmers
[Nation] Kenya is seeking the help of governors to boost exports of raw bananas and broccoli to South Korea. The exports have failed to grow despite the Asian nation exempting the two Kenyan goods from its stringent quality tests.
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The Sacramento Observer » Netflix and Pills — #BlackAF and The Downside of Popping Molly on TV
(CBM) The Netflix series #blackAF ended its first season this spring, but its episodes live on, accessible to anyone who wants to watch them on the digital streaming service. It stars Kenya Barris, creator of critically acclaimed Black-ish (and its spinoffs Grown-ish and Mixed-ish), as
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Decorated civil rights historian and campus champion Ray Arsenault to retire
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How American racism changed the map of Africa, namely in Liberia : TheGrio
… slavery and freedom for African Americans when he remarked: “ … deportation and resettlement of African Americans to a colony in … purpose of resettling free African Americans, and those who would … , 1847. While some African Americans embraced the idea of …
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Descendant of Slaves Becomes the Youngest Black Osteopathic Doctor in History - The Bay State Banner
The year 2021 marks a key centenary for black women. It’s 100 years since Dr. Meta Loretta Christy became the first black woman in America to graduate from what is now the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. It will also mark two years since Dr. Ashley Roxanne Peterson, now 26, graduated
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This Week’s Paper - Thursday, May 20, 2021 - Voice and Viewpoint
SEE THE FRONT PAGE HERE We are San Diego's largest African American newspaper, reporting news from an African American perspective. Established in 1960, Dr. John Warren is the Publisher of the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, a 56-year-old nationally award winning publication. Dr. Warren and his late
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‘Black and Asian people not seen as readers’: Bernardine Evaristo condemns books industry
Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the Booker prize, has hit out at “ridiculous” and “misguided” beliefs in the publishing industry, where “black and Asian people are not considered to be a substantial readership, or to even be
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Presidential Ticket Isn't Unilaterally Embraced by South Asians
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NAACP Sues Trump and Giuliani Over Insurrection
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Catholic Charities names former Minneapolis schools leader Michael Goar as new CEO - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Black and Pregnant: More Complicated Amid a Pandemic? | Chicago Defender
While many women will tell you that being pregnant is stressful, being a black and pregnant woman during a pandemic is incredibly stressful and makes black birth more complicated and almost life-threatening. COVID-19 disproportionately affects people of color and may affect maternal mortality
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Schooled by Youtube: FEBRUARY 15, 1965 NAT KING COLE DIED
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Meghan Markle Reached Out To Althea Bernstein, The Biracial Woman Who Said She Was Set On Fire By Four White Men
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A Pandemic Of Vanishing Black Wealth - The Seattle Medium
It should come as no surprise that a recession only exacerbates the already vicious patterns of low wealth for Black families. Yet, in an unprecedented twist of fate, never before seen in history, while we are still reeling from the economic losses of last decade’s Great Recession…here we go
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North Carolina Freed After Serving 44 Years For Crime He Didn't Commit
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