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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — LeBron James wore out the path to the NBA Finals in the Eastern Conference, making annual trips out of Miami and Cleveland. Now he's the best in the West. And for the first time in a decade, so are the Los Angeles Lakers. James punctuated his 27th postseason
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1 Dead in Portland After Trump Supporters, Protesters Clash | Afro
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One person was shot and killed in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets of the city that has become a flashpoint in the national unrest since
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UPDATED - MORE THAN 100 BLACK MALE LEADERS SIGN STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY REQUIRING A BLACK WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT | Afro
MORE THAN 100 BLACK MALE LEADERS SIGN STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY REQUIRING A BLACK WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT #WinWithBlackWomen  As someone who has said throughout the campaign that VP Joe Biden needs to choose a Black woman VP, the urgency for that pick has gone from something that SHOULD happen to
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From the Jackson/Mitchell Files – More about Our Fight for Freedom | Afro
By Lisa Mitchell Sennaar “I became convinced that the quickest way to get our constitutional rights is to start sitting in the state legislature and other political bodies as members,” Del. Clarence Mitchell III said in 1964. Clarence Mitchell III taught us that all politics is local and that every
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HRH Princess Dr. Moradeun Ogunlana Among Prestigious Speaker Line-up for PowHer Virtual International Women's Summit 2020 - The Atlanta Inquirer
The PowHer Virtual International Women’s Summit 2020 seeks to elevate and empower women in diverse industries through an assemblage of a dynamic line up of speakers and panelists. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and learn through candid conversations and panel discussions from a diverse
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In August 2020, in one of the toughest economic times that our country has seen, Shanell McCoy embarked on a new effort to highlight entrepreneurship. Source
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UN failures on coronavirus underscore the need for reforms - Black News Channel
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The coronavirus that has claimed nearly 1 million lives has underscored the failure of the United Nations to bring countries together to defeat it, prompting renewed calls to reform the world body so that it can meet challenges far
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Deadly Explosion in Northwest Baltimore | Afro
By Jessica Dortch AFRO Production Editor Firefighters and first responders were called to the 4200 Block of Labyrinth Road early on Aug. 10 due to reports of an explosion. Residents of the neighborhood suspect a gas leak caused the explosion that demolished three row homes, leaving many trapped and
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TBE#38- National Black Voter Day is National Urban League's Answer to Voter Suppression, Misinformation, and Division | Afro
To Be Equal #38 September 17, 2020 National Black Voter Day is National Urban League's Answer to Voter Suppression, Misinformation, and Division Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Too many people struggled, suffered and died to make it possible for every American to exercise
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Virtual NNPA 2020 National Leadership Awards Reception | Afro
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AFRO Exclusive: Actor TC Carson Talks Mental Health, Career, New Work | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com You may have loved watching him while he was “living single” as Kyle on the show by the same name, but legendary actor, singer and arts activist TC Carson is now emphasizing that people should “Come Together.” He reprises a 19-year-old song with
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Former LAPD Sergeant on Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron: ‘He Is Skinfolk, Not Kinfolk’
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Floyd Flake Street | Afram News
The historical Acreage Home community is boasting with pride as one of its "sons" is being honored in New York City. There will be a ceremony held Oct. 3, renaming a street after former Congressman Floyd H. Flake.
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Costco Drops Palmetto Cheese After Founder Calls Black Lives Matter a 'Terror Organization'
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Attica Scott, The Black State Representative Who Wrote Breonna’s Law, Arrested While Protesting In Louisville
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Canceled flights strand 25 Easter Islanders for 6 months - Black News Channel
By NICK PERRY and EVA VERGARA Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For people around the world, the coronavirus has caused distressing separations and delayed homecomings. But the situation for a group of 25 residents from remote Easter Island stands out. For six months now the group has
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Sudan Armed Group Attacks Darfur Village, Killing at Least 7 | Afro
By The Associated Press A Sudanese paramilitary group attacked civilians in the war-scarred region of South Darfur, killing at least seven people and wounding 20 more, local activists and a rebel group said July 24. The assault in the troubled province came a week after government-linked armed
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Citi creates $1B initiative to close the racial wealth gap - DefenderNetwork.com
Citi and the Citi Foundation today announced more than $1 billion in strategic initiatives to help close the racial wealth gap and increase economic mobility in the United States. Citi’s Action for Racial Equity is a comprehensive approach to 1) providing greater access to banking and credit in
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South Park church vandalized, keeps helping others in need - DefenderNetwork.com
Ronald Smith has been a member of New Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Houston's South Park neighborhood for the past 40 years. He's been its pastor for the past 20 years. But he has never seen anything like what happened in the early afternoon of Monday, Sept. 14. That’s when a white
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Trump unveils 'Platinum Plan' to boost lagging Black voter support - DefenderNetwork.com
President Trump on Friday unveiled his so-called 'Platinum Plan' at an event in Atlanta, which is aimed at investing $500 billion in Black communities. Trump did not disclose how the plan would be funded but that it would boost lending to Black-owned businesses, reduce taxes, and also include
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By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer When former NFL quarterback Michael Vick went with some of his family members to try to vote in 2011, the former No. 1 draft pick who made a career on his elusive ability on the football field was sacked by news he didn't expect: He wasn't eligible. 'I found out
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4 Louisiana Police Officers Charged in Black Man's Death | Afro
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By Destiny-Simone Ramjohn, and Rob Malone Since March, the news media has reported on recurring personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages during the coronavirus pandemic, which have pitted the federal government, state and local governments, and large health systems against each other in an
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By Col. (Ret) Edna W. Cummings, US. Army Ms. Indiana Hunt-Martin, who died peacefully on Sept. 21, was born on May 30, 1922 in Uvalda, Georgia.   At the age of 22, she enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WACs), and was assigned to the 855-member 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (Six Triple
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