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“YOU’RE NOT VOTING???” We all know someone making excuses not to participate in the Nov. 3 elections. In 2016, 40 percent of eligible Americans skipped ...

Source: South Florida Times

“MDEAT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS” JUNE 4: The Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) hosts a monthly talk show on WMBM (AM 1490), covering juvenile justice topics related to its program, Miami-Dade County Teen Court, every ﬁrst Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. Three alumni share in their own words

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Source: South Florida Times

The Birmingham Church Bombing killed four young girls – will always be remembered: September 15, 1963

SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 A DAY NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN

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Source: South Florida Times

Native American tribes in Texas rally to increase voter turnout | Dallas Weekly

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Cecelia Flores knows that voting turnout among her fellow Alabama-Coushatta Tribe members in East Texas has traditionally been low. The chairperson for the federally recognized tribe said

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Senghor, Léopold Sédar (1906-2001)

Scholar, African traditionalist poet, and Senegal’s first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor was born on October 9, 1906 in Joal, Senegal. His father, Basie Diogoye Senghor, was a Malinké landowner. His mother, Gnilane Bakhoum, came from a Christian Fulani family. They gave Senghor a European name to

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Source: Black Past

Dec

2001

CC old boys donate science lab equipment, desks

WASHINGTON, DC: The Philadelphia-based mid-Atlantic chapter of the Cornwall College Old Boys Association (CCOBAMA) has secured a massive donation of desks and science lab equipment to strengthen its current campaign to improve infrastructure and...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jackson Honored as ‘Best Mentor’

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Black PR Wire) – The Daily Business Review has recognized Government Law & Lobbying Shareholder Yolanda Cash Jackson as a “Best Mentor” in its 2020 Professional Excellence

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Source: South Florida Times

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“NOT VOTING”? We all know someone making excuses not to vote in the Nov. elections. In fact, 40 percent of Americans who were eligible skipped ...

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Source: South Florida Times

Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams is a professional tennis player, ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis as of August 2014, a rank she has held 5 times in her career. She is the younger sister of tennis star Venus Williams. She was born on September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan to Richard and Oracene

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Source: Black History Resources

Sep

1981

‘One-stop shop’ For Pandemic Assistance Released For Puget Sound Region

The site, a unique partnership between Microsoft, the City of Seattle, Snohomish County and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, provides information and access to food, rent assistance, business loans and additional resources in one easy-to-navigate

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker was a dancer and singer who later became a Civil Rights activist. Her birth name was Freda Josephine McDonald and she was born on June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother used to be a dancer as well, but she gave up her aspirations in order to raise her children. Her father

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Source: Black History Resources

Jun

1906

Sunbelt States Rush To Line Up Hospital Beds, Not Barstools

By TAMARA LUSH and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Comerica Bank and National Business League Announce $1 Million Commitment to Support Black-Owned Small Businesses

Comerica Bank recently announced its $1 million commitment over four years to the National Business League as part of a national partnership that will launch the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP), an access to capital initiative to assist Black businesses across the

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Baltimore’s Only Summer Camp for Children Experiencing Homelessness Adapts Services Due to Pandemic

BALTIMORE, MD. (June 30, 2020) – Since 1907 the nationally recognized Camp St. Vincent program has been a valuable resource for local children experiencing poverty and homelessness in our

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Former Florida Police Officer Arrested After Video Reveals Him Placing Knee on Pregnant Black Woman’s Neck and Using Taser

A former Florida police officer has been charged with battery and misconduct after a video surfaced showing him putting his knee on a Black

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Sunbelt states rush to line up hospital beds, not barstools

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida and other states across the Sunbelt are thinning out the deck chairs, turning over the bar stools and rushing to line up more hospital beds as they head into the height of the summer season amid a startling surge in confirmed cases of the

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Trayvon Martin’s Mother, Sybrina Fulton, Qualifies To Run For Elected Office

Sybrina Fulton is all too aware of the pain of losing a child at the hands of white vigilante

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

SPLC Announces $30 Million Investment to Increase Voter Registration

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (1969- )

The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (LHPAI) is Seattles longest-lived performing arts venue for programming primarily by and about people of African descent. It is located at 104 17th Avenue South in the Central Area, the traditional heart of the African American and Diaspora

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Source: Black Past

40th anniversary of Bob Marley’s Final Show in Pittsburgh - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

Forty years ago Bob Marley did a full set at the Stanley Theatre, opening with Natural Mystic and closing with Get Up, Stand Up.

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Source: South Florida Caribbean News : South Florida Caribbean News

Pack the Polls Event to Drive Votes in Dallas County | Dallas Weekly

Local organizers hope to increase voter turn turnout from Forester Athletic Complex to various voting locations including the Skyline Branch Library, the Martin Luther King Center and the Oak Cliff Sub-Courthouse Building on the success of its recent “Pack the Polls” car parade during the July

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Clarke, Yvette Diane (1964– )

Yvette Diane Clarke won her first political office when she was elected a member of the New York City Council representing part of Brooklyn in 2001. Clarke succeeded her mother, former City Councilmember, Dr. Una S.T. Clarke, making them the first mother-daughter succession in the history of the

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Source: Black Past

Nov

1964

Curious About CBD? Physician Safiyah Lyn-Lassiter Explains The Basics About This Wellness Product

Have you ever been curious about the healing powers of CBD but hesitant to try it? Wondering what dosage you should start at? Well, wonder no more. Thanks to South [] The post Curious About Trying CBD? Heres How You Should Start appeared first on Essence.

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Jesse Jackson Jr. is a former African-American Democratic Congressman. From 1995 to 2012, he represented Illinois’s 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Moreover, his father was an eminent political figure who was a former presidential

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Source: Black History Resources

Mar

1965

The United States sanctions Cuban company handling remittances | New York Carib News

The US State Department included the Cuban company Fincimex on its list of restricted entities on

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Source: The New York Carib News

Senate Passes Extension of PPP Small Business Loans – The Black Chronicle

The U.S. Senate extended the deadline for businesses to apply for coronavirus aid under the Paycheck Protection Program

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Source: The Black Chronicle

(1877) Peter H. Clark, “Socialism: The Remedy for the Evils of Society”

Peter Humphries Clark, principal of the Colored High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, was one of a small number of 19th Century African American Socialists. Grandson of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, schoolteacher and later Principal of the Colored High School in Cincinnati and staunch

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Source: Black Past

HBCU Buzz Presents: 2020 Top 30 Under 30 leaders from HBCUs | Atlanta Daily World

(Black PR Wire) For the sixth year, HBCU Buzz presents the HBCU Top 30 Under 30, honoring the achievements of alumni of historically Black Colleges and Universities. The next HBCU Top 30 class is a combination of bold leaders in the fields of

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Educating While Black Presents Guidance on the Implementation of African American Studies Course in Texas High Schools

The state of Texas recently gave approval for African American studies to be taught as an elective course in high school

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

WARREN, C.J., Opinion of the Court

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Source: Black Past

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