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COVID-19 Was 'Bloody Sunday' for Americans - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

By Hazel Trice Edney, Trice Edney Thousands of Black people protested and many died at the hands of police, White supremacists and racists as they engaged in non-violent campaigns to win the right to vote. Still, America did not fully sit up and hear their cries until “Bloody Sunday”, March 7, 1965. On that day […]

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Philadelphia Cops Kill Walter Wallace Jr., Black Man With Knife Who Video Shows Didn’t Pose Deadly Threat To Police

Protesters took to the streets of Philadelphia two white police officers shot and killed a Black man, Walter Wallace Jr., who had a knife but did not appear to be threatening the lives of the cops, according to a viral video of the shooting.

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Gweru Catholic bishop officially unveiled

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