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Politics; Four Faces, One Nation. - ThyBlackMan
Four Faces, One Nation - America has maintained a more strict racial categorization than even apartheid-era South Africa.  We’re all familiar with the “one drop” rule that would classify a person as black, or octoroon, if even one of their great-grandparents were black.  A study back in 1958
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Source: ThyBlackMan
IN MEMORIAM: John Lewis, an American Hero and Moral Leader Alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., Dies at 80 | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 1965 Selma march was led by John Lewis. Lewis was perhaps the last remaining voice of moral authority from the civil rights era. Voting rights remains a challenge in the U.S. Lewis was on the front lines of that effort which was resisted by white racists in the South attempting
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Preservation Long Island Convenes Virtual Public Roundtables to Explore the Legacy of Enslavement on Long Island - The New York Beacon
Andrea Hart-This initiative will engage the public in designing new interpretive programming at historic Joseph Lloyd Manor to reflect the multiple perspectives that shaped the house’s history starting with Jupiter Hammon, the first published African American writer in the United States who
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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information
Bahamas Bans American Travelers From Entry Amid Spike In COVID-19 Cases
The Bahamas is the latest country to bar American travelers from entry due to a surge in new COVID-19 cases weeks after reopening its borders.
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Raise Up Massachusetts calls on Mass. legislators to invest in public services - The Bay State Banner
Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition of community, labor and faith groups launched their “Invest in Our Recovery” campaign Wednesday in front of the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building. Members of the Boston Teachers Union, the Chinese Progressive Association, the Massachusetts Public Health
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Source: The Bay State Banner
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Thousands of Essential Workers Walk Off Jobs In Strike For Black Lives
Essential workers in 100 U.S cities participated in the Strike For Black Lives, demanding corporations raise wages, provide healthcare, and paid leave
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Kanye West Rally in South Carolina Sparks Controversy and Concern | Chicago Defender
As the November primary nears and the candidates begin to campaign for our votes through television and online ads, another candidate emerged. On July 4th via Twitter, Kanye West announced his run with a post about unification, vision, and building the future. The internet was abuzz with some
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Source: Chicago Defender
Who Is Nikema Williams, the Georgia State Senator Replacing John Lewis on the November 2020 Ballot? - The New York Beacon
News of beloved congressman John Lewis’ death shook his Georgia constituents, those who admired him and those close to him. The former Freedom Rider died Friday following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80. Lewis died the same day as his friend and fellow civil
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Texas' June unemployment rate falls to 8.6%, but experts warn unemployment could worsen next month | Dallas Weekly
Texas’ June unemployment rate fell to 8.6% — a drop from the 13% May jobless rate, according to a Friday morning U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. While it's an improvement from April's record-high 13.5% unemployment rate, June's figure shows the devastating financial toll on Texans as the
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Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, dies at 80 - TheGrio
Congressman John Lewis has passed away at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer on Friday night, according to... View Article The post Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, dies at 80 appeared first on TheGrio.
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150 federal agents to be deployed to Chicago: report : TheGrio
President Donald Trump is preparing to send as many as 150 federal agents to Chicago in efforts to reduce violence in the city. The post 150 federal agents to be deployed to Chicago: report appeared first on TheGrio.
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President Bio appoints new chief electoral commissioner amid controversy
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2020: Yesterday’s controversial announcement by State House in Freetown, that:  “It has pleased His Excellency the President-  Brig. Dr. Julius Maada Wonnie Bio to appoint Mr. Mohamed Kenewui Konneh as Chairman and Chief Electoral Commissioner of  National Electoral
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Pentagon bans Confederate flag in way to avoid Trump's wrath - TheGrio
WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon on Friday will ban displays of the Confederate flag on military... View Article The post Pentagon bans Confederate flag in way to avoid Trump's wrath appeared first on TheGrio.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Calls Kayleigh McEnany 'Karen' After Insult | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday called Kayleigh McEnany “Karen” after the White House press secretary referred to her as a “derelict mayor” at a briefing. “Hey, Karen. Watch your mouth,” Lightfoot tweeted. “Karen” is a slang pejorative for a rude white woman exploiting her
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Biden, lawmakers warn of foreign interference in election - Black News Channel
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he is putting Russia and other foreign governments 'on notice' that he would act aggressively as president to counter any interference in U.S. elections. The statement came
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Voting by mail is convenient, dependable and safe
By Susana Darwin and Jack Courtier, Contributors PINELLAS COUNTY - Only 36 percent of eligible Pinellas County voters cast ballots in the March 2020 Presidential Preference Primary: 200,425 voters out of 544,223 registered. Three times as many people voted by mail in March as voted in
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Republican Bill Would Hold Corporations and Celebrities Accountable for Profiting From Slave Labor - Black Enterprise
Sen. Josh Hawley says companies talk about corporate social responsibility and social justice while making millions from the slave labor that assembles their products
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R.I.P.: The Other John Lewis I Will Always Remember. - ThyBlackMan
The instant the news flashed that Congressman John Lewis died the expected and much deserved avalanche of tributes poured in from all corners. Trump’s tribute was in that avalanche. The tributes all pretty much followed the same pattern. Lewis was praised as a civil rights
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Biden eyes GOP supporters while Trump focuses on his base - Black News Channel
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer In the four months since Joe Biden effectively won the Democratic presidential nomination, he has focused on consolidating the party's divergent and often warring factions. As the closing stretch of the campaign nears, that effort will expand to include
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(BLM) Black Lives Matter doesn't give a rat's behind about 'blacks'. - ThyBlackMan
Black Lives Matter is a damnable lie on every quantifiable level. If black lives mattered, the organizers and participants in said movement would not draw a sharp distinction between what they term "urban 'black' violence" and Blacks Lives Matter. The fact is: Black Lives Matter is a satanic
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Georgia mask debate ensnares Trump as Kemp battles Atlanta - Black News Channel
By JEFF MARTIN and BEN NADLER undefined/ BNC Contributor  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor and the mayor of its largest city accused each other of playing politics Friday amid an escalating fight over face masks intended to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The battle over masks in a state
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James Clyburn: Rename Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge for John Lewis : TheGrio
Year after year, Georgia Congressman John Lewis would gather community leaders and politicians at the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate... View Article The post Rep. James Clyburn wants Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge renamed after John Lewis appeared first on TheGrio.
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Trump contradicts his press secretary on how often he is tested: 'I don't know about more than one' time a day | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump said he doesn't know of a time he's taken more than one coronavirus test in a day, directly contradicting his press secretary in the first question of his press briefing Tuesday. 'I don't know about more than one,' Trump responded to a reporter who asked why he was tested
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
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Biden's $2 trillion climate plan aims to reframe debate - Dallas Post Tribune
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden released a $2 trillion plan on Tuesday to boost investment in clean energy and stop all climate-damaging emissions from U.S. power plants by 2035, arguing that dramatic action is needed to tackle climate change and revive the economy. In remarks near his home in
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THE SUPREMES GET INVOLVED – Florida Courier
A battle over voting rights in Florida is playing out at the U.S. Supreme Court. At stake is the ability of hundreds of thousands of Florida’s ‘returning citizens’ to cast ballots in this year’s elections. COMPILED FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS TALLAHASSEE – A battle over voting rights in Florida is
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Taxpayers Have Been Sponsoring Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam for Decades. - ThyBlackMan
Louis Farrakhan is known for spreading vicious lies about Jewish people, referring to Jewish people as "wicked Jews," accusing them of perpetrating a fictitious "black African Holocaust" and of "sucking our blood." In one of his interviews, Farrakhan claimed that "Hitler was a very great
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Atlanta City Council members on the passing of John Lewis - Atlanta Tribune
Several members of the Atlanta City Council have issued statements following the passing of Congressman John Lewis: “With the passing of Congressman John Lewis, we mourn the loss of a civil rights giant and present-day leader who daily exemplified what it means to lay down one's life in service to
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Source: Atlanta Tribune
Facing budget shortfalls, nearly 100 Texas mayors plead with Congress for coronavirus relief funding | Dallas Weekly
As Congress resumes work on a new coronavirus financial relief package, nearly 100 Texas mayors are pressing the state’s congressional delegation for more funding to address revenue losses incurred due to the economic downturn brought by COVID-19. Texas received $11 billion in funds from the
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Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80 - The New York Beacon
  'It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that we announce the passing of U.S. Rep. John Lewis,' his family said in a statement. 'He was honored and respected as the conscience of the US Congress and an icon of American history, but we
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The Bush Clan opens a 'second front' against Donald Trump. - ThyBlackMan
I was not surprised, therefore, to see the Bush political war machine recently roll onto the 2020 election battlefield flying the flag of George Soros' anti-Trump "Purple Revolution."
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