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C. T. Vivian dies at age 95, place in history is secure | New Pittsburgh Courier
By Bunnie Jackson-Ransom Cordy Tindell Vivian (July 30, 1924 – July 17, 2020)) was an American minister, author, and was a close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. Vivian continued to reside in Atlanta, Georgia and founded the C. T. Vivian Leadership
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Gov. Kemp sues City of Atlanta for defiance on mask rules | The Atlanta Voice
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in a suit filed in state court late Thursday in Atlanta, argue that Atlanta Mayor Keisha
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EBONY OWNERSHIP IMMEDIATELY REMOVES JACOB WALTHOUR AS CHAIRMAN WITH CAUSE
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Oregon officials decry arrests by federal agents in Portland - Black News Channel
By ANDREW SELSKY and GILLIAN FLACCUS undefined/ BNC Contributor  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal agents in green camouflage uniforms have been taking into custody people in the streets of Portland, not close to federal property that they were sent to protect, in what the ACLU of Oregon on Friday said
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Tyler Perry gifts 1, 000 Kroger gift cards to Atlanta residents : TheGrio
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Authorities in Kenya have rescued a 12-year-old girl who was married off to two men within a month. The girl, from Narok County west of the capital Nairobi, was first married off to a 51-year-old man and then to a 35-year-old before government officials and a children's rights campaigner came to
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Federal judge sides with Mo'Nique in Netflix discrimination lawsuit : TheGrio
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Cigarette ban: 'Just lift the bloody thing', Fita chairperson demands
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C. T. Vivian dies at age 95, place in history is secure | Chicago Defender
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