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Oakland School Board Votes To Eliminate Its Police Department - The New York Beacon
The school board in Oakland, California, unanimously voted on Wednesday to dismantle the school district’s police department — making the district the latest to cut ties with law enforcement amid nationwide anti-racism protests. At a school board meeting on Wednesday night, all seven board members
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George Floyd Died A Month Ago. There Have Been Protests Every Day Since.
The fight for justice is far from over, but the fact that so much has changed in such a short time highlights how historic this moment really is.
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(BPRW) Black Trade Academy Business Directory App makes it easy for customers to locate and purchase from Black businesses The Black Chronicle
(Black PR Wire) In the wake of racial injustice protests following the murder of George Floyd, I decided to develop a Black directory app to unite Black businesses with supporting
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A Debate Over Identity and Race Asks, Are African-Americans ‘Black’ or ‘black’?
For proponents of capitalizing black, there are grammatical reasons — it refers to a specific group of people so it should be a proper noun, they say. But some see it as a moral issue as well. It confers a sense of power and respect to black people, who
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Local Leader Ralph Harper Charts a Path for Black Americans to Succeed - African American News Today - EIN News
horror of slavery still affects Black Americans today. “I believe that the not just a problem for Black Americans, he adds. “Anyone who believes only solution to Black American inequality is accountability in the Black American community. It
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Angola's arrest warrant plans 'unjustified' - Isabel dos Santos | News24
Angolan billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, suspected of corruption in her native country and Portugal, on Friday slammed as "unjustified" the possible issuing of an international arrest warrant against her.
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Commentary: NFL Comments on George Floyd and Gets Roasted on Kaepernick  The Mississippi Link
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, 32, hasn’t played in the NFL since the 2016 season. He was blackballed by the NFL after silently protesting police brutality by silently taking a knee on the sidelines during the national anthem at the start of
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Reinstate Whistleblower Sgt. Javier Esqueda: Petition | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Joliet Police Chief Al Roechner stripped Javier Esqueda of his police powers on Monday and put him on administrative desk duty. By John Ferak, Patch An online petition drive seeks to restore Joliet Police Sgt. Javier Esqueda to regular duty. Esqueda revealed to CBS Chicago Channel 2 last week that
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MASON: The Roots of White Supremacy
The days of simply commiserating over the condition of poor, Black and brown Americans is over. It is time to rethink our future. It is finally time for one nation, under God, indivisible, to be born!
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My Black Receipt Campaign Generates $5 Million For Black Businesses
The My Black Receipt Movement has now raked in over $5 million in revenue for Black-owned companies, with 18,000 consumers participating in the initiative.
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18 Cop Recruits Sworn In - African American News Today - EIN News
in New Haven. Six are African-American; two are Latino. Two are female (including one of the African-American cadets). When asked how the
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Latina Massachusetts Cop Fired After Posting A Photo Of Her Niece At A BLM Protest - Blavity
A Latinx officer was fired for posting a photo of her niece protesting the killing of George Floyd.
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Teen sentenced to life in prison for killing Black trans woman, 2 gay men
A 19-year-old Detroit teen has been sentenced to three sentences of life without the possibility of parole after killing two gay men and a trans woman. The post Teen sentenced to life in prison for killing Black trans woman, 2 gay men appeared first on TheGrio.
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Chef Gregory Gourdet Knows Adversity And He Knows How To Move Forward
He's faced obstacles because of race, sexuality and addiction. Here's how this chef says we can embrace inclusion.
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Danish Police Refuse To Call Killing Of Biracial Man By White Supremacist A Hate Crime - Blavity
Police are refusing to declare the murder of a Black Danish man a hate crime despite the white supremacist leanings of one of the killers.
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Africa: We Condemn All Police Brutality Except Our Own!
[African Arguments] From the Wit-hole countries is African Arguments' satirical section. It's the news, but absurd. It's sometimes better than the real thing, sometimes not quite real, and sometimes much more real.
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Reformed Neo-Nazi Discusses President Trump's Controversial Shared Retweet : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
NPR's Noel King speaks with Christian Picciolini, a reformed neo-Nazi skinhead, about what extremists may have heard when the president retweeted a video of an alleged supporter yelling "white power."
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Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee names new Principal Coordinator
Drew Glover a California native is the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee’s new Principal Coordinator.Glover replaces Faya Rose Toure, who co-founded the Jubilee with her husband and former State Senator Hank Sanders. Toure was the Jubilee’s unpaid coordinator for the last 28 years.“It is an honor and
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KABAARA: It is time to learn about living with coronavirus
The world is gradually coming to the grim realisation that Covid-19 might be here to stay.
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VanVleet loathes NBA restart timing - Stabroek News
Raptors guard Fred VanVleet is already in Florida with the rest of his Toronto teammates, and he knows the time to take a stand and counter the NBA plan to restart the 2019-20 regular season has passed. The article VanVleet loathes NBA restart timing appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden Calls The George Floyd Family
Former President Barack Obama called Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, and offered his support and condolences shortly before Floyd’s memorial service. According to The New York Times, former
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George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston church Tuesday for the funeral of George Floyd, capping six days of mourning for the black man whose death has led to a global reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice. “George Floyd was not expendable. This is why we’re
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NFL Player Kyler Murray Will Definitely Be Taking a Knee During the 2020 NFL Season - Black Enterprise
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray plans to take a knee on the field during the upcoming NFL season to protest racial injustice.
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Psychologist discusses toll injustice takes on Black people -
LOS ANGELES — Police brutality, daily protests, systemic racism, unemployment, looters destroying property, COVID-19, stay-at-home-orders, the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, black men (Malcolm Harsch and Robert Fuller) found hanging from trees. The list is seemingly never ending. All
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COMMENTARY: ENOUGH Voice and Viewpoint
Will the Murder of George Floyd Finally Bring About the Change Black People Have Been Demanding? By Jeffrey L. Boney, Houston Forward Times Associate Editor “I can’t breathe!” This has become an all too familiar phrase, uttered by yet another African American man on video, nearly six years after
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Guest Editorial: Don’t defund police, demand real reform | New Pittsburgh Courier
There has been a growing call from activists for defunding the police since George Floyd died May 25 after a White officer pressed his knee into the handcuffed Black man’s neck, ignoring his “I can’t breathe” cries and holding it there even after Floyd stopped moving. His death sparked protests
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Tyler Perry Talks About Police Killings and Brighter Future For His Son Aman
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Indiana man claims group of assailants threatened to 'get a noose'
An Indiana Black man said a group of White men assaulted him and threatened to 'get a noose' after claiming he and his friends had trespassed on private property as they gathered at an Indiana lake over the Fourth of July weekend to watch the lunar eclipse. The incident prompted dozens of people to
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Ex-Atlanta Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Granted Bond
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ruled that the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick set a bond of $500,000 for Garrett Rolfe, who faces charges including felony murder in the
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For Some Black Americans, Love Of Country Means Holding It Accountable - African American News Today - EIN News
. But being a Black American, in particular, one that . But being a Black American, in particular, one that . But being a Black American, in particular, one that University. You have African Americans who are definitely patriotic, but
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