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(TriceEdneyWire.com) – A recent NAACP “Black Media Speaks” forum plummeted into a conversation in which the future of hard-copy, black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced
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MALVEAUX: COVID-19 Halts Women’s Workplace Progress
We often sing, "I believe that children are the future." But we don't. If we did, there would be fewer women and children slipping through the cracks that COVID-19 created.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones Offered Tenure at UNC at Chapel Hill | Post News Group
Hannah-Jones begins work on July 1, 2021. The post Nikole Hannah-Jones Offered Tenure at UNC at Chapel Hill first appeared on Post News Group.
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Employment Rates Are Dropping Among Black Women, Data Shows
Black women are not thriving when it comes to the job market recovery.
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Looters, Lowlifes, and Liars
Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement to threaten people’s legal right to
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The Black Card: We Are Not Disposable, We Are Essential
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From Finland to “Not in My Neighborhood”: Antero Pietila's Journey To and Through Racially Divided America
In the article below Antero Pietila, longtime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, describes his arrival as a Finnish immigrant in the United States as the nation was being convulsed by the Civil Rights Movement.  Pietila describes his initial introduction into the nations racial dilemma through Harlem
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BOOKS: 'Izzy' gives fresh new look at 'Black History' | BlackPressUSA
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Author Mia J. Davis recalled the incubator in which “The Adventures of Izzy” was born. “While our children were locked down in the midst of a global pandemic, we all watched with horror as George Floyd’s life was squeezed out of him by a policeman’s knee,” Davis said. “We
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New Poll Indicates Black People Want Police to Maintain Current Presence In Their Neighborhoods
A new Gallup poll indicates that the majority of Black Americans want police to spend the same or more time in their neighborhoods. Some 61 percent of
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Hardin: We've Protested, What's Next?
I receive a lot of emails, text messages and phone calls from skin folk who have differing thoughts and opinions from the norm but are hesitant to share them publicly because of fear of the fierce backlash of the Knee Grow
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Representatives David Scott, Emanuel Cleaver Unveil Effort to Increase Access to Apprenticeships for Young African-Americans - The Atlanta Inquirer
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives David Scott (GA-13), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Emanuel Cleaver (MI-05) today introduced the Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn While You Learn' Training and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act of 2021. The legislation would encourage
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We Have a Right to Be Angry! Free Press of Jacksonville
By Dr. Rev. Ralph E. Williamson, Contributing Writer This morning, we are awakened with heavy hearts burdened with a heavy load of worry, care, anger, and frustration. In the last several months, we have [...]
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(1987) Thurgood Marshall, “A Colorblind Society Remains an Aspiration”
On August 15, 1987 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke to a gathering of federal judges.  Reflecting on his two decades on the Court and particularly on recent affirmative action rulings by the High Court, Justice Marshall reminded his audience that the United States had not yet
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OP-ED: Black Girl Magic-Stacey Abrams Saves Democracy | The Michigan Chronicle
All hail Stacey Abrams! The tyranny at the U.S. Capitol by domestic terrorists, a noose built on federal grounds by racists, and a Confederate flag toted inside the U.S. Capitol by a white nationalist, will not overshadow one of the most extraordinary feats. For the first time, the new blue state
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George Floyds Murder Case Could Move To Whiter Part Of Minnesota, Judge Warns
Moving George Floyd's case out of Minneapolis could mean less diverse jury pools that are more sympathetic to police officers, thus increasing the chances of acquittals or mistrials.
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Land occupiers in Joburg vow to return to patch of land where shacks were destroyed
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How to Talk with Young Children about the George Floyd Protests
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Revry celebrates Black History Month with Black Queer content | Chicago Defender
Revy, the global Queer TV network, 75% founded by people of color and 50% Black women, has already championed Black voices with its existing Black Lives Matter curation of films, series, and music videos. Revry celebrates Black History Month with an entire February calendar highlighting incredible
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Ocoee Massacre descendent J. Carl Devine calls for reparations
“I appreciate the celebration. I appreciate the commemoration. But let’s not forget the reparation,” said J. Carl Devine, Ocoee Massacre descendant and St. Pete resident. BY DEIRDRE O’LEARY, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - During the 2020 election cycle, much attention was paid to the growing voter
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Over 300 Black Hollywood Artists and Executives Demand Change With New Initiative ‘Hollywood 4 Black Lives’
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’The Good Lord Bird’ author James McBride asks us to peer behind ‘the boarded-up windows of Black America’ - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… of the countless ways that Black Americans have shaped the culture, the … the bricks and mortar of Black American life, and American life more … any group, but certainly for African Americans. Yes, there is a tremendous …
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Evanston, Illinois to begin distribution of up to $25K in reparations to Black residents - TheGrio
In Evanston, Illinois, eligible Black residents will receive reparations up to $25K as part of a commitment from the city.... View Article The post Evanston, Illinois to begin distribution of up to $25K in reparations to Black residents appeared first on TheGrio.
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads U.S. Reparations Bill H.R. 40 | Dallas Weekly
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Alabama Voters To Decide On Scrubbing Racist Language From State Constitution
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Gary Declaration, National Black Political Convention, 1972
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(1875) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “The Great Problem to be Solved”
After the Civil War Frances Ellen Watkins Harper worked among African Americans as a representative of the Womens Christian Temperance Union. From her new position Harper publicized the violence and intimidation in the South directed at the freedpeople. She argued African Americans must organize to
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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"
In 1995 Minister Louis Farrakhan was the leader of the Nation of Islam.  That year his organization became the driving force in the Million Man March, a call for African American men to come to Washington D.C. on October 17, 1995, in what was billed as “a day of atonement.”  Although
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Suspected White Supremacists Yelling N-Word Set Black Woman Driver On Fire In Wisconsin ‘Hate Crime’
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