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‘Tis that time of year, and while some may complain that Christmas—the annual celebration of Christ’s birth—has become overly commercialized, these holidays mean a lot to businesses that finally see […]

Source: The Black Chronicle

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As the U. S. House of Representatives awaits the political fate of another multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill, called the “Heroes Act”, Black Wealth 2020 (BW2020), a national catalyst for economic justice for African-Americans, is pressing Congressional leaders to

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Spike Lee says he feels ‘good’ about current protests

Director Spike Lee did what he does best and created a short film right after the killing of George

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Hulu Takes Down ‘The Golden Girls’ Episode Due To Blackface Scene

This announcement comes after a few other shows have also pulled episodes of their characters in black

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Source: MadameNoire

Cold War Radiation Experiment on Black Cancer Patients (1960-1971)

From 1960 to 1971, Dr. Eugene Saenger, a radiologist at the University of Cincinnati, led an experiment exposing 88 patients with cancer, poor, and black to whole body

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Source: Black Then

'Too Many Black Families Don't Know How to Swim': Fans Praise Ciara for Daughter Sienna's Aquatic Skills

Continuing the Wilson tradition of breaking down stereotypes that surround Black families, Ciara took to social media to show off her daughter’s budding skills as a water

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Nike Makes Juneteenth An Annual Paid Holiday

In an internal memo, Nike has revealed that it will be recognizing Juneteenth as an annual paid

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Source: Black America Web

How an African-American led a campaign to have 176-year-old slave auction block removed

Eventually, the block which sat at the corner of William and Charles streets with a small, ground level, bronze plaque reading: “AUCTION BLOCK, Fredericksburg’s Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property,” was removed by the City of Fredericksburg on Friday, June

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Spelman Graduates Grateful for Tuition Support from Financial Investor Frank Baker: ‘It Is A Bold and Resounding Affirmation’

Private equity firm managing partner Frank Baker and his wife, interior designer Laura Day Baker, plan to pay off tuition balances for Spelman College students who were experiencing financial

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Janelle Monáe goes one-on-one and discusses series "HOMECOMING 2"

The second season finds Stephan James reprising his role as soldier Walter Cruz, who is desperately trying to rebuild his life following the traumas of war and the Homecoming Initiative when he begins to realize that there’s an even more insidious version of the program underway – if only he can

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

If Black Americans were to seek asylum, they would easily qualify

Unsurprisingly, the US government's own findings reveal racial disparities in sentencing as well, with Black prisoners' sentences nearly 20 percent longer than those of white

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Source: Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera

A Black Running Mate for Biden? More Democrats Are Making the Case – Free Press of Jacksonville

“Just like in ’08 — when President Obama selected someone that would help him govern, someone that could hit the ground running on recovery efforts in ’09 — when Joe Biden is elected in November, his running mate, the next vice president, would hit the ground running to address the crisis we have

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Juneteenth by the Numbers | The Atlanta Voice

Here’s a look at Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day and Jubilee Day, by the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Ohio officer shown running over gunshot victim in dashcam video placed on leave

An Ohio police officer who is seen running over a shooting victim with her squad car Sunday night has been... View Article The post Ohio officer shown running over gunshot victim in dashcam video placed on leave appeared first on TheGrio.

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Source: theGrio

Naspers, gold push JSE shares to best quarter since 2001

South African shares are about to round off their strongest quarter in almost two decades, and the influence of the coronavirus pandemic is clear to see in the shares most responsible for driving the market

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Source: TechCentral

Don Lemon Tee’s Off On “Birther-In-Chief” Donald Trump “No One Wants To Hear From” [Video]

Now that he’s trying to weigh in on the murder of George Floyd in his own half-assed way, CNN’s Don Lemon has had enough and took to the airwaves to call out the Racist-In-Chief and his administration for attempting to get involved in the protests and riots engulfing

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Source: The Urban Daily

Africa: 'I Cannot Breathe' - 60 Black Former U.S. Ambassadors Condemn Ongoing Injustice

The Association of Black American Ambassadors (ABAA) joins the nation and people of conscience around the world, in mourning the brutal deaths of George Floyd, Ahmed Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed Black

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Source: allAfrica.com

Another Black private equity banker pays off HBCU student's tuition at graduation

Frank Baker and his wife Laura Day Baker, gifted Spelman College $1 million to offset the tuition for 50 high-achieving graduates that had tuition balances and needed

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Our community not guiltless: Indian-American group on recent African-American killings

WASHINGTON: Observing that the recent killings of African-Americans in the US have exposed the horrifying reality of anti-blackness in the country, an Indian-American advocacy group has said that many people of Indian- and South Asian-origin have been, at best, silent and at worst, complicit for

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Source: Latest News, Breaking News, India News, Bollywood, World, Business, Sports & Politics | New Indian Express

Floyd Murder Unleashes Black Parents’ Worst Fears

Her tears, she said, are for the senseless, callous murder of another innocent unarmed Black person, for the constant terror that African-Americans live under because of police brutality and extra-judicial murders; and a deep and persistent anxiety about her

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

African-American communities suffer from institutional racism amid COVID-19: Fauci

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Institutional racism contributes to why African-Americans have been hit harder than white groups amid the COVID-19 pandemic, White House health advisor Anthony Fauci has

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Source: Independent magazine Uganda

Kenya: Politicians Top Source of False Reports - Survey

The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020 tells of rising concern about misinformation online and on social media, with most people holding local politicians responsible, rather than activists, journalists or foreign

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Source: allAfrica.com

Opportunity Wisconsin Statement on May Jobs Report

Opportunity Wisconsin also releases new graphic outlining the tough choices Wisconsin workers continue to face as corporations get billions

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Black Police Officers Open Up About Their Struggles To Choose Between Duty And Identity

Many Black police officers are walking a tightrope these days, trying to find a balance between their duty and outrage over the killing of George Floyd by former police officer Derek

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

J. Cole Done With Commitment To Basketball Africa League, Cites ‘Family Obligations’

In Cole's three games with the Patriots, the team went 2-1 and the rapper's final stat line for those three contests? Five points, five rebounds and three assists.

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Source: Black America Web

How The Death Of The Office Building Can Unlevel The Playing Field For Black Professionals - Blavity

If we make 100% remote work environments part of the work environment forever, it is inevitable that we will become a much more racially divided and classist society, which will increase rather than decrease social unrest and economic disparities in the

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Source: Blavity News

Book Excerpt #2: "The Roots of Racism in American Policing" | Black Star News

The following is from the

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Source: Black Star News | Black Star News

American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy

The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American policing and police brutality, have been called on a lot since mass protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

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