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AP sources: Biden picks Fudge for housing, Vilsack for USDA | The Atlanta Voice
President-elect Joe Biden made two key domestic policy picks, selecting Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration, according to five people familiar with the decisions. The picks on
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Nipsey Hussle’s Family And Crip Gang Have Yet To Agree On “Marathon” Trademark
The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Los Angeles Lakers by the final score of 119-98 at Staples Center in Los Angeles
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BET To Air Special Coverage Of Rayshard Brooks' Atlanta Funeral Today
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Happy Birthday! Lauren London Shares Adorable Photo Of Nipsey Hussle’s 5-Year-Old Son Kross
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Key Role for Black Policy Leaders on Biden’s Transition Team
DETROIT (AP) — Black policy leaders will play a pivotal role in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition, marking one of the most diverse agency review teams in history. Of the 500-plus team members announced this week, more than half are women, and Black men and women are leading more than
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TIDAL and Elect Justice Team Up for National Vote Early Day | Chicago Defender
Elect Justice will hold a live event today to promote early voting by providing community services as well as an opportunity to cast ballots. The early voting event is sponsored by When We All Vote, Black Voters Matter, REP CA, Roc Nation, United Justice Coalition, The Collective, National
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White People, Stop Quoting MLK To Police How Black People Protest
Last Thursday, Martin Luther King III responded to the increasingly heated protests spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police with a quote from his father, the Rev. Martin Luther King
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When An Alabama Sheriff Tried To Keep Annie Lee Cooper From Voting in 1965, She Punched Him In The Face
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President Biden Announces Executive Orders to Curb Gun Violence | National News | The Michigan Chronicle
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Determining that “enough is enough,” President Joe Biden announced a series of executive actions to reduce gun violence. Vice President Kamala Harris joined the commander-in-chief in calling on Congress to pass more
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Martin Luther King, Jr. , original name Michael King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee), Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in
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Durkan Proposes Comprehensive Budget Plan To Address SPD Hiring, Reduce Gun Violence, And Invest In Alternatives - The Seattle Medium
Following Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s and Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz recent announcements on gun violence and alternatives to policing, Durkan is transmitting an ordinance to City Council that allows SPD and other city departments to move forward a series of broadly supported initiatives to
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Chicago Police Department Overwhelmingly Rejects Use Of Force Limitations Recommended By Community Groups
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'If we don’t memorialize it, then it remains vanished' | A man's push to preserve Black history in Atlanta
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Jay-Z Donates Proceeds From Music Collaboration with Nipsey Hussle to Nipsey's Estate and the Hampton House
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BET Awards Performance: Nipsey Hussle Tribute - Real Big, Last Time I Checcd & Higher
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Michael Nutter’s Powerful Response to the Police Killings of Black Americans - African American News Today - EIN News
Opinion When, America, when? The former Philadelphia mayor challenges the nation to live up to its founding principles. Mayor Michael Nutter. Photo by Gilbert CarrasquilloGetty Images When, America, when? When, America, will you get tired of kneeling
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20th Annual BET Award Show Goes Virtual | The Savannah Tribune
The BET Awards aired its 20th annual show in the midst of a global pandemic, a civil racial justice movement, and the thriving technological age making this anniversary one for the books. This past Saturday, at 8 p.m., the 20th annual BET award show was hosted from the home of the stunning Amanda
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Rickey Smiley Challenges Black Communities ‘To Get These Hoodlums Out’ After Daughter’s Shooting
Rickey Smiley directly challenged the Black community while delivering a passionate and at times emotional update about his daughter's condition days after she was shot multiple times in Houston.
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#BTColumn – Difficult conversations about Barbados needed - Barbados Today
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Suleiman Bulbulia Oscar Wilde once famously said that “life imitates art far more than art imitates life”. This past week has witnessed robust
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Peter Ram, Mole ‘regret’ explicit pro-gun lyrics - Barbados Today
The Prime Minister demanded the artists featured in a viral music video promoting gun violence to apologise, threatening Tuesday to pull Government support if they refuse. But her calls for the video to be removed from social media channels had not been heeded by 8.30 Tuesday night, as it notched
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Symone Sanders, Bidens top African American aide, faces... - African American News Today - EIN News
Symone Sanders was deeply upset in May when the graphic video surfaced of Ahmaud Arbery being shot while jogging surfaced, and she made sure her boss, Joe Biden, saw it. Weeks later, it was Sanders who told Biden about the explosive video of a police officer kneeling on George
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Alvin Sykes, civil rights activist who investigated cold cases, dies at 64 - TheGrio
Alvin Sykes, the Kansas City civil rights activist, has passed away at 64. Sykes was a self-taught legal defender and... View Article The post Alvin Sykes, civil rights activist who investigated cold cases, dies at 64 appeared first on TheGrio.
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Fred Gray: Prominent Alabama Civil Rights Attorney
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Gun violence activists work diligently to make difference in city | BlackPressUSA
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By Michael Sznajderman Alabama Newscenter The National Park Service (NPS) wants to hear your vision and ideas as it moves forward on developing plans for the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument. July 10 is the final day to submit comments as Park Service officials delve deeper into developing
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Claudia Jordan sparks furor after tweeting 'Rest in Paradise DMX' - TheGrio
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Voting Rights Advocates Deeply Concerned about Latest Georgia Effort to Undermine 2020 Election | Atlanta Daily World
Voting Rights Advocates Deeply Concerned about Latest Georgia Effort to Undermine 2020 Election Today, Fair Fight Action, Protect Democracy, The Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, and the Brennan Center for Justice issued the following joint statement: “Fair Fight Action, election
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President Biden meets with Civil Rights organizations about attack on voting rights | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com President Joe Biden is working with Civil Rights leaders and organizations to combat the attacks and threats on voting rights, directly affecting communities of color. On July 8, Biden met with the National Council of Negro Women
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