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West, Allen (1961- )
In 2010, retired lieutenant colonel Allen West became the first black Republican to represent Florida in Congress since Rep. Josiah T. Walls, who served during Reconstruction. Congressman West was born on February 7, 1961 in Atlanta, Georgia to Herman and Elizabeth West. His father was a career
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How Racism In US Health System Hinders Care And Costs Lives Of African Americans
How Racism In US Health System Hinders Care And Costs Lives Of African Americans
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Do Black Lives Matter enough for you to hire them for leadership positions?
During a campaign planning meeting for a beauty brand, filled with sales managers and directors, not one person of color was in the room when they came to the conclusion that Black women wouldn’t be a good fit to promote the
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Legendary Singer Deniece Williams Join Other Big Stars at NNPA Virtual Conference | Dallas Weekly
Williams, whose transformed RB, pop, and gospel music over her extraordinary five-decade career, joins Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton, Carlos Santana, and Salt-N-Pepa in a star-studded lineup of musical talent appearing at the first virtual conference in the 193-year history of the Black Press
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MSU Awarded $150K: Henry Luce Foundation Supports Relief | Afro
The Center for the Study of Religion and the City (CSRC) at Morgan worked with the Black Church Food Security Network, BUILD Baltimore: Turnaround Tuesday workforce reentry program, and others to develop the successful grant
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Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. at WC
Iota Phi Theta consists of over 250 chapters located in 40 states, including 12 undergrad chapters in the state of Ohio.
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Kaepernick, ESPN Team Up For Documentary Series On His Life
Colin Kaepernick will be featured in a documentary series produced by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Co. The deal between Kaepernick’s production arm, Ra Vision Media, and The Walt Disney Co. was announced Monday. The partnership will focus on telling scripted and
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Central Park ‘Karen’ Amy Cooper charged with filing a false police report against Christian Cooper
calling the police on an African-American man who asked her to would tell the police an African-American man was threatening her life Ramble, there is a man, African-American, he has a bicycle helmet
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM MON 9720 1PM ET — DR JAMES HILDRETH, MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
Dr. James Hildreth is an American immunologist and academic administrator. Dr. Hildreth serves as the 12th president and chief executive officer of Meharry Medical
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Commentary: What have we become? | Atlanta Daily World
by E. Faye Williams (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Were we ever better? There was a time when many Black people had hope and had reason to believe America had made progress on civil and human rights. I remember Dick Gregory frequently saying to me, “Don’t you know when a man like Donald Trump and his people
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Clarence E. “Big House” Gaines
College Basketball has had many legendary coaches that have become household names through their success on the court. For Coach Clarence Edward Gaines, known as “Big House” for his large frame, wi…
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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza To Release New Book 'The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart' This Fall
Alicia Garza, principal at the Black Futures Lab and co-creator of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, will soon release a new book.
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Morgan State University [Baltimore] (1867- )
Morgan State University is the largest historically black college in Maryland.  Located in Baltimore, the school was established in 1867 as the Centenary Biblical Institute by the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Members of the Methodist Churches in Baltimore recognized the
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Black Americans Are Still Fighting For Freedom That Has Never Truly Been Granted
African Americans continue to fight every day for the freedom that was granted years ago, but yet to become reality.
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Star-Studded Lineup Planned for First Black Press Virtual Convention | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on African Americans and other people of color throughout the United States. Yet, coupled with that viral pandemic is the continuing epidemic of racism in America that is unabated with the fatal realities of racially
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In seeking to influence CCJ this ad violates norms of justice - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, Reference is made to an advertisement in the Trinidad Guardian (page 10 July 5) regarding the Guyana constitution and jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice. The article In seeking to influence CCJ this ad violates norms of justice appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Man Who Drove Into Black Lives Matter Protesters In Seattle Is Identified
The driver who drove his car into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle, leaving two of them in critical condition, has been identified as a man named Dawit Kelete.
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Issa Rae Is Using Her Platform To Demand Radical Change For Black America
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SPLC Announces $30 Million Investment to Increase Voter Registration - Voice and Viewpoint
NNPA Newswire Staff Report The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) last week announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to vote. The
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Clarence Thomas’ Wife Asks Virginia Mayor To Remove Black Lives Matter Banner - The New York Beacon
  By Victor Omondi The wife to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asked Mayor William Holloway of Clifton, Virginia in an email to remove a Black Lives Matter banner. The banner which reads “Welcome to Clifton, where Black Lives Matter,” is displayed over the Main
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM TUES. 9.1.20 7PM ET — CHARLES AND ANDREA BRAXTON
The cry of Black Lives Matter has gone out worldwide since the police killing of George
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Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy set isn’t funny -- and that’s a good thing
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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland (1785- )
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Bethel A.M.E.), Baltimore lays claim to the designation as the oldest independent continuously operating African American church in the state of Maryland tracing its origins back to 1785 when a group of African Americans met at the Strawberry Alley
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Susan Rice moving to the forefront of Biden VP race - TheGrio
Former Obama National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, is moving up the ranks in the race to be the Vice-Presidential pick... View Article The post Susan Rice moving to the forefront of Biden VP race appeared first on TheGrio.
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'The next step is needed' - Algeria president expects France to apologise for colonial past | News24
Algeria is waiting for an apology for France's colonial occupation of the North African country, the president has said, expressing hope that Emmanuel Macron would build on recent conciliatory overtures.
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British pubs, US beaches reveal summer virus dilemma
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) Drunken celebrations on English pub reopening night and US beach closures prompted a global rethink yesterday of coronavirus measures during the summer holiday season.Hopes of the sun making the new disease go away are fading as the United States racks up record daily
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‘We need to talk about race’ – Royal College of Midwives - Voice Online
THE ROYAL College of Midwives (RCM) has launched a new campaign to tackle discrimination in... The post ‘We need to talk about race’ – Royal College of Midwives appeared first on Voice Online.
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Is the AME Church Caught Up on the Messenger and Missing the Message?
Is the AME Church Caught Up on the Messenger and Missing the Message? By Adrienne Fikes, 2ndEpiscopal District Ida B. Wells’s account of an 1894 [...]
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NFL To Reportedly Play Black National Anthem Before Games In Week 1
Adding to the performative responses by national brands, the sports league's decision feels as hollow as the rest of them.
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Minister Louis Farrakhan Delivers July 4 Speech Addressing State of Black America
Minister Louis Farrakhan had some choice words for those in power and skeptics with his latest speech, "The
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