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LIVESTREAM #FIYAH — 6.8.20 7PM — THE MUSIC OF LENORA • D.B. BANTINO • NOVA BLESSED | BlackPressUSA
The Black Press Celebrates New Music From New Artists. In his 2016 proclamation, Obama noted that African-American music and musicians have helped the country to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our countrys enduring promise of freedom and
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Washington State Law Against Employment Discrimination (1949)
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Former Florida Police Officer Arrested After Video Reveals Him Placing Knee on Pregnant Black Woman’s Neck and Using Taser
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Police officer allegedly shoots colleague in freak accident in Daveyton
An investigation has been launched after a police officer allegedly shot and killed her colleague in Daveyton, Gauteng on Thursday.
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President Bio calls on regional leaders to unite on single currency adoption
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2020: Yesterday, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone chaired a zoom online meeting of the West African Monetary Zone Authority of Heads of States and Governments, where he encouraged his colleagues Heads of State and Governments across the region to unite, in
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Black Protesters Arrested By NYPD Were Charged With Felony Way More Than White Demonstrators, Data Shows
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Dr Sylvia Blyden to appear in court today charged with ten counts of seditious libel
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 June 2020: Sierra Leone’s former minister of social welfare, and journalist – Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, who was arrested on the 1st of May 2020 by heavily armed police who broke into her home, after criticising the president for his approach in handling the coronavirus
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Hip hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests
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Queen Latifah, Viola Davis And More Demand Hollywood Divest From Police And Invest In Anti-Racist Content
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Aurora Police Officers Fired For Reenacting Chokehold Used in Elijah McClains Death
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Minnesota's Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The National Guard has been called out, and you see those vehicles that you saw when they raided Iraq and Afghanistan. People are upset and outraged, and folks are still protesting, and some folks take advantage of the protest," stated Mel Reeves, editor of the Minnesota
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Palo’s acquittal we are victims of Stockholm syndrome
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Black Blue III PPP (Plans, Policies Proposals)
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Article: Hyphens and Three Worlds: The Linguistics of White Supremacy (Part II)
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White man allegedly posed as a protester to vandalize buildings in Minneapolis | BlackPressUSA
ROLLING OUT — The video, posted by Twitter user @dyllyp, shows a White man, dressed in all-black with a gas mask on his face, knocking out windows at an AutoZone in Minneapolis. Many believe that he helped to start the vandalism that turned into chaos on the night of May 28.
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COMMENTARY: Obama's Popularity Continues to Rise Amid Trump's Rhetoric | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The inepter Trump becomes; the more people will forget what they didn't like about Obama. And for those of us who loved Obama, seeing Trump mess up ten times a day really drives our appreciation for 44 home even further," New York resident Alicia Butler stated.
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Dems Propose Banning Chokeholds, No-Knock Entries for US Police Over Killings of African-American - African American News Today - EIN News
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Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 July 2020: Since the former Defence, and Interior Minister was arrested and charged, among others with treason, the trial-by-social-media and in the court of public opinion has been in overdrive. The court of public opinion had tried him and given its own
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OP-ED: 8 minutes and 46 seconds | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The catalyst for the latest demonstrations was the senseless and tragic death of George Floyd on May 25 at the hands of four police officers in Minneapolis, Minn. Floyd’s death, those horrific eight minutes and 46 seconds as this American was begging for his life on an American
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Owner of Black-Owned BBQ Joint Killed By Louisville Officers Who Had Body Cameras Turned Off
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — "Black Mental Health in the Age of COVID and Civil Unrest" | BlackPressUSA
VIDEO — May is Mental Health Month. The NNPA's Dr. Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D along with Dr. Kanika Bell Dr. Jimmy Davis — Professors of Psychology at Clark Atlanta University — discuss the pandemic and society's reaction to it.
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