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Pastor Tyron Robinson Named to Succeed Bishop Paul Morton - L.A. Focus News
Staff Last year, nationally renowned pastor and gospel singer Bishop Paul S. Morton announced he would step down as senior pastor of the Changing a Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church megachurch in Atlanta and the Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in July on his 70th birthday. But
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Mississippi town introduces its first African-American mayor - African American News Today - EIN News
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The Point, Feb. 8, 2021: Special Report: Forever In Florida? - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Town hall held on the ‘State of Race Relations and Policies’ | BlackPressUSA
THE LOUISIANA WEEKLY - American society is slowly undergoing positive change toward racial equity and justice, but many more bold actions are needed to solve the institutional challenges facing the country, said panelists in a recent online town hall hosted by the National Civil Rights Museum in
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Siaya twilight girls plead with county to step in after exit of local NGO - The Kenya News
Female sex workers at Duruma Road, Nairobi. [Courtesy] More than 2,500 female sex workers are calling on the county government to step in following the exit of a non-governmental organisation which has been supporting them in the fight against HIV/Aids. The sex workers have been drawing support
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WATCH: L.A. SENTINEL EXCLUSIVE: TAMMY TOWNSEND PT.3 - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Bill to Ban Police Use of Restraints that Cut Off Oxygen Passes Assembly Floor | BlackPressUSA
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HUD Awards Los Angeles City and County $4 Million to Assist 1,950 Families - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Back to Summer Fun: Gov. Pritzker Announces 50,000 Free Six Flags Tickets in Effort to Vaccinate Youth. | BlackPressUSA
CHICAGO DEFENDER - “Throughout the pandemic, Six Flags has been All In for Illinois, putting the health of workers and visitors first,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “I know it’s been a difficult year – but that just makes it all the more exciting to be back at the park. Thanks to the life-saving
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Shelby County Chancellor Walter Evans announces retirement
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Chancellor Walter L. Evans of the 30th Judicial District will retire at the end of this month, after 22 years serving the people of Shelby County in Chancery Court. Evans grew up in Memphis, working for a sign painter as a student at Melrose High School before attending Howard
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Marquita Bradshaw becomes first African-American woman to win statewide, major party nomination - African American News Today - EIN News
History is made in Tennessee as Marquita Bradshaw becomes the first African-American woman to win a statewide major party nomination.
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Help Find Daniel: Search continues for Missing Geologist, 24 - Los Angeles Sentinel
Unsurprised that there was no updated information from the Buckeye police about the case, the family has sought its own private investigator to proceed with exhausting all efforts and resources to search for the missing geologist. The father, David Robinson II, has taken the helms of locating his
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‘The most contagious version’: Dr. Ashish Jha weighs in on the Delta variant spike - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Covington shooting suspect arrested in Alabama, police say - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Kings greats Webber and Adelman, Monarchs legend Griffith among Naismith Hall inductees | BlackPressUSA
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THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES - This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, which broke the back of race-divided interstate transportation in the South. From May to September 1961, more than 60 Freedom Rides took place, during which more than 400 young Blacks and whites traveled
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What to know about Rise of the Moors, an armed group that says it's not subject to U.S. law - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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State partners with Walmart, pharmacies to get vaccine to West Tennessee - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee announced it would add 100 new vaccination sites across the state, with nearly 20 of those at Walmarts and other pharmacies in West Tennessee. The goal is to make sure people in rural and underserved areas are able to be vaccinated. Local leaders who say this is
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Young African Americans make up majority of new Covid cases - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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