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Uncle Nearest and Jack Daniel's Join Forces to Launch The Nearest & Jack Advancement Initiative to Increase Diversity in American Whiskey Industry
LYNCHBURG, TN – The Jack Daniel Distillery and the Nearest Green Distillery announced today the Nearest & Jack Advancement Initiative to further diversity within the American whiskey
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Analysis | The Daily 202: D.C. surpasses 500 coronavirus deaths; nearly 3 in 4 have been African American
Public health experts say the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on communities of color should be seen as an exclamation point in the national conversation about the systemic barriers to racial
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Millions Are Pushing For the KKK to Be Listed As a Terrorist Organization – Your Black World
This week, many change.org petitions have surfaced online, advocating for the white supremacist hate group to be categorized as
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Ghanian Minister Invites African Americans To Re-Settle In The Country Amid Protests
Ghanian Minister Invites African Americans To Re-Settle In The Country Amid via of the Return was a successful tourism initiative designed by Ghana to encourage African Americans and others within the African diaspora to visit the country marking the 400th anniversary of the first documented
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Opinion: Too Many African American Children Are Born in Shackles
Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job
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Reporter Sues Paper Over Ban On Her Protest Coverage | Afro
A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter prohibited from covering the city’s Black Lives Matter protests because of a tweet sued the paper on
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Provides Scholarships For George Floyd’s Daughter and Granddaughters To Attend HBCUs
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) announced on Friday that the organization is planning on providing scholarships to the daughter and granddaughters of police shooting victim George Floyd to attend an HBCU of their
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Mike Pence just gave a rambling non-answer on whether it's harder for black Americans
"I love your question because I saw where Joe Biden last night actually tweeted that everybody ought to have a fair shot at the American
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Biden’s Inaction Hurts American Workers.
Well, President Trump, in announcing the unemployment rates for May, did something that wasn’t beneficial to American workers and indeed, the
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Ohio Lawmaker Implies That Hygiene May Be Reason Black Americans Have Higher Covid-19 Rates, Here Is The Backlash
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Hollywood’s Movie Review: The Black Godfather
June is Black Music Month, and just in time for the celebration is a Netflix documentary by director Reginald Hudlin, The Black
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City Attorney Issues Guidance of Civil Rights Protection During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Oakland City Attorney Barbara J. Parker released new guidance to remind all Oaklanders that local, state, and federal civil rights protections remain in full force and effect during the COVID-19
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Coronavirus Shines Spotlight on Healthcare Disparities
For some time now in Texas, we have been well aware of significant health disparities between Caucasians in contrast to African Americans and
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How "You" Can Change the Future of Healthcare! | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Given the recent increase in attention to the topic of clinical research in the wake of the pandemic, it is important, now more than ever, for people of color to talk to their healthcare providers about the possibility in participating in clinical
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What's Going on | New York Carib News
The David Gelles 6/7 NYT essay, “Corporate American Has Failed Black America,” with comments and insights by “elite Black executives” like Darren Walker, Ford Foundation; Mellody Hobson, Ariel Investments; Ursula Burns, former Xerox CEO/Chair; billionaire Robert Smith, Class of 2019 Morehouse
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African Americans 'probably ought to be' shot more by police, a top Tulsa officer said
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum on Wednesday blasted one of his police department's top commanders after the officer denied there's systemic racism in law enforcement, then said African Americans "probably ought to be" shot
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Italian Lawmaker Is Convinced He’s ‘Darker’ Than Black Caucus Members Amid Ohio Racism Hearing
Amid an Ohio House and Senate hearing on whether racism should be declared a public health crisis, one Italian Republican tried to center himself over his Black
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Uganda: Why FDC Is Delaying Party Polls
Mr Nathan Nandala Mafabi, who had challenged Gen Muntu for the party presidency, had insisted that though Article 32 of the party constitution provides that the "term of office for all party officials shall be five years renewable only once", Gen Muntu serves out only what had remained of Dr
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LeBron James Partnering With Other Athletes & Celebs To Energize & Inform Black Voters
Following the fatal arrest of George Floyd, James is even more active and on Wednesday (Jun.11) announced that he will be partnering with friends from both the sports and entertainment worlds to form ‘More Than
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Black Business Group Takes AB 5 Independent Contractor Fight to Gov. Newsom
The letter, signed by the organization’s president Salena Pryor, argues that the state’s costly plan to enforce AB 5 would only exacerbate that at this time, when California is facing a massive $54 billion deficit and the state’s unemployment rate is 24 percent, it would be fiscally imprudent to
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Porsha Williams Remembers Being Chased By The KKK As A Child
Porsha individually is not really known for her activism, though she is the granddaughter of prominent Civil Rights Leader, Hosea Williams, who closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership
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LeBron James and other athletes start organization to help African Americans vote | The Atlanta Voice
NBA superstar LeBron James has partnered with other black athletes and entertainers to start a group aimed at protecting the voting rights of African Americans, The New York Times
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Biden’s VP List Narrows | Afro
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Rayshard Brooks’ Widow Reacts After Hearing Police Kicked Her Wounded Husband
Rayshard Brooks’ family and attorneys gathered for a news conference on Wednesday (June 17) to share their thoughts on the charges brought against the Atlanta police officer who killed him after he fell asleep in a Wendy’s drive thru on June
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30th March 1965: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in
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Italian Lawmaker Is Convinced He’s ‘Darker’ Than Black Caucus Members Amid Ohio Racism Hearing
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California Assembly Passes Bill to Set Up Reparations Task Force
The “reparations” bill calls for the creation of a task force to study and propose ideas for how African Americans in California can be compensated for slavery and its “after lives,” as the author of the legislation, Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), describes the Jim Crow laws and other forms of
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Police Were Called on Black Citizens in Georgia Who Waited Past Midnight to Vote in Primary – Your Black World
As they waited patiently for hours after sunset to cast their ballots in an election primary on Tuesday (June 9), black voters in South Fulton County, Georgia were forced by police to leave their polling
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History of Juneteenth, African American struggle addressed by Charleston cultural groups
It is unclear what caused the delay in getting the news to Texas, but it is widely thought that members of this large group were the last to be granted their freedom after the Civil War, hence the commemoration of June 19 as a milestone and day of jubilation called
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Police Reform Was Never Going to Be Easy — But Now’s the Time
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