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I noted in last week’s article that awareness days, weeks and months are helpful as they heighten awareness around a specific cause, start conversations and have spurred charity events and information
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L.A. County Launches ‘WiFi Finder’ to Reduce Digital Divide During COVID-19.
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Naomi Osaka makes history as world's highest-paid female athlete
Osaka’s name will now go down in history because her earnings has set a record for a female athletes’ earnings in
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Usher
American singer Usher is a teen sensation turned R&B icon who has several bestselling albums, numerous awards and his own recording label. He was born Usher Terry Raymond IV on October 14, 1978 in Tennessee. His father abandoned the family when Usher was only a year old. As a child, he
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Executive Director of Civil and Human Rights Join the Mayor of the City Los Angeles to Discuss the Social Reform Within L.A.
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Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested as Obama Shows Leadership While Trump Calls for ‘Shooting’ of Protesters
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The arrest comes as protests take place in many places around the nation, including in Los Angeles, where a crowd of pedestrians blocked the busy 101 Freeway, and in Minneapolis where Floyd was
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Marcus Garvey, "The Negro Moses"
Did Garvey, in his espousal of the repatriation of blacks to Africa, forsake the rights of African Americans in
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Ice T
Tracy Marrow, better known as Ice T is mostly celebrated for his rap songs concerning street life & violence. He has been an influential figure for the gangster rap genre. Highly controversial songs such as Cop Killer brought much fame to Ice T. He also pursued a career in acting, his most
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Therapist S. Tia Brown drops gems on protecting your mental health during COVID-19
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz icon of the 20th century. She was born on April 25, 1917 in Virginia to William and Temperance Fitzgerald. The couple separated soon after Ella’s birth, and Temperance moved to New York with her boyfriend, Joseph De Silva. She had a half sister named
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Ice Cube cancels 'GMA' appearance due to George Floyd: 'I'm in no mood'
This week, rapper turned actor/producer/director  Ice Cube canceled his scheduled appearance on Good Morning America saying that his feelings about the death of George Floyd made it impossible for him to go on TV and pretend everything was
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Detroit Fireworks Postponed to August, Set for TV Viewing Only
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Eric Marlon Bishop, better known as Jamie Foxx is one of the many talented individuals the world has seen. He is an actor, singer-songwriter, musician and stand-up comedian. Foxx is a December baby and was born in Terrell, Texas. Within a short period of time, his parents’ marriage fell apart and
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The Labor Movement Faces A Reckoning Over Police Unions
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Attorney General Bill Barr Denies Nation's Police Are Systemically Racist
Attorney General Bill Barr said Sunday that he does not believe that there is systemic racism in the nation’s police force, contradicting a staggering body of evidence that shows racial bias in virtually every part of the American criminal justice
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Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested as Obama Shows Leadership While Trump Calls for 'Shooting' of Protestors
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Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas (1875- )
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