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LIVESTREAM: NNPA Partners with #Donate1Post to Help Black-Owned Businesses During COVID-19 | BlackPressUSA
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Joe Biden Has A Plan for COVID-19
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States Reverse Openings, Require Masks Amid Virus Resurgence | Afro
By TAMARA LUSH and EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press Arizonas Republican governor shut down bars, movie theaters, gyms and water parks Monday and leaders in several states ordered residents to wear masks in public in a dramatic course reversal amid an alarming resurgence of coronavirus cases
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#NTDNA Raiders’ Josh Jacobs Responds To Drew Brees’ Anthem Protest Comments | The Oklahoma Eagle
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House Passes George Floyd Justice In Policing Act - Milwaukee Community Journal
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THE RUN DOWN - Bubba Wallace Nascar Noose Scandal | Afro
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Ziggy Marley Will Receive the Black Press 2020 Global Icon Award at NNPA Virtual Convention - Houston Forward Times
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Derek Chauvin Appears Before The Judge | Chicago Defender
On Monday, June 8, 2020, Derek Chauvin appeared in court for the first time after being charged with the second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd.  Before being fired for the murder of Floyd, Chauvin was an officer with the Minneapolis Police Department for almost 19
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