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COMMENTARY: The Death Penalty: Cost And Public Opinion Support Biden's Plan To End It | Dallas Weekly
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PRESS ROOM: Leading CEOs Champion Equity for the Black Community in Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Led by a diverse group of Black CEOs, this initiative gathers resources from respected and trusted community and business leaders, health professionals and public officials to ensure that accurate and transparent information about the COVID-19 vaccine is available to Black
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Elmer Imes: Second African American to Earn a Ph.D. in Physics and the First in the 20th Century
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Education In The Segregated South: A Determined African American Culture - The Seattle Medium
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While Some Minority Students and Teachers Thrive in Distant Learning, Others Struggle Daily | BlackPressUSA
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