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By Frederick Douglass Excerpted from his speech delivered before the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society, July 5, 1852 in Rochester, N.Y. Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national
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DMV HBCU Report: MSU Sign Top Basketball Prospects | Afro
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Following the George Floyd killing, elite prospects have expressed a renewed interest in competing at Black Colleges.  It was only a matter of time before one transcendent blue chip high school basketball player would sign at an HBCU and change the
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OP-ED: Rep. Maxine Waters, ‘Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus’ | Afro
By BlackPressUSA Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ (CA-43) statement on Donald Trump’s negligence in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and his threats to protestors calling for the removal of statues of Confederate generals and slaveholders:   “One would hope that the president of the United
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Attorney Zulu Ali Inducted into Prestigious Who's Who Registry | Afro
Nationwide - Attorney Zulu Ali has been inducted into Marquis Who's Who for Excellence in Law and Activism. Since 1898, Marquis Who's Who has recognized accomplished and prominent professionals in its biographical publications. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled
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WATCH: Lee blasts ‘anti-American’ groups: ‘The mob hates America on America’s dime’ | Afro
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah threatened Thursday to pull federal funding away from Americas cities and institutions of higher learning who he claimed have formed an anti-American, anti-science, anti-establishment, anti-Constitution mob. In a Senate floor speech before Congresss Independence Day
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CBCF Welcomes Tonya Veasey as President and CEO | Afro
CBCF Welcomes Public Affairs Strategist and Marketing Leader as New President and CEO WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) announced today that Tonya Veasey, communications and marketing agency founder and CEO will lead the organization as its new president and chief
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Wale Delivers A Poignant Message On Racial Inequality In Music Video For ‘Sue Me’
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Nearly 500 Small Businesses File Bankruptcy Using Increased Eligibility Limit Since February | Afro
By BlackPressUSA New statistical table and analysis available on the American Banking Institute’s (ABI) SBRA Resources website show that 471 small businesses have elected to file for bankruptcy relief under new subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Code since it was enacted. The Small Business
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N.C. A&T’s Gilmore Named 2020-21 Fulbright Program Grant Finalist | Afro
N.C. AT’s Gilmore Named 2020-21 Fulbright Program Grant Finalist EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 27, 2020) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Student Government Association President Allison Gilmore has been selected as a 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant
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Protective Gear For Medical Workers Begins To Run Low Again | Afro
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT, Associated Press The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients
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Remembering the 1964 Murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner | Afro
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From staying at home to cycling to Tibet | Afro
While the coronavirus stifled many opportunities, a single dad in China came up with a unique solution: He took his 4-year-old daughter on an inspiring 2,500-mile cycling journey to Tibet over two months. Dou Haobei, 26, decided to make the most of the recent downturn in business during the
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Editorial Commentary: The Chi’s’ Yolonda Ross Talks Art, Creativity | Afro
By Jessica Dortch AFRO Production Editor jdortch@afro.com If you are a fan of one of Showtime’s top series, “The Chi,” then you are no stranger to Yolonda Ross who plays Jada Washington on the show. Watching her in her acting element, you might not know that Ross is also a quadruple threat as an
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Trump Tweets Video with White Power Chant, then Deletes It | Afro
By ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power, a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard
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Fight breaks out over food shortage as refugees go hungry | Afro
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AFRO EXCLUSIVE: New Carrollton Elects First Black Woman Mayor | Afro
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com For more than 20 years, as a resident of New Carrollton, Maryland, Phelecia Nembhard has been committed to her city.  Nembhard began as a humble grassroots organizer helping feed the hungry people of the community and ultimately won a write-in
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Black Ad Exec to Create 1 Million Black Millionaires | Afro
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