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Newswire: Black unemployment was 16.7 percent in April
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the jobless rate for the blacks was 16.7 percent in April, a giant leap backward from 6.7 percent in March, as the Covid-19 pandemic caused nonfarm employment to fall by 20.5 million jobs last
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The Founders Of 'The Keys To Black Wealth Summit' Drop 9 Gems On Gaining Financial Freedom - Blavity
In 2016, a white family’s net worth was
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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often
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All My F--ing Career, Ive Felt Like To Black People, Im Not A Legitimate Black Person: Thandie Newton Speaks On Feeling Disenfranchised
In a recent interview, actress Thandie Newton did not hold back in regard to her experiences as a bi-racial woman working in Hollywood. She confessed to feeling disenfranchised, as she did not feel fully legitimized by the black community and at the same time, being mistreated by Hollywood because
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(1841) Frederick Douglass, “The Church and Prejudice"
Frederick Douglass would eventually become one of the most skilled and powerful orators of his day.  In 1841, three years after he escaped slavery and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 34-year-old Douglass gave a brief speech on a situation he had not anticipated, racial prejudice in Northern
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George Floyd. Trayvon Martin. Sandra Bland. For many Black Americans, these deaths and others have caused lasting trauma - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… store. USA TODAY talked to Black Americans across the country about moments … rights in this country for Black Americans,’’ said Jason Williams, assistant professor … now annihilated,’’ Williams said. “For Black Americans, it's like, ‘Well …
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Love That Chicken
Love That Chicken By J. Jioni Palmer I enjoy fried chicken just as much as the next man and I ain’t afraid to admit it. I am particularly fond of Popeye’s, not just for their chicken but …
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Black Ambition - Stabroek News

Ambition is a tricky thing. On its face, the word, which means “a strong desire to do or achieve something,” is

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Black People Wanted For COVID-19 Vaccine Trials As Clinical Racism, Distrust Of Doctors Persist
Researchers say Black folks must be included in COVID-19 vaccine trials, but Black people’s historical mistrust among doctors, physicians and the entire American healthcare system needs to be reconciled first.C
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Gun ownership among black Americans surged 58% in first half of 2020 - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… National Shooting Sports Foundation. And black Americans are a big reason behind … profile police killings of several black Americans – such as George Floyd, Breonna … are in America — politically, racially — African Americans don’t feel safe anymore …
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Why the royal mistreatment of Harry and Meghan should matter to us all - TheGrio
By February 2019, less than a year after their wedding, “tormenting the Duchess of Sussex ha[d] become a national sport”... View Article The post Why the royal mistreatment of Harry and Meghan should matter to us all appeared first on TheGrio.
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‘I Am Bullying Because I Just Told the Truth’: Tiffany Haddish Addresses Claims of Bullying and Spreading COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories on Clubhouse App
Throughout the pandemic, the coronavirus has made the world change its perspective on who could be affected by it and how it could be transmitted. It also
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FORTRESS MINNEAPOLIS: City 'Violence Baits' Community Ahead of Chauvin Trial | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the run-up to the Chauvin trial, it appears the City has prepared for every possible contingency. Preparations include barricades, barbed wire, moats filled with razor wire, fences, concrete barriers, and boarded-up offices and storefronts. The city has also enlisted the help of
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Black Lives Matter founder finds hope in global protests for...
For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the
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Merrick Garland Restores DOJ Powers Investigating Police Departments
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has ended a Trump-era restriction on investigations into police departments and issued a memo to all U.S. attorneys and other relevant staff outlining policies to address law enforcement.
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Black Woman Schools Uninformed English Man About the Harsh Aftermath of Slavery (VIDEO)
Black Woman Schools Uninformed English Man About the Harsh Aftermath of Slavery (VIDEO) An African woman quickly corrects an English man about the reality of slavery. Video by the BBC’s ‘The Big Question.’
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COMMENTARY: Is the Economy Rebounding? | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hundreds of thousands of small businesses, including 40 percent of Black-owned companies, have closed, resulting in permanent job loss. Some of the hardest-hit industries include the leisure industries — travel, dining, and more.
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'Black Ink Crew: Chicago' Star Phor Brumfield Causes an Uproar After He Compares Black-on-Black Crime to BLM Movement
“Black Ink Crew: Chicago” actor Phor Brumfield is currently facing backlash for his recent remarks about the Black Lives Matter
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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd's Alleged Murder
For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the
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Let’s Not Forget to “Reopen” Our Children - Houston Forward Times
Is anybody thinking about what our children and youth are going through during these times? The post Let’s Not Forget to “Reopen” Our Children appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Remembering The Augusta Civil Rights Riot, 50 Years Later
For two days, starting on May 11, 1,000 Black residents rebelled against the city's systemic oppression. More than 100 blocks of neighborhoods and businesses were damaged. Police killed six Black men.
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Jeffrey Stewart’s ‘The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke’ looks to past to shed light on present - The Bay State Banner
Last Friday, the Banner sat down with Jeffrey Stewart, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography “The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke,” to discuss all things Black power and aesthetics, from Alain Locke’s contribution to the Harlem Renaissance to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Saturday Night
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Asked about police killing Black Americans, Trump bristles at question and says, ‘so are white people’ - African American News Today - EIN News
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5 Major California Firms, Other Businesses, Invest Billions in Black Enterprises. Where Will The Money Go? - Black Voice News
Over the last month, several corporations have stepped up to fund the Black community.   Two weeks ago, Netflix announced it will drop 2 percent of its cash holdings, up to $100 million, into Black-owned banks and other financial institutions and organizations that directly support African American
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My Mom and the Importance of Realizing that Black Lives Matters
By Hakim Abdul-Ali The recent protests events surrounding the May 25, 2020, killing of a brother of color named George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ignited national and worldwide alarming concerns to all morally sane “hue-mans’ ” senses of equal justice everywhere. I, too, felt disdain by this
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Housekeepers Face a Disaster Generations in the Making
… . In cities like New York, African-American women lined up at spots … the Fair Labor Standards Act. African-American women had won many of …
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George Washington University professor pretended she was Black for over a decade - Face2Face Africa
An African-American history professor at George Washington University, Jessica Krug, confessed that she has been posing as a Black woman for over a decade even though she is in actual fact, Caucasian. Krug, 38, revealed in a post on Medium on Thursday that she had deceived friends and colleagues
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WARNING to Black Fathers | Afram News
We'd love to tell you Happy Father's Day, but in today's day and age, we feel the need to just say Congratulations, you've made it another year. In the words of Charles S. Dutton in the movie Menace 2 Society, the HUNT is on.
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'I Just Want My Baby Home' Says Distraught Mom of Unarmed Black Man Killed by Police | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “My son was 20-years-old,” Katie Wright reminded journalists and community members, just hours after her son’s fatal police encounter. “He got pulled over for having air fresheners in the car that I just gave him,” she forcefully explained. “All he did was have air fresheners in
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PART TWO: 400 YEARS OF WHITE FEET ON BLACK NECKS IN AMERICA
George Floyd’s death turned a tinder box of historical frustrations with Police Brutality, institutional and systemic racism, into a bon fire of protest raging across America and the
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