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Black Leadership's Shameful Silence on Violence Is Deafening - Free Press of Jacksonville
By Clarence V. McKee -The blaring July 13 headline in the New York Post said it all, 'ENOUGH.' It was referring to the murder of one-year-old Davell Gardner when shooters opened fire on a group of people [...]
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
'Kit Did I Lie?': 'Black Ink Crew: Chicago' Stars Ryan Henry and Miss Kitty Continue to Beat Dead Horse About Their Relationship Storyline, Fans Shrug
Ryan Henry isn't here for producers making him look like a playboy, and Miss Kitty is over the "desperate" comments she's receiving from "Black Ink Crew:
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Trump tweets an image of himself wearing a mask and calls it 'patriotic' - L.A. Focus Newspaper
"We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance," Trump tweeted on Monday -- nearly three months after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended wearing masks in
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Source: La Focus Newspaper
How Female Leaders Are Changing The Culture's Narrative About Women - Milwaukee Community Journal
Smashing Myths That Gave Birth To The Glass Ceiling   In 1986, a Wall Street Journal headline promised to explore a then puzzling problem: “The Glass Ceiling: Why Women Can't Seem to Break The Invisible Barrier That Blocks Them From the Top Jobs.”   More than three decades later, that
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Barack Obama's third term starts in January - tragically. - ThyBlackMan
Barack Obama's third term will be totally unconstitutional, but nobody can challenge it. Democrats have already rendered the Constitution irrelevant, mocking and sneering that it was written by "dead white men who owned slaves" and adding their latest insult, "followed only by white supremacists."
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UK '95% sure' Russian hackers tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research - The New York Beacon
  The UK security minister James Brokenshire has said Britain is “more than 95%” sure that Russian state-sponsored hackers targeted UK, US and Canadian organisations involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine. Brokenshire said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its counterparts in
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Restorative justice centres resume full operations
The Ministry of Justice restorative justice centres across the island have resumed full operations. In April, the centres scaled down operations and cancelled sensitisation sessions as a result of reduced intake of cases, owing to the suspension of...
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California was first to lockdown. So what went wrong? - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced a statewide stay-at-home order to combat Covid-19 on March 19, only to see the coronavirus surge weeks after reopening the state in May. CNN's Sara Sidner reports on what went wrong in America's most populous
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JA Roots in Crenshaw - African American News Today - EIN News
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Gillum gives personal update from his time in rehab - Black News Channel
After months of silence, Andrew Gillum, spoke about his struggle with alcoholism and gave a personal update on his health via social media. In March, the former Florida governor candidate said he would be entering a rehabilitation facility after having fallen into a depressive
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Allegheny County reports 172 new COVID-19 cases Monday; the state is nearing 102,000 cases | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters The Allegheny County Department of Health [ACHD] reported 172 COVID-19 infections Monday, bringing the total case count since March 14 to 6,435 cases. The new cases span from July 3 through July 19 from 2,173 tests, resulting in a 7.9% positivity rate. ACHD also reported
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South Sudan: Hundreds of Refugees Relocated to Safety After Deadly Clashes in Ugandan Refugee Settlement
Press Release - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, moved hundreds of refugees to safety between 16-17 July after deadly violence forced South Sudanese communities out of their homes in Uganda's Palorinya settlement early this week.
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Lil Baby Details His Own Experiences With Violent Police For Rolling Stone
After dropping his protest song "The Bigger Picture" last month, Lil Baby's speaking out about his own experience with police.
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John Lewis And C.T. Vivian Belonged To A Long Tradition Of Religious Leaders In The Civil Rights Struggle - Blavity
From the earliest days of the civil rights struggle, Black religious leaders have infused the fight for justice with spirituality. Rep. Lewis and Rev. Vivian are no exception.
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Americans Are Barred From Visiting The Bahamas Due To Rising COVID-19 Cases
The United States is regressing when it comes to the pandemic and other territories have taken notice. One popular travel destination has turned its' back on our tourist dollars. USA Today is reporting that The Bahamas is closing their doors to Americans. According to the feature the Caribbean
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City of Atlanta and the Gospel Community Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Mother Betty Ann Pace, mother of the World Renowned Gospel Anointed Pace Singers - The Atlanta Inquirer
Bettie Ann Pace (Mother Pace) December 11, 1937 – July 7, 2020 Written by Sunshine Lewis, at the request and approval of the Pace Family. The City of Atlanta and the entire Gospel industry mourn with the Family of Mother Bettie Ann Pace, mother of the world-renowned Grammy- and Stellar- Nominated
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US black kids die at higher rates than white ones after surgery: study - African American News Today - EIN News
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Heather Burns Annual Memorial Scholarship Awarded To lceis Z. Wiley | The Oklahoma Eagle
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire   The Board of Directors of the Heather Burns Memorial Scholarship Fund are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2020 Scholarship award. The Board of Directors select: lceis Z. Wiley, a 2020 High School Senior graduate of Booker T. Washington, Tulsa, She is
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Dr. Billy C. Hawkins to be 1st Black President at Talladega College to have Building Named in his Honor
Talladega College will hold a naming ceremony for the Dr. Billy C. Hawkins Student Activity Center on August 14, 2020. The newly constructed 47,000-square-foot student center/arena will be the firs…
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George Gibbs, Jr.: First Black Man to Visit Antarctica
George Gibbs, Jr. was the first black man to go to the Antarctica, the South Pole. He began his exploration through the U.S. Navy. He was also a civil rights leader and World War II Navy Gunner. Gibbs was born in Jacksonville, Florida on November 7, 1916. He later moved to Brooklyn, New York, where
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Opt-Ed: Governor Stitt - Get Your Act Together - Or Resign | The Oklahoma Eagle
By Ray Pearcey-Senior Contributor Oklahoma Eagle – Editorial Essay rpearcey@mac.com      As it happens, some of his recent, highly visible actions including spearheading a now infamously “unprotected” Tulsa Trump rally, too frequent visits to crowded restaurants, and the kinetic coming and
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Color Us Connected: Young generation ready to lead - African American News Today - EIN News
This column appears every other week in Foster’s Daily Democrat and the Tuskegee News. This week, Guy Trammell, an African American man from Tuskegee, Alabama, and Amy Miller, a white woman from South Berwick, Maine, take a look at the younger generation.By Guy Trammell Jr.The elder Lewis Adams
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Cari Champion’s ‘Brown Girls Dream’ creates opportunities for future leaders - TheGrio
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Changes coming to Berea-Midpark HS logo after concerns it looks like white power symbol - African American News Today - EIN News
A school logo that was designed when Berea and Midpark high schools merged in 2013 has been removed from the district's website over concerns that it resembles a white power” symbol.
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Rep. Maxine Waters Jumps Out Her SUV To Help Black Man Stopped By Police
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How Democrats will fill John Lewis' seat | Atlanta Daily World
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