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SACRAMENTO - The future of a historic housing project that emerged out of a civil rights case in Sacramento is under review by the city. The evaluation will affect the living of the low-income residents who cherish the properties that were built almost 70 years ago. The analysis will also have an
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Environmentalists cheer as Atlantic Coast Pipeline canceled – The Wilmington Journal
Following the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, a Virginia-based environmental policy analyst says coal is the big winner in Virginia and North Carolina, two states the pipeline would have run through. 'A safe [...]
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Flash Black Photo: Portrait of African American Man
At Black Then, we frequently see interesting photos that give us a glimpse into the past. They tend to show us a piece of black history that is often not covered in textbooks, in history classes, or shown in the media. In a photo that we found on Black History Album , we see this […]
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Is Reopening
… dedicated to telling the African-American story for all Americans, … which is what the African American Museum does, because the … the National Museum of African American History and Culture “tells … timed-entry ticketing. The African American Museum said it would …
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Roderick Walker's Stepson Screamed ‘Daddy’ As Georgia Deputy Punched Him In Viral Video
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Trump, Biden face off on West Coast wildfire, climate change | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden focused their presidential battle on the wildfire-scorched West Coast Monday, with Trump again blaming poor forest management for the apocalyptic destruction while Biden declared the fires and recent extreme weather underscore an urgent need to
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Citing Pandemic Dallas Organizers Cancel “DIA DE LOS MUERTOS” Parade, Promise it will Return
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Schools that are Mostly Black, Latino Favor Starting Online - Black Voice News
Missi Magness wanted her children back in school. The parent of a first-grader and a sixth-grader who attend schools on Indianapolis' southeast side struggled trying to oversee her children's schooling while working from home this spring. 'They need the structure, they need the socialization, they
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SPECIAL FEATURE: REVOCATION NATION - African American News Today - EIN News
… to end technical violations reported, “African Americans are twice and Native Americans …
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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (Week 1)
After the unexpected death of Chadwick Boseman, interest was piqued regarding cancers in men. According to the American Cancer Society, some of the cancers that most often affect men are prostate, colorectal, lung and skin cancers; and scientists have discovered there is some association between
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SouthBound: Elijah Heyward III And The New Museum On 'Sacred Ground' In African American History - African American News Today - EIN News
… Civil War sites. But for Black Americans, Charleston was Ellis Island rewritten … in Charleston Harbor, the International African American Museum is rising to tell …
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FILM REVIEW: Tenet | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — John David Washington has crossed a bridge. He’s no longer just the son of a superstar actor. He is a superstar actor. Seconds after he’s on screen, you get the deal. He is as confident, adventurous and acrobatic as Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible series. As cool and debonair
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Jackson was more than imperfect. Removing his statue won't destroy history  | Opinion
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ABC Ambushes Trump With a Debate at Q&A, POTUS Brings the Heat (Part 2)
Billed as a presidential town hall with questions from undecided voters, ABC showed that they pulled a fast one on the American people as Tuesday’s The President and the People: A 20/20 Special Event ended up being debate prep for President Trump as, instead of Joe Biden, he faced 90 minutes of
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Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter - TSDMemphis.com
(The Conversation) - Black Lives Matters (BLM) has been portrayed by its detractors as many things: Marxist, radical, anti-American. Added to this growing list of charges is that it is either irreligious or doing religion wrong. In late July, for instance, conservative commentator Andrew Sullivan
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Saggy Pants Ban Repealed After Critics Claim It Targeted Black Men
A South Florida city has reversed its ban on "saggy pants" after critics said it disproportionately targeted Black men.
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Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit
By Dylan Lovan Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The city of Louisville will pay millions to the mother of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement months after Taylor’s slaying by police thrust the Black woman’s name to the forefront of a national reckoning
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Meghan Markle reportedly pitching doc about BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors as part of $100M Netflix deal - TheGrio
Earlier this month theGrio revealed that Harry and Meghan founded a production company and inked a multiyear deal with Netflix. Now it appears... View Article
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Indian State Gets MIT Help to Boost Startups
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Louisville to pay $12M to Breonna Taylor’s mom, reform police - TSDMemphis.com
by Dylan Lovan -  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The city of Louisville will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement months after Taylor’s slaying by police thrust the Black woman’s name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, Mayor
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T.I. Settles Federal Claim He Pushed Bogus Cryptocurrency
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper and actor T.I. has settled civil charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he helped promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, agreed to a civil settlement with the SEC that was announced Friday. He is paying a $75,000
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Black Households Earned 61 Cents for Every Dollar of White Median Incomes | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Racial residential segregation is a significant predictor of the magnitude of the Black-White disparity in fatal police shootings at the city level. Efforts to ameliorate the problem of fatal police violence must move beyond the individual level and consider the interaction
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Caldwell: 'Trump administration's agenda: to lie, cheat or steal 2020 election' | The Atlanta Voice
You may have decided not to look at the recent Republican National Convention on television, and many Americans think President Trump broke the law by abusing the Hatch Act. But our president is smiling because he got away with it. The president needed a convention bounce and, according to
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Black And Hispanic Kids Die From Coronavirus More Than White Kids Do, CDC says
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The 2020 American Black Film Festival – Goes Virtual | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
In the age of COVID, film festival directors are finding creative ways to screen movies for audiences without gathering large groups at indoor venues. Hence the 2020 ABFF Online Edition. For those who tuned in, the array of films for the 24th festival by black artists was vast. These movies will do
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AFSCME, NAACP launch historic partnership to mobilize Black voters - Milwaukee Community Journal
Partnership kicks off with a joint four-state presidential radio buy on African American radio stations in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina. WASHINGTON – AFSCME and the NAACP launched on Saturday two radio ads which will run in the
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