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… has economically oppressed African-Americans for generations” as … oppression?  The African-American who graduated from Stanford … has economically oppressed African-Americans for generations” as … oppression?  The African-American who graduated from Stanford …
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Partnership Seeks to Create More Lending Opportunities For Black-Owned Businesses
With a $4 million grant from JPMorgan Chase as part of its effort to support underserved small businesses and a grant from the Heron Foundation, CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact are well-positioned to scale the alliance's impact.
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Kenosha police chief blames protesters for their own deaths because they were ‘out after curfew’ - TheGrio
The Kenosha, Wisconsin police chief blamed two protesters who were fatally shot for their own deaths because they violated curfew.... View Article The post Kenosha police chief blames protesters for their own deaths because they were ‘out after curfew’ appeared first on TheGrio.
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Clinton Melton: A Man Who Was Killed In Mississippi Just 3 Months After Emmett Till
The murder of Emmett Till 65 years ago this week became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Radio Diaries tells a lesser-known story of a Black man killed in a nearby town three months later.
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STEM education should be moral, anti-racist, clear-eyed -
Young people would be better served by STEM education that teaches them to deal with the complexity of problems like pandemics and climate change with a clear-eyed view of politics and history. Source
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Family to get $475k settlement after cops pointed guns at them over stolen doll - Face2Face Africa
The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday agreed to pay a settlement to a Black couple after police officers point guns at them last year when their young daughter took a doll from a store without their knowledge. The mother, Iesha Harper, said at a news conference that she and her fiancé Dravon Ames
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Excellence, greatness are not exclusive preserve and privilege of white people
In the United States, the “one-drop rule”, also known as hypodescent, dates back to a 1662 Virginia law on the treatment of mixed-race individuals.
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Florida ‘Karen’ Faces Child Abuse Charges For Slapping Black Kid And Calling Him N-Word, Cops Say
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Chairwoman Maxine Waters Sounds Alarm on Coming Wave of Evictions
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We can’t wait any longer we got to move. The CARES Act was an important step towards providing relief, but more help is needed. We knew, for example, that an eviction moratorium without the provision of rental assistance would only delay disastrous outcomes as families would have
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Report: COVID-19 Now is The Third Leading Cause of Death Among Black People | Dallas Weekly
"In 2020, more Black Americans will die of COVID-19 than will succumb to diabetes, strokes, accidents, or pneumonia. In fact, COVID-19 is currently the third leading cause of death for African Americans,” concluded Trevon Logan, professor of economics at the Ohio State University and Bradley
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GOP Convention Has Built The Myth Of A Kind, Engaged President. Can Trump Play That Role?
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Black Speakers at the RNC Cause 'Uncle Tom' to Trend On Twitter
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Celebrated NASA scientist Japie van Zyl dies | News24
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Jared Kushner says NBA players are 'very fortunate' to take off from work - TheGrio
Jared Kushner shares his thoughts on the recent strike by NBA players, calling them 'very fortunate,' to be able to... View Article The post Jared Kushner says NBA players are 'very fortunate' to take off from work appeared first on TheGrio.
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Privacy Fury Over Police Cyber Searches to Trace Beating Victims Who Refuse to Come Forward – Dallas Post Tribune
The normally quiet Upper East Side erupted into a street brawl between white supremacists and anti-fascists. Members of the Proud Boys, a white supremacist group with a violent history, allegedly attacked four Antifa protesters Oct. 12, 2018, during a violent clash near the Metropolitan Republican
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Civil Rights Leaders Slam Police ‘Solidarity’ With White Militias Amid Jacob Blake Protests
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Everything To Know About The Commitment March On Washington [STREAM HERE]
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New York Seeks to Ban Reverse Location Searches – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Black Bank Receives $50 Million in Deposit Funding from PayPal
Optus Bank in South Carolina will receive $50 million to expand its business in the community as a recipient of PayPal's economic opportunity fund.
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Kamal Harris Blasts Trump For His Coronavirus Response
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris slammed President Trump for his lackluster coronavirus response, which has killed 180,000 Americans.
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NASA’s Jeanette Epps set to join International Space Station crew as first Black woman - Face2Face Africa
After being taken off a Russian spacecraft that was to fly into orbit two years ago that would have made her the first Black to live and work in space for an extended period, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps will now join the first operational crew of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. The Starliner is a new
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Pence accepts Republican VP renomination with nationalist speech (Ld) - African American News Today - EIN News
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GOP Convention takeaways: Vice President Pence pounces while crises swirl - African American News Today - EIN News
… enforcement and keep supporting are African American and minority communities across this … enforcement, while saying little about Black Americans killed or maimed by police … enforcement, while saying little about Black Americans killed or maimed by police …
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August 27, 2020 - DefenderNetwork.com
In this week’s Defender… The COVID-19 economic shutdown has hurt Black businesses the most, with Black owners seeing a 41% decline from February to April. Learn how Black business owners are making ‘The Shift,’ and are responding to the pandemic in an article by Defender Managing Editor ReShonda
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California Wildfires Burn 1M Acres and Counting – Free Press of Jacksonville
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