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NNPA NEWSWIRE - The brilliance was that Mooney uncovered most of the racial pejoratives used by and against Black and White people. However, the genius was contrasting the relative calm maintained by the White interviewer to the visible and rising anger of the Black job seeker. By the end of the
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Presbyterian Head: No one religion should monopolise Indian Arrival Day - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
MODERATOR of the Presbyterian Church, the Rt Rev Joy Abdul-Mohan says Indian Arrival Day should never be seen as a monopoly to be used or observed by any one religion. She said it is a day that is inclusive of a history and culture of all whose forefathers came from India whether their ancesto
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Black Activist Sasha Johnson Shot In Head In South London
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Udder Madness: Anti Covid Cow-Dung Therapy Can Cause Black Fungus, Say Medics – The Wilmington Journal
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Historic Bill Raises Minimum Wage to $17 and Eliminates Tipped Wage for Contracted Workers at BWI Airport and Baltimore Penn Station | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE - Following a three-year campaign, Doran Brown, a contracted wheelchair agent at BWI Marshall Airport in Baltimore, and over 2,000 union and non-union contracted workers at BWI Marshall Airport and Baltimore Penn Station who earn as little as $8.50 per hour plus tips will see their
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Alleged Walmart email with racial slur goes viral on social media - BNC
By: Alyssa Wilson Walmart is receiving criticism for an alleged photo of an email blast that featured the N-word in the subject line. Baller Alert, which has 6.2 million Instagram followers, posted a screenshot of the email on the platform.   Other users on Twitter posted images saying they
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‘Act Of Political Cowardice’: Chapel Hill Community Rallies After Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Denied Tenure
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Black Mental Health Top Priority Surrounding Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death. George Floyd was murdered May 25, 2020. | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE - Before George Floyd’s death, mental health was often a hushed and shunned topic in the Black community. That sentiment is an ongoing struggle after Floyd’s death, mental health advocates said. Participants in the symposium included Dan Gillison, CEO of the National Alliance of
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Black Pastors Have Faith in Medical Marijuana Treatment | BlackPressUSA
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Courtroom showdown: EU takes on AstraZeneca in vaccine row - BNC
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Lawmakers Introduce Infrastructural Legislation for HBCUs and It's About Time
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Iowa Woman Who Hit Black 12-Year-Old and Latina Teen With Her SUV Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison - The New York Beacon
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Officials say ballots safe after alarm at Fulton County elections facility | The Atlanta Voice
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Japan opens mass vaccine centers 2 months before Olympics - BNC
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Relatives mourn Tobago covid19 victim: 'It hit home' - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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NNPA NEWSWIRE - “I appreciate everything the APGA, PGA TOUR University and Korn Ferry Tour have done for this opportunity to play in the REX Hospital Open, to be exposed to a lot of great golfers, and to compete with them,” said Florida A&M University’s Mulbe Dillard IV. “It was a lot of hard
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