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Nike Makes Juneteenth an Annual Paid Holiday for Its U.S. Employees – Your Black World

Nike CEO, John Donahoe, announced in an internal memo that the company would recognize Juneteenth as an annual paid holiday for its

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Source: Your Black World

White House goal on testing nursing homes unmet | The Atlanta Voice

Nearly two weeks ago the White House urged governors to ensure that every nursing home resident and staff member be tested for the coronavirus within 14

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

'Way to Support the Movement': Fans Applaud Gregg and Nene Leakes for Protesting Despite Their Prior Health Conditions

Nene Leakes and her husband Gregg Leakes were standing on the front lines in support of the Black Lives Matter movement this past

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

LA Protesters Detained In Cruelly Ironic Location

UCLA and its faculty expressed outrage Tuesday that Los Angeles police detained people arrested during protests against George Floyd’s death at the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, named for Major League Baseball’s first Black player and a school

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Blacks, Minorities Face Impending Mass Evictions Amid Pandemic

As protests over racial injustice consume the nation, African Americans and other minorities face a wave of rental evictions as a temporary federal moratorium comes to an end in just a matter of

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Source: The Washington Informer

NASCAR Joins Growing List of Those Taking Stand Against Racial Injustice

On Wednesday, June 10, NASCAR joined that ever-growing list with the announcement that it’s removing the Confederate flag from all of its

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Mail-in voting could turn Election Day into Election Week | The Atlanta Voice

A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night, a scenario that is fueling worries about whether President Donald Trump will use the delay to sow doubts about the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Benedict College []South Carolina] (1870- )

Located within walking distance of downtown Columbia, South Carolina,Benedict Collegeis a private four-year, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated withthe American Baptist Churches, USA. BenedictCollege was founded in 1870 by Rhode Island native Mrs.Bathsheba Benedict and the Baptist

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1st Black Interstate organization

Boston Masons, led by Prince Hall, established first Black interstate organization, creating lodges in Philadelphia and Providence, Rhode Island.

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Families Of Robert Fuller & Malcolm Harsch Push Back On Suicide Claims In Hanging Deaths

Although the deaths of Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch have been initially ruled as suicide, the families are questioning those

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Source: Black America Web

Raoul among AGs seeking power to investigate police misconduct | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Group also wants access to departments’ excessive force data

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Ohio US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran or Person with Lung Cancer in Ohio Who Had Significant Exposure to Asbestos to Call the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste To Discuss Compensation

CLEVELAND, OHIO, USA, June 3, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Ohio US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "We are urging the family of a Navy Veteran or person in Ohio with lung cancer to call us anytime at 800-714-0303-if their loved one also had significant exposure to asbestos prior to

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Fox Chapel district investigates racist videos as students and alumni call it to embrace Black Lives Matter movement

Hundreds of Fox Chapel students and alumni are calling on their school district to more aggressively address racial injustice in the district as Black Lives Matter protests have sprung up across the country, including the Pittsburgh

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

'That's So Bossy': 'Basketball Wives' Star Evelyn Lozada Vows to Help Small Black Businesses

“Basketball Wives” star Evelyn Lozada is lending a helping hand to small Black

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Fighting for Freedom on Both Sides of the American Revolution

Alan Gilbert, University of Denver political scientist and anti-racist activist, is the author of Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence, one of the few works that examines the free and enslaved blacks who joined the American Patriots and the British

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Source: Black Past

U.S. Embassy in South Korea Unfurls Giant Black Lives Matter Banner | HuffPost

The U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, unfurled a banner reading “Black Lives Matter” across its building and posted on social media Saturday that it stood “in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand positive

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(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"

The Little Rock Crisis erupted in September 1957 when Arkansas Governor Orval M. Faubus used state National Guard troops to prevent nine African American students from attending the then all-white Central High School. On September 20, Federal Judge Ronald Davis ordered Governor Faubus to remove

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Source: Black Past

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'More of This': Fans Praise Marlo Hampton for Teaching Her Nephews About Racial Injustice

Hampton shared that their lesson plan will cover African-American male hate crimes, black men who have been victims of hateful crimes, and Black male success

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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Source: Black Past

Beyoncé Uplifts Everyone With Her Message for the Graduating Class

H-town’s finest and one of the world’s most celebrated music artists Beyoncé shared a word with the Class of 2020 that has everyone, including non-graduates, feeling inspired and hopeful about the

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Reed-Rowe, Helen (1949- )

Ambassador Helen Reed-Rowe was a career diplomat with the U.S. Foreign Service. Reed-Rowe was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1949 to Gladys and John W. Reed, Sr. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and her Master of Arts degree in National Security

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Source: Black Past

Lori Harvey Speaks Out Against Police Brutality After Being Dragged for Voicing Concerns Over the Looting of Her Friends' Store

On Monday, June 1, Lori Harvey broke her silence about police brutality in a now-deleted Instagram

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

African-American History Timeline: 1840 to 1849

Following states such as New York, Connecticut, Vermont and Ohio, Rhode Island also passes a personal liberty

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Source: ThoughtCo

St. Lucia police deny permission for Black Lives Matter rally | New York Carib News

St. Lucia police deny permission for Black Lives Matter rally

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Source: The New York Carib News

Keke Palmer Pleads With Members Of National Guard In Viral Video

Keke Palmer Emotionally Pleads With National Guardsmen To ‘March Beside via @keke/Instagram

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

NFL Commissioner: "We, The NFL Admit, We Were Wrong for Not Listening to NFL Players Earlier"

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell released a video clip condemning racing and admitting that the NFL was wrong to not listen to the players who were protesting against racial injustice and police brutality against blacks according to the

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

‘Gucci Ain't Did Sh** to Y'all’: Tory Lanez and Reality Star Shekinah Anderson Exchange Words About the Looting in Atlanta

However, “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” reality star Shekinah Jo Anderson is not here for the protests that have resulted in

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

The Shooting Of Black Americans Started Long Before The Looting

When protests turned into civil unrest in Minneapolis as folks demanded the arrest of the four officers responsible for George Floyd’s death, I knew to prepare for the same cycle we saw in Ferguson and Baltimore just a few years

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Three generations on what America needs to change

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