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By Gwen DeRu TODAY… **READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Get all the latest news! **OPEN BLUES JAM, 7-10 p.m. at Brennan’s Irish Pub. All musicians welcome. **COMEDIAN DREW THOMAS at the StarDome Comedy Club. FRIDAY… **COMEDIAN BRUCE BRUCE at the StarDome Comedy Club. **MOVIE NIGHT: Check out some old, but good flicks/movies and show on a […]

Source: The Birmingham Times

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Birmingham legal dept. cracks down on owners of blighted property

The City of Birmingham Attorney’s Office is using civil court to hold landowners accountable for getting rid of crime and blight associated with nuisance

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Hip-Hop Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Granted Early Release From Prison

Former Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, has been granted early release and will be freed 21 years early next month to home confinement, according to the Detroit Free

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Florida and Kentucky are slowest states in handling jobless claims –

United States Department of Labor data show Florida lags all other states, with about 74% of initial claims filed through the week ending April 25 not yet advanced to the insured unemployed caseload, a category that indicates the applicant has been approved for

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Source: Daytona Times

Spelman sisters surprise Morehouse grad with visit from Army dad

The Jones family from left to right) Frances, Alexis, Terrell, Jr., Amber and Terrel, Sr. via YouTube

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Source: theGrio

Amerigroup Commits More Than $1 Million to Support COVID-19 Relief Efforts in Texas

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (May 13, 2020) – Amerigroup Texas and its philanthropic arm, the Amerigroup Foundation, announced it has committed more than $1,000,000 in contributions to support COVID-19 relief efforts across

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Encore Performance for Marc Raby, Birmingham Playwright

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times The COVID-19 pandemic has been more than a health crisis for many across the Birmingham metro area. Creatives and artists have been suffering, as well, and Marc Raby, director of the Encore Theatre and Gallery in East Birmingham, has spent the past month

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Win for Reparations: California Assembly Committee Votes Yes on Bill

On May 11, the California Assembly Judiciary Committee voted yes on a bill that would mandate the state to set up an 8-member commission to examine how California engaged in — and benefited from — the enslavement of Black men, women, and

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Elba to host star-studded Africa fundraiser concert

English actor Idris Elba will host an Africa Day benefit concert with the continent’s biggest stars to raise Covid-19 funds for food and health assistance in

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Source: The East African

Chris Forrest and Pete Goffe-Wood re-create a night out with online show

Chris Forrest and Pete Goffe-Wood are set to deliver their fist online show with 'Don't Burn Your Sausage'.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Rapper E-40 Helps Prisoners During COVID-19 Crisis •

He’s manufacturing and donating 1000 gallons of hand sanitizer to San Quentin State Prison and the Federal Correction Institution in Lompoc, CA to support relief efforts amid the current health

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Quarantine Reading

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Founder of Equal Rights Newspaper

J. Gordon Street was a journalist for three of Boston's white newspapers in the 1880s: theBoston Beacon, theBoston Evening Record, andThe Boston Herald. Critical of the white American press' neglect of discrimination faced by Blacks in the late 19th century, he established a Black newspaper, The

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

HOPE for healthy teen relationships – May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month | The Mississippi Link

Dubbed by the federal agency as “ground-level change agents,” grantees like the Community Students Learning Center (CSLC) of Holmes County in partnership with the Holmes County Consolidated School District (HCCSD) and other key partners, are grateful to be among such

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Source: The Mississippi Link

The Music Industry Mourns | The Crusader Newspaper Group

We did our first little party in the Clinton projects in the community

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

AGT singer exonerated from prison after 37 years has 'chance of a lifetime'

Archie Williams, a contestant on the forthcoming season of America's Got Talent, gets his "chance of a lifetime" after serving 37 years in prison for a crime he did not

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Source: theGrio

NBA says it is talking with Disney about resuming season

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(BPRW) Toyota/Lexus Minority Owners Dealership Association to Sponsor National ‘COVID-19 Day of Service’ on May 22 – The Black Chronicle

(Black PR Wire) Bowie, MD – The Toyota/Lexus Minority Owners Dealership Association (TLMODA) is working with The Salvation Army to fill the pantries of families in need during the coronavirus pandemic. On May 22, 2020, TLMODA Dealers and The Salvati Source link

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Dear Black People: Coronavirus Will Kill You ⋆

You may have seen some of the conspiracy theories, myths or outright lies floating around the internet stating that black folks cannot get

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Source: The Toledo Journal

Kenya, Tanzania call truce on border row

Kenya and Tanzania on Friday agreed to reopen their borders after a tense week marked by a simmering trade dispute occasioned by the Covid-19

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Source: The East African

It’s True. When America Catches a Cold, Black America Gets Pneumonia

The global pandemic has caused a devastating public health crisis, initiated a global economic disaster, and in the United States, pulled back the curtain on the deep-rooted racial inequities that

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Source: The Black Chronicle

We shouldn't try to hold Biden hostage on this one

Seven prominent Black women activists have made a strong case, and a bit of stir, in a Washington Post op-ed, Biden Still Needs Black

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte and Senator Brian A. Benjamin reintroduce Bill to end racial profiling | New York Carib News

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte and state Senator Brian A. Benjamin have reintroduced

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Source: The New York Carib News

Blacklock living NFL dream near home

Like most college football players, Ross Blacklock dreamed of hearing his name called in the first round of last month’s NFL

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Local Activists: This is more than a ‘hype moment’

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times (Second of two parts on fight against racial injustice from Birmingham) For local activist Erica Robbins, 38, the fight for social justice is bigger than her. It is for her son, 12-year-old Aiden, and future generations. “I have a Black son, and I can’t sit back

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Checking In: How are You Doing as We Confront the Coronavirus?

Been eating a lot and having so much free time, to the point where I’m tired of

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Frank Mrvan is our choice for Congress | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Gary Crusader endorses Frank Mrvan for Congress to represent the First Congressional

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‘What has been your biggest challenge during the quarantine?’

“I personally do not feel that the quarantine is difficult. “Separation between me and my family. My family lives out of state and if it wasn’t for quarantine, I would have celebrated my granddaughter’s birthday. … I might have spent Mother’s Day with my daughter.” Same thing every day.

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Wesson hands out early Mother’s Day care packages

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Mother’s Day came early for some women who received free care packages May 8 with groceries and toiletries from City Councilman Herb J. Wesson Jr. and his

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Local skincare company now making COVID-19 hand sanitizer

As sanitizing products continue to remain scarce nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, a local skincare company is doing its part to minimize the virus’ spread by shifting its production from bath and body products to hand

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

181 Blacks in Chicago died at home of COVID-19 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

New data shows that 87 died the same day incident was reported, with many being Black females

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