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Rona Rumble: Black Man Cracks White Man Over The Head With A Bottle During Bar Brawl

Another day, some more white folks have lost their minds. A video is making its rounds on social media highlighting a bar brawl that took place on Saturday (Jun.27) at an Arkansas bar that started over social distancing, according to witnesses.

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Single, childless and black

Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adult men and women who, for whatever reason, never got married or have

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Trump Month In Review: August

President Donald Trump is openly using “violent” Black people as a political tool to scare his conservative base leading up to the November mid-term elections. It’s a new low for Trump who always takes the low road. CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is correctly criticizing Trump for what he

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(1922) Marcus Garvey, "The Principles of The Universal Negro Improvement Association"

In this speech given in New York City on November 25, 1922, Marcus Garvey explains the objectives of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, the organization he believed would lead the worldwide movement toward black

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Black Woman Schools Uninformed English Man About the Harsh Aftermath of Slavery (VIDEO)

Black Woman Schools Uninformed English Man About the Harsh Aftermath of Slavery (VIDEO) An African woman quickly corrects an English man about the reality of slavery. Video by the BBC’s ‘The Big Question.’

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Bill Cosby’s wife slams #MeToo movement, says they should ‘clean up their act’ - Face2Face Africa

The wife of Bill Cosby, Camille Cosby, still has some animosity towards the #MeToo movement two years after her husband was convicted for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. Speaking to ABC News on Tuesday in what was her first major interview in six years, Cosby slammed the

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John McWhorter, “Celebrate the Triumph of Ordinary Black Americans”

It is a mantra among black Americans that we are insufficiently aware of our history, that our advancement will be hobbled until we are all rooted in a sense of continuity with the past. Yet, every year we are regaled with not just a Black History Day but a Black History Month. Over four weeks in

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Black therapists on how to cope with racial trauma amid COVID-19 pandemic - DefenderNetwork.com

The first half of 2020 has been horrific for Black Americans. It began with the loss of the legendary Lakers guard Kobe Bryant. Then in March, the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacts Black Americans more adversely, changed our lives forever, killing over 130,000 Americans so far. Then, racism and its

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White People, Stop Quoting MLK To Police How Black People Protest

Last Thursday, Martin Luther King III responded to the increasingly heated protests spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police with a quote from his father, the Rev. Martin Luther King

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Camille Cosby Speaks Out After Pennsylvania Court Grants Appeal For Bill Cosby (Video) | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.vibe.com Mrs. Cosby slammed the Me Too movement, and defended her husband. Camille Cosby is speaking out in her first major interview in six years. The 76-year-old producer and wife of Bill Cosby talked to ABC News after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review the case that led to

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Tucker Carlson, Journalist Zaid Jilani Think Focusing On One Group’s Suffering From Coronavirus Over Others Is Wrong

Fox News host Tucker Carlson told viewers Monday that media personalities like CNN’s Don Lemon are equating the coronavirus with racism, leaving us “paranoid and

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When Non-Black Minorities Adopt Black Style, Is It Still Appropriation? | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.huffpost.com By Bianca Lambert The answer is simple: Absolutely. We’ve seen a wealth of celebrities including Miley Cyrus and the Kardashians appropriating Black culture, plus countless fashion designers sending white models down their runways wearing locs, braids and baby hairs. But what

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

California State Capitol Goes Black … Red and Green to Mark Juneteenth

The state of California started recognizing Juneteenth or Black “Freedom Day,” marking the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, back in 2003 as an official state

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James Mars: Once One of the Most Prominent African Americans in Connecticut

James Mars was born into slavery in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1790. He won his freedom at the age of twenty-five, and two years later moved to Hartford. He was very active in the organization of the Talcott Street Church, and was named Deacon. Soon he became one of the most prominent African

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'Black Ink Crew: Chicago' Star Phor Brumfield Causes an Uproar After He Compares Black-on-Black Crime to BLM Movement

“Black Ink Crew: Chicago” actor Phor Brumfield is currently facing backlash for his recent remarks about the Black Lives Matter

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BLACK NAMED CHIEF SWEEPER

COLUMBUS, OHIO,--a BLACK MAN, Mr. Everette Spurlock, has been named superintendent of this citys street cleaning department. The negroe community is overjoyed that the city has finally recognized the dependability of its colored

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White people kneeling and praying for forgiveness in George Floyd's hometown is alright but we risk being hoodwinked

There have been videos of police killings involving unarmed blacks spanning males, females and even children but the brutal snuffing of life out of Floyd over an alleged counterfeit $20 bill ignited anger in the American people of various ethnic backgrounds not seen since the brutal

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TGR COMMENTARY: Every Department is a Police Department

Almost every day you turn on your radio or television set, local broadcast stations and national news will gather their hand-picked colored commentators to explain to angry protestors why a few bad apple officers are making other law enforcers look really

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Black Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19

“It doesn’t matter what color you are, how much money you have, how much education you have, things happen: grief, depression, anxiety, which COVID has really unleashed,” said F.T. Burden, president and CEO of Springboard Community Services, a regional full service behavioral health and case

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‘Greenleaf’s’ Jennifer Sears Voted ‘Queen Of The Blacks’ At ‘Segregated Homecoming’

She described her experiences growing up.

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Afro-Latin Americans

Afro-Latin Americans or Black Latin Americans refers to Latin American people of significant African ancestry. The term may also refer to historical or cultural elements in Latin America thought to have emanated from this

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Emagine Entertainment To Host Juneteenth Film Festival To Benefit UNCF

Emagine Entertainment, Inc., an innovator in luxury theatres, proudly announces the Juneteenth Film Festival to benefit the UNCF (United Negro College

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NBA commits $300 million to black communities | Atlanta Daily World

The NBA Board of Governors announced on this, the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, an unprecedented $300 million commitment for the newly created NBA Foundation “dedicated to creating … Continued

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The Founders Of 'The Keys To Black Wealth Summit' Drop 9 Gems On Gaining Financial Freedom - Blavity

In 2016, a white family’s net worth was

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Black Lives Matter founder finds hope in global protests for...

For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the

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Boston Common 'Out of Bounds'

In 1742, when whites feared uprisings against oppression from the heavy concentration of slaves in Boston, the Boston Common was 'out of bounds' for Blacks and American Indians. The Black community of the city fought this restriction, but it was not until July 4, 1836 that they were allowed to use

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Touching Video Pays Tribute to 100 African Americans Who Died From Coronavirus

A new music video for a popular R&B/pop song called The Rona Song pays tribute to 100 African Americans who have sadly died from the COVID-19 virus. The song, released by an artist who calls himself the Undiscovered Artist, is a tune that people of color can especially resonate with as they are

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Op Ed Submission: “Why We Must Resist Our Hatred of Candace Owens: An open letter to Dave Chappelle…and every anti-racist” | Afro

I was one of maybe five Black students in my Stilwell, Kansas high

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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often

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Eddy Grant says it’s time to demand reparations

Guyanese singing star, Eddy Grant, has added his voice to the ongoing protests over the killing of an African-American man by a cop in the United States but says that while black lives have always mattered, it has only become fashionable because white people can now hang their own personal grouses

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