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Amid Racial Reckoning, Grammys Honor The Black Experience - Voice and Viewpoint
MESFIN FEKADU | AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) - With police brutality continuing to devastate Black families and the coronavirus ravishing Black America disproportionately, the world was driven to the significance of this year's Juneteenth more than ever before. And Beyonce knew she wanted to
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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper
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Ice Cube Clarifies Role in Helping Trump Admin Develop ‘Platinum Plan’ | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.rollingstone.com By DANIEL KREPS  Ice Cube has clarified his role in helping to develop the Trump administration’s proposed “Platinum Plan” for the black community after a White House advisor thanked the rapper for “his willingness to step up and work with” President Trump. “Leaders gonna
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
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HBCU Students for Biden and Black Students for Biden: 'Four More Years of Trump Means Death for Many African Americans' | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Just how crucial will the engagement of Black students, including those from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) be in the 2020 election? Black Students for Biden and HBCU Students for Biden say that it could mean the difference between life and death for many African
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Source: The Florida Star
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'Through the Banks of the Red Cedar,' makes its national television premiere on BTN November 10, 7 pm CST. Source
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White Supremacy In The Church: Black Leaders Discuss The Way Forward – Free Press of Jacksonville
BY GRADY CAPSTONE JOURNALIST  - Mandisa Thomas was never made to go to church or believe in God. She learned about various gods through literature and history. Daryl Bloodsaw grew up beneath the shadow of white [...]
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‘I Was Speechless’: Three Black Artists In Georgia Design Black Lives Matter Street Mural – Atlanta Black Star
A brightly colored Black Lives Matter mural now covers a portion of Decatur’s North McDonough Street, thanks to three talented artists and over 500 community […]
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How Income Inequality Affects Minority Workers
It’s no secret that white households in the United States take in significantly more income than black and Latino households do, fueling racial inequality. What’s to blame for this discrepancy? It’s not just that whites work in higher paying jobs than their minority counterparts do. Even when
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Washington Wizards Star Troy Brown Jr. On Being An Ally To Black Women And Using His Voice From Inside The Bubble
The Washington Wizards star talked about the shared responsibility Black athletes have during this crucial moment in America, furthering a necessary alliance with Black women and why voter suppression is one of the biggest obstacles to our freedom.
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B--ch You Dont Know Me: Tammy Rivera Unleashes on a Fan Who Suggests She Doesnt Take Pride In Being Black After She Posts Daughters Quinceañera Rehearsal
Tammy Rivera is not afraid to let critics know whats on her mind. The 33-year-old mother took to Instagram on Wednesday, June 24, and posted []
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FMU explores history of race relations within Florence
The African-American Faculty and Staff Coalition (AAFSC) partnered with the FMU psychology department to host the second “Cultural Conversation” at noon on Nov. 6 in the FMU Performing Arts Center (PAC). The speakers were Antonio Cooper, assistant professor of psychology; Erica James, assistant
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NAACP snubs Black-owned newspapers during Black media forum - Dallas Examiner
By HAZEL TRICE EDNEY TriceEdneyWire.com A recent NAACP Black Media Speaks forum dove into a conversation in which the future of Black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced dead. To the shock of some
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Source: The Dallas Examiner
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Bewilderment in Black Community Over Ice Cube’s Overture to Pres. Trump
Sean Broadus and his brother Evan Broadus live near the Gilbert Lindsay Community Center in South Central, Los Angeles, less than 20 minutes from where their idol, Ice Cube, grew up. Both are having a hard time processing the hip-hop icon’s revelation that he’s working with Pres. Donald
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We Must Stay Informed : Omaha Star
By: Kenny McMorris MPA, FACHE, CHCEF, Chief Executive Officer, Charles Drew Health Center, Inc. We have long known that when it comes to health outcomes in America, inequalities have persisted along racial lines. The recent coronavirus pandemic has shined an ugly light on these disparities as
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Phillips Chapel CME Church, Las Cruces, New Mexico (1911- )
In 1911 a group of African Americans and Hispanics joined to build a small chapel, one of the first for the town of Las Cruces, New Mexico Territory. Their church, Phillips Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal (now Christian Methodist Episcopal) CME Church is located in the Mesquite Historic District
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Celebs Fuel #SayHerName Campaign & Seek Justice for Breonna Taylor | L.A. Focus Newspaper
Black women and girls as young as 7 and as old as 93 have been killed by the police, but with the recent exception of Breonna Taylor—their names are rarely
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Umoja’s Success Program provides ‘tools for success’ - African American News Today - EIN News
… also offering courses centered on African-American perspectives. “We represent the college … was the “Norton Anthology of African American Literature” compiled by Henry Louis … their narrative speaks to the African American experience in general.” The Umoja …
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Three Trans Women Robbed And Attacked By A Group Of Men On Hollywood Boulevard
Eden Estrada, Jaslene Whiterose and Joslyn Flawless were robbed and violently attacked by a group of men in Hollywood this past weekend. The attackers captured the whole thing on video and shared it on social media.
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The Black Unemployment Hits Highest Rate In Almost A Decade
According to a recent report by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall rate dropped to 13.3 % but the unemployment rate for African-Americans have risen to
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During the first quarter of the 20th century George W. Forbes (1864-1927) was an important journalist for national race politics. From 1893 to 1903, he edited the Boston Courant, one of Boston's early Black newspapers. He helped start the Boston Guardian, founded and published by William M. Trotter
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Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate the New York City Fire Department
In the following article Ginger Adams Otis, a staff writer at the New York Daily News and a longtime city reporter, describes her more-than-decade-long research following the evolution of a landmark civil rights case brought by the Vulcan Society, a determined group of activist black New York City
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National Black Voter Day Noted With Registrations To get to the corner of NE 23rd Street and Prospect Avenue in Oklahoma City, if you’re coming from Chesapeake Energy Arena, you…
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Celebrating Black History Month
While the accomplishments of African-Americans should be celebrated all year long, February is the month when we focus on their contributions to American
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NAACP Black Media Forum Excludes Black Newspapers – A President and Black Publishers Call for Clarification and Inclusion
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – A recent NAACP “Black Media Speaks” forum plummeted into a conversation in which the future of hard-copy Black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced
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Kamala Harris shatters barriers to become first black woman VP | Atlanta Daily World
Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries. The 56-year-old California
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HBCU Buzz Presents: 2020 Top 30 Under 30 leaders from HBCUs | Atlanta Daily World
(Black PR Wire) For the sixth year, HBCU Buzz presents the HBCU Top 30 Under 30, honoring the achievements of alumni of historically Black Colleges and Universities. The next HBCU Top 30 class is a combination of bold leaders in the fields of
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Juneteenth: Celebrating and Still Fighting | Afro
The celebration of Juneteenth comes during a revolutionary time in America, where hundreds of thousands protestors are emphasizing the importance of Black Lives and fighting for equity and tree
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REMEMBERING Without luncheon, donations assist - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the local Juneteenth committee decided that even if a luncheon could not be held to remember and celebrate a legacy
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Scrappy Celebrates Birth Of Baby Xylo And Praises Wife Bambi For 10 Minutes Of Labor
"She’s here everybody wish my wife @adizthebam a congratulations for being so strong she pushed for 10 min and had our #BabyXYLO beautiful head full of hair 7lbs 5oz," Scrappy wrote on Instagram.
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NASA will name its headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the agencys first African American female engineer
barriers and open opportunities for African Americans and women in the Jackson, along with her esteemed African American colleagues Christine Darden, Katherine Johnson recognize the contributions of women, African Americans, and people of all backgrounds
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#MAFS Woody Gifts Amani D*ck And Diamonds For Their Anniversary
For their one month anniversary, the couples exchange gifts. Many of them got closer to one another, some stayed stagnant and some seem to have given up on the whole thing. Check out our recap inside.
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