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By Erricka Bridgeford Co-founder of Baltimore Ceasefire 365 Murder might be the most arrogant energy known to humankind. It assumes that it will ravage you, take over your mind and have dominion over whatever it touches. Murder makes us assume that since our person was snatched from
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Victory for military equity and justice, defeat of Trump’s divided America | Afro
By Rep. Anthony Brown House Armed Services Vice Chair and 30-year Army veteran, Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) applauded the bipartisan agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators on the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to remove names, symbols, displays, monuments, and
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Prophetic politics and Black America | Afro
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. If it were not for the Black Church in America, our long struggle for freedom, justice, equality, equity, and empowerment would not have made the progress that has been accomplished over the past 500 to 400 years. I speak in the tradition of my Presbyterian great-great
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TBE#26 - Stimulus aid to cities presents an opportunity to fight crime with summer jobs | Afro
To Be Equal #26 Stimulus Aid to Cities Presents an Opportunity to Fight Crime with Summer Jobs Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “The Harlem Youth Action Project was a city-funded attempt to keep some of the smarter kids off the street … the next time I saw Jet magazine there
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Robert Gordy Jr., nephew of Motown founder Berry Gordy, found deceased in his home | Afro
Announcing the deceased Robert Gordy Jr. Robert Gordy Jr. was found deceased in his home in Las Vegas, NV on Thursday June 3, 2021. Cause Unknown. Robert Gordy Jr. is the Nephew of Berry Gordy, Founder of Motown Records. Robert Gordy Jr. was a Hitsville/Motown kid. Robert was a passionate advocate
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#WordinBlack: Texas native son talks Juneteenth: Better late than never | Afro
This story was originally published on Word In Black. By Patrick Washington The Texas-birthed holiday of Juneteenth is a very interesting holiday, to say the least. See, I, a native-born Texan, have two Yankee parents. As such, I’ve been able to hear both sides of the “idea” of Juneteenth, and now
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‘This is love’: Russian influencer celebrates with an AK-47 | Afro
Celebrating with an AK-47 produced more than just the noise of a jet engine for Russian model and Instagram personality Anastasia Ivleeva. Ivleeva celebrated her one-year anniversary with rapper husband Allj by firing a Kalashnikov assault rifle into the air, sparking outrage among her nearly 20
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PJ Morton, Anthony Brown earn multiple Stellar Gospel Music Award nominations | Afro
The nominees in the 36th annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards have been announced. Anthony Brown & group therAPy earned eight nominations. Their album, 2econd Wind: Ready (Key of A / Tyscot / FairTrade), pulled seven of them – including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year. The best-selling
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Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Continues to Reach New Milestones | Afro
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The album, which featured such iconic hits as “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” and a duet with Paul McCartney on, “The Girl is Mine,” has sold an estimated 66 million copies worldwide and has traded places regularly with the Greatest Hits of the Eagles as the best-selling U.S. album of
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2021 Pan African Film Festival | Afro
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Festival Movie fans attending the 29th PAFF could watch its choice programming on a streaming app or computers, versus making the annual pilgrimage to Los Angeles. The setting is different, but the usual array of international African diaspora films is still
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A Survivor’s Survival Guide: The Journey Continues | Afro
By Ruth Travis Special to the AFRO My journey started two days before my 62nd birthday, on Nov. 29, 2007 I was diagnosed with breast cancer at zero stage and 100 percent survival. The cancer cell was the size of a dot of pepper and located in the milk duct, therefore, I did not have
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LOreal to Remove Words Like Whitening from Skin Products | Afro
By The Associated Press French cosmetics giant LOreal said June 27 that it will remove words like whitening from its skin care products, a move that comes amid global protests against racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States. The company said in a statement June 27 that it
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Black People Suffer From Dementia | Afro
By Dr. Lucille Ridgill Special to the AFRO Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) is the sixth leading cause of death among White people, but the fourth leading cause of death for Black people like me. The Black population age 65+ is projected to more than double in size in the next
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ODENY: Limits of employers on staff data privacy rights
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Historic doll maker, Howard U staple dies | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As a District of Columbia Public Schools and Howard University graduate, Loretta Whitfield, who died on Dec. 27 at the age of 79, knew the value of representation.  Whitfield and her husband Melvin Whitfield established Lomel
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The Lynching of James Byrd Jr. | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com The public execution of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia in February was captured on video; if it hadn’t been, the White men charged with his murder would most likely still be free to this day. On Memorial Day, George Floyd was also publicly executed in
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Federal Grand Jury indicts Chauvin, other officers in George Floyd death | Afro
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today’s federal indictment for criminal, civil rights violations associated with the murder of George Floyd reinforces the strength and wisdom of the United States Constitution,” Crump said in
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DMX hospitalized after reported overdose | Afro
By AFRO Staff Hip-hop great DMX has been hospitalized in grave condition after an apparent drug overdose, according to TMZ. The 50-year-old was rushed to a White Plains, N.Y., hospital at about 11 p.m. on April 2 after suffering a heart attack caused by the ingestion of drugs, the outlet
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US is 'gravely concerned' by reports of abuses in Ethiopia | Afro
By Andrew Meldrum The Associated Press The United States is 'gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation' in Ethiopia's Tigray region, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in the toughest statement yet from Washington on Ethiopia's ongoing
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To breathe or not to breathe: That should not be the only question. | Afro
By Dr. Zekeh S. Gbotokuma May 25, 2021 marks the first anniversary of George Floyd’s “I Can’t Breathe” moment, that is, his brutal and unjustified murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin while three other officers watched the crime without doing anything. That tragedy resulted in global
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Cardin says the American Rescue Plan will bring needed relief to Marylanders | Afro
“Emergencies like this are when government can best bring together the resources that will make a positive difference in people’s lives.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a senior member of the Senate Finance
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Black-Owned Music Streaming Startup Launches | Afro
By Kai McDaniel Special to the AFRO These co-founders are shaking up the music tech industry. CEO Austin Webster and former Motown Records Executive Darrell Thompson have launched Deepr®, an Atlanta-based startup and music discovery app, that makes searching through endless catalogs of music
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Baltimore Native mans a .50-Caliber machine gun on flight deck aboard U.S. Navy warship | Afro
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Despite Reform Efforts, BPD Corruption Persists | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com The following was published in the New Orleans Advocate, October 15, 2014, recounting the murder of a woman ordered by a member of the New Orleans Police Department in 1994: “Two decades ago, amid one of the darkest chapters in the
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Recordings Reveal Confusion behind Breonna Taylor's Death | Afro
By Dylan Lovan and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn The Associated Press The police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor described seeing only 'shadowy mass' and said he didn't recall firing the 16 bullets later matched to his gun. As she lay bleeding, Taylor's boyfriend called his mother before dialing
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IN MEMORIAM: 3-Year-Old ‘Cupcake’ Mckinney Remembered During Somber Ceremony | Afro
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FOLLOWING UP: Governor Hogan Announces Reopening of Coronavirus Special Enrollment to Uninsured Marylanders as COVID-19 Pandemic Continues | Afro
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Defender Exclusive: George Floyd family interview | Afro
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Andrew Yang takes lead in California data privacy measure - Black News Channel
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