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EBONY and Bloomberg Media are launching a multi-platform partnership to explore the economic and societal inequities facing the Black community. This media collaboration will highlight the Black entrepreneurs and innovators who are shaping our culture. The collaboration will combine Bloomberg
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Medicare Restrictions on Obesity Care Perpetuate Harmful Stigmas - Texas Metro News
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Not only does obesity impact 1-in-3 Americans, it also takes a disproportionate toll on communities of color since almost half of Black Americans are living with obesity. Obesity is also a leading risk factor for COVID-19; 78% of people who were hospitalized, placed on
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Opinion | Whether it’s a Black American or a cop, senseless death is a tragedy
Primed to process the death of a young Black man or woman, my initial thought was, “I wonder if someone who loved Lexi could understand what those who loved George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and the many Black men and women killed by police felt …
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'Let Go of My Arm!': UK Mall Security Tells Black Activist He's Throwing a 'Tantrum' for Refusing to Capitulate While Being Falsely Accused of Stealing
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White America, Let's Negotiate: What Do You Really Want?
Let me be PERFECTLY clear: BLACK PEOPLE in AMERICA are NOT going into 2021 under this duress. It is unsustainable. So I ask White America, what do you want?
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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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Maryland: Historical Marker Dedicated To Three Lynched Blacks | Black Star News
Photo: TwitterOn May 22, dozens of people gathered on the Wicomico County Courthouse lawn to dedicate a historical marker in remembrance of three Black people lynched in Salisbury, Maryland, between 1898 and 1931. The historical marker describes the lynchings of Garfield King, Matthew Williams, and
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G.W. Petteway knew education would change life for Black people - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… federal contracts from discriminating against Black Americans. That bill, along with the … . It is part of the African American Heritage Trail. G.W. Petteway …
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Cayton, Susie Revels (1870-1943)
Susie Sumner Revels, a daughter of Hiram Revels, the first U.S. Senator of African descent, arrived in Seattle, Washington from Mississippi in 1896. Her reason, she stated, during a 1936 Washington Pioneers Project interview, was the man she was going to marry was here. He was Horace Roscoe
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‘I Am Bullying Because I Just Told the Truth’: Tiffany Haddish Addresses Claims of Bullying and Spreading COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories on Clubhouse App
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Open Season on African Americans | New Pittsburgh Courier
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Floyd Murder Unleashes Black Parents’ Worst Fears
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THE BOGEYMAN IS HATRED | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Everyone has been lamenting how difficult the year 2020 has been and folks are looking forward to the New Year. Though this is understandable, there is no guarantee that the upcoming year will be better than the preceding one. In fact, it stands to get worse if we don’t resolve to look the bogeyman
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OP-ED: Medicare Restrictions on Obesity Care Perpetuate Harmful Stigmas - Voice and Viewpoint
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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd's Alleged Murder
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