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Spelman Graduates Grateful for Tuition Support from Financial Investor Frank Baker: ‘It Is A Bold and Resounding Affirmation’
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State of Illinois Cancels Summer Events at McCormick Place Including Black Women's Expo; New Dates Scheduled for 2021
Black Women’s Expo (BWe) founder Merry Green and her team held on to hope that the country’s largest and longest-running exposition targeting African American women would take place on the rescheduled dates this
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Magic Johnson's Life Insurance Company To Distribute $100 Million in Federal Loans to Minority Businesses
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Kenya: Women Worst Affected in Kenyan Flower Farms in Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic
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Frank Baker pays off tuition for 50 Spelman College graduates
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Uganda: What Zedriga Brings On Board As Bobi Wine's Deputy
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