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“Stop Killing Us:” Activists Bring Their Pain to State Capitol - Voice and Viewpoint
Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Last week, several California social and criminal justice organizations, as well as community-based groups, gathered for a rally at the state Capitol titled “Stop Killing Us.” Oakland-based All of Us or None (AOUON) organized the event — with the help of
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Change is a Movement and a Process
We protest the underinvestment in Black neighborhoods, the disparity in health outcomes, and the criminalization of Black
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New Study Suggests COVID Patients More Susceptible to Mental Illness - Black News Channel
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Medical and scientific experts have sounded the alarm, wanting people to understand that COVID is not the flu or a common cold, and recovery may not be permanent. According to a new study, 20 percent of recovering coronavirus patients
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Robert Johnson's Big Idea: $14 trillion in slavery reparations to African-Americans
Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, says it's time America atones for slavery and systemic racism by paying African-Americans reparations to make them economically equal to white
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Historic Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Launches National Campaign to Restore the Original Black Wall Street
The Historic Greenwood Chamber of Commerce announced during a June 18 press conference they are launching a campaign to raise funds to restore Black Wall Street, a once affluent black
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Los Angeles Public Health Department Continue to Study Disproportionate Death Rates Within Underserved Communities.
The Director of the Public Health Department Dr. Barbara Ferrer shared the latest positive case count and current death rate due to
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Scrubbing California Landmarks of Racist Symbols — and the Word “Negro”
Renaming CA State Park Negro Bar, Formerly “Ni**er
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Column: A glimpse into my first violent protest
The sound of rubber bullets being deployed a block away were very much evident from the Black Lives Matter protest gone violent Saturday
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After historic primary run, Texas Sen. Royce West concedes - DefenderNetwork.com
After an historic primary run, Texas Senator Royce West on Wednesday conceded to his opponent in the Democratic Primary Runoff, wishing M.J. Hegar luck and congratulating her on her victory. “When I was born, my mother did not have the right to vote. She reminded me of this bracing fact this
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Calif. task force launches study of slave reparations » Nichi Bei
SAN FRANCISCO — A first-in-the-nation task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans held its inaugural meeting June 1, launching a two-year process to address the harms of slavery and systemic racism despite the federal government’s inaction.
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The connection between COVID-19 and diabetes is cause for pause - especially for Black Americans - TheGrio
Since President Joe Biden’s April 28 address before a Joint Session of Congress, and Sen. Tim Scott’s rebuttal, there has... View Article The post The connection between COVID-19 and diabetes is cause for pause - especially for Black Americans appeared first on TheGrio.
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St. Pete celebrates Juneteenth
It all started when Terri Lipsey Scott, executive director of the Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, decided a Black Lives Matter mural should sit in front of the museum at 2240 9th Ave. S and be revealed on
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Edna Mae Barnes: Founder of East Side Christian Center, a Social Service Organization
Edna Mae Barnes was born into a southern migrant, poor, working–class
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Juneteenth
Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of African-American slaves throughout the former Confederacy of
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Keeping it Real: This Memorial Day- Honor and Remembering the “Sons (and Daughters) of Ham” | BlackPressUSA
BLACK VOICE NEWS - My maternal grandmother was a proud member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. She always considered herself blessed having had all six of her sons serve in the European theater during World War II and all return home alive. My father came of age at the end of World War
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Johnson Reaches More Than Two Million Viewers in Series Premiere, New Episodes Seen Sunday Nights at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Bounce | Dallas Weekly
Johnson is a dramedy that focuses on life-long best friends, all of whom share the same last name, centering around their intriguing and sometimes complicated journey of love, friendship, heartbreak and personal growth.
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Where’s the work, Dayton?
Krystal Lee, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for St Ann North West, has given low performance ratings for Member of Parliament Dayton Campbell, questioning his achievements during his nine-year
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Virginia Becomes 1st Southern State To Outlaw Hair Discrimination | Afro
Virginia has officially become the first southern U.S. state to ban hair discrimination based on racial identifiers including hair texture and hair
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Issa Rae Producing HBO Documentary About History of Black Television – Free Press of Jacksonville
The history of Black television will be captured and reexamined in the upcoming two-part documentary Seen & Heard, executive produced by Issa Rae. Currently in production, the film will feature interviews and commentary about representation and storytelling by
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Is the Psychiatric Industry Profiting from Racism by Targeting African Americans?
… – very profitably – into the African American community. Psychiatrists, psychologists, and … – guidelines that ensure that Black Americans are informed about psychiatric drugs … rates of abnormality among African Americans or other minorities.” They …
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Three African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles - African American News Today - EIN News
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Robert Johnson Argues Black Americans Should Be Paid $14 Trillion In Reparations: ‘Wealth Transfer Is Exactly What’s Needed’
Robert Johnson said this week the United States owes the Black community trillions of dollars in
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Ahmaud Arbery killing being investigated as federal hate crime | The Atlanta Voice
S. Lee Merritt, an attorney for the family of Ahmaud Arbery, told CNN on Monday that the US Department of Justice is investigating the shooting death as a hate
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Biden & Harris WIN! - Carolina Peacemaker
WASHINGTON, D.C. - After four years of feeling under siege from a racially hostile White House and after a week spent awaiting the results of a nail-biter election, supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden finally exhaled when it became clear that President Donald Trump was booted from
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Fr. McNair appointed chaplain to African American Catholic community - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… of evangelization to all African Americans within the Diocese … as chaplain for African American Catholics for the … roughly 4 percent – are African American. There are just 250 … an African-American priest who understands the way African Americans celebrate …
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Can the Democrats Sell Their Worst Candidate Ever? - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… progressives, especially women and African Americans, to swallow. On … Uncle Joe has described African-American felons as “predators” … , especially women and African Americans, to swallow. On … Uncle Joe has described African-American felons as “predators” …
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Joe Biden 2020 for President Campaign Commits Major Ad Dollars to Black-Owned Media - North Dallas Gazette
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA  Senior National Correspondent Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden is ramping up his campaign with a record-setting $280 million advertising buy. During a telephone call on Wednesday, August 5, with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Biden
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Coast Guard hero Charles W. David Jr rescued 93 crew members in icy water, and then died - Face2Face Africa
Two hundred and thirty-one thousand men and 10,000 women served in the Coast Guardduring World War II. Of these, 1,918 gave their lives in service, and Charles Walter David Jr. was one of them. Born in 1917 and lived in New York, David joined the United States Coast Guard at a time the service
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The Manumission of Monimia Travers: A Slave Freed at Fort Vancouver
Few people identify slavery with Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.  However, there were slaves in the region particularly in the decade before the Civil War.  In the following article, Gregory Paynter Shine, the Chief Ranger and Historian at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, describes the
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