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By Chanel Cain Howard University News Service Every election season there is an emphasis on how each political party’s campaigns will appeal to the black population to gain the coveted “Black vote.” The Black voter is often constructed as a monolith that makes it easy to either praise for adding to the winning side’s margin, […]
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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
Juneteenth has always been a day for the Black community to gather in celebration, and at a moment like this, where our nation is forced to reckon with the consequences of its racist and bigoted systems, it’s important that we continue the tradition of gathering in purpose, power, and action.
Join us as we kick off our Juneteenth celebrations on Thursday, June 18 at 6:00 P.M. ET with a virtual town hall on sports and the struggle for social justice.
NAACP and REVOLT TV have partnered to provide a safe space for Black families to convene in that same spirit.
Join us on Friday, June 19 at 4 P.M. as the leaders of the new civil rights movement, celebrities, and other public figures come together for our Virtual Black Family Reunion.
And at 6 P.M. ET, Angela Rye will host a virtual town hall to honor the Black lives lost these past few months, uplift our community in this time of distress, and rally together to form a united path forward.
One of the most popular sports in America, college football, faces questions about player safety, proper quarantine procedures, scheduling games, and how college football fans will be able to attend games given the large capacities of many college football stadiums.
If college football returns, the team dynamics on many college football teams might be very different given how vocal many black college football players of the past and present have been about racial issues on college campuses.
Ferentz and Iowa’s football program found themselves under the microscope as many black Iowa football players opened up about feeling mistreated, uncomfortable within the program, and decried the unethical behavior of Iowa strength coach Chris Doyle.
A lot of former Clemson black players have spoken out against the name of the honors college at Clemson which is named for John C. Calhoun, a South Carolina politician who served as vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 and was an outspoken advocate of slavery, saying it was “a positive good.”
Like many black people in America feel empowered to openly discuss white privilege and white surpremacy with other white people, it seems that black college athletes are feeling empowered to speak out against racism on college campuses and college football programs.
NEW YORK (AP) — While some have criticized HBO Max’s removal of “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming service — including those who wonder if it hurts the legacy of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American woman to win an Academy Award — Oscar nominee Queen Latifah says good riddance.
LATIFAH: I think it’s a mixture … we’re seeing things that have been coming for a long time, and this is the powder keg.
AP: Protesters at a march were singing your song U.N.I.T.Y.
LATIFAH: That song is a stance.
We need more production because the same thing (happened) last year: we were able to do two films, (but) we got over 60 submissions last year … These amazing women filmmakers have shown that not only do they tell unique, interesting, cool stor(ies) — not just cool—.
AP: Billy Porter posted an Instagram video stating the black community needs to do a better job embracing the LBGTQ community in the midst of this “Black Lives Matter” movement.
by Najee El-Amin - In 2016, Mississippi’s voter turnout rate took a nosedive as 70,000 eligible citizens did not show up to cast a ballot. Activists have been trying to figure out why this happened and how to get African Americans, a powerful voting bloc, energized and back to the polls. Their efforts are coming […]
The country is convulsing with civil unrest because we all watched George Floyd murdered by the police on camera with a casual brutality that has become emblematic of the troubled relationship between Black Americans and police authority.
Now, as another generation protests police brutality, I believe things have gotten worse, not better with this national problem.
We are educating Black children in a nation on edge, trying to uplift hope rather than sow discontent.
But, how do we approach that for Black children in the midst of a breakdown in the country’s social contract?
After meeting with a group of Black civic leaders, of which I was a part, Governor Gavin Newsom said, “The Black community is not responsible for what’s happening in this country right now — we are.
According to Billboard, Warner Music Group, Sony and Spotify are officially making June 19 a paid company holiday for all of its employees.
Spotify a statement to Billboard, which reads: “Juneteenth will be a paid company holiday for all U.S. Spotify employees to support the Black community and give this day the recognition it deserves.
Additionally, in celebration of Juneteenth and Black Music Month, one of Spotify’s flagship playlists, 'New Music Friday' will exclusively feature Black artists on Friday, June 19th.”
A staff memo from Sony Music said the company promised \"more detailed information about our Juneteenth commemoration leading up to Friday.
Juneteenth (June 19, 1865) is the day Union troops traveled to Galveston Island, Texas and forced the state to free its slaves.
I come from a long line of strong and angry Black women.
She was angry all of the time, and she said that being a Black mother in this country meant that you had to be prepared to fight every day: for your life and for the life of your children.
She believed that the greatest weapon that Black mothers had was our ability to survive the Whiteness of this world so that our children could one day defeat it.
She had one standing rule that had been passed down by every Black woman in my family: we protect the children.
She is sheltering at home in Baltimore City with her husband and their two sons.
Shortly after members of the California legislature took a knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds at the California Capitol to protest racism and the death of George Floyd, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) took the opportunity to call out some of her Latino colleagues.
“I have to be honest, I’m disappointed with our Latino caucus,” Gonzalez said at the event that Assemblymember Syndey Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), a member the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), organized.
Gonzalez said although some of the California Legislative Latino Caucus (CLLC) members have co-authored pieces of legislation with Black Caucus members, they have not been supportive enough of policy that can make a measurable difference in the lives of Black Californians.
“As a caucus, we’ve been woefully silent on some of the issues that the Black caucus has put out there on police reform,” continued Gonzalez, who is chair of the Latino caucus.
The protest-slash-tribute took place in front of the California State Capitol’s West steps to honor the late George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who pinned the unarmed Black man down during an arrest.
The growing disdain for Biden among young Democratic voters has been predicted to dwindle with the promise of a Black woman as vice president, but for many, this is not the case.
This sentiment is shared amongst many young Black voters who are weary of the Democratic Party’s unfulfilled promises as a whole.
Still, other young Black voters aren’t impressed with the pool of choices, and the disdain for Biden is so much that they would risk another four years of Trump.
“I hate to say it, but between Biden and Trump, I’d still vote Trump,” says one young Black woman.
There seems to be no guarantee that the Democratic party will achieve its intended end if Biden chooses a Black woman to run alongside him.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some had to pay fees. Some were tested. Many people died for that right. It is too important for us not to vote, and if we want to have a democracy, we need to participate in it. We can’t hope that situations will change. We have to be active in helping candidates get elected who will create that change,” said Lex Scott, the president of the Black Lives Matter Utah Chapter.
Last week’s two-part townhall series “Reimagining America,” hosted and livestreamed by Berkshire Bank and Reevx Labs, is now available for viewing online at “ The Future of the Black Economy ” and “ The Future of Latinx Economy.”
The important events brought together leading policy makers, economic experts and community bank executives to discuss the economic impact of COVID-19 on African American and Hispanic communities, and how we can work together to rebuild a stronger, more inclusive economy that ensures everyone thrives.
Malia Lazu, Executive Vice President and Chief Experience and Culture Officer at Berkshire Bank, said, “I would like to thank our panelists and moderators for contributing to an honest and constructive conversation about the significant racial injustices and economic inequities that exist in our country and how we can work together to build a more just society and inclusive economy.
Of Commerce Courtland Cox and Berkshire Bank’s Executive Vice President & Chief Experience & Culture Officer, Malia Lazu.
On June 5th, U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Executive Director & Co-Founder of United We Dream Cristina Jimenez, and Entrepreneur & Builder Capitalist Nathalie Molina Niño joined Berkshire and Berkshire Bank’s Executive Vice President & Chief Experience & Culture Officer, Malia Lazu for “ The Future Of The Latinx Economy.”
(CBM) – For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, the widespread global protests and activism that followed the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Minnesota police have been heartening — and they make her feel hopeful for the future.
Seeing Black Lives Matter (BLM) signs held by protestors in all 50 states, including in many small towns with few Black residents, Garza said, “It’s humbling to see it and to have been a small part of it.”
Movement for Black Lives is not just about police violence.
Black Lives Matter is for an opportunity for us to recognize and uphold the right to humanity and dignity for Black people.
Garza said that slogan comes from the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition that includes BLM.
That issue was and is police brutality.
And while I know that Whites, both male and female, are all too often victimized by unprofessional or brutal police acts, the most egregious instances of police misconduct are those faced by Black Americans and, specifically, African American men.
The paradigm and historical analogy that is closest to this problem of police use of illegal or excessive force, including deadly force, would be to recall the days when Black Americans were killed extra-legally by lynchings.
The major Senate and midterm elections should teach all Americans, especially Democrats, one thing about the nature of the 21st century American electorate: Democrats do not win without Black voter turnout.
Perhaps, the silence of the Democratic candidates on the issue of police brutality will be the same silence America will also hear on Election Day, 2020.
Following the 2016 election, the fight for voting rights remains as critical as ever. Politicians across the country continue to engage in voter suppression, efforts that include additional obstacles to registration, cutbacks on early voting, and strict voter identification requirements. Through litigation and advocacy, the ACLU is fighting back against attempts to curtail an
More than 100 million people had already cast their votes in the 2020 race for the White House before Election Day on Tuesday, giving credence to the notion that this year's election between incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden is the most important in history.
By Tali Arbel Associated Press Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its platform. The groups in the “#StopHateforProfit” campaign launch, include Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP, Sleeping []
BLACK AND ethnic minority voters in the US are actively being discouraged from voting, according...
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Amadou Toumani Touré , byname ATT (born November 4, 1948, Mopti, French Sudan [now in Mali]), Malian politician and military leader who twice led his country. He served as interim president (1991–92) after a coup and was elected president in 2002. In March 2012 he was deposed in a military coup. He officially resigned the next month.
Touré studied to be a teacher and later joined the army in 1969, receiving military training in France and the U.S.S.R. At one time he was a member of the Presidential Guard in Mali, but he had a falling out with the president, Gen. Moussa Traoré, and lost this position.
Touré first came to international prominence on March 26, 1991, as the leader of a coup that toppled Traoré (who had himself come to power in 1968 in a coup against Modibo Keita). Touré’s coup was generally welcomed because of Traoré’s repressive policies, which had led to popular unrest, often manifested in violent riots, in 1990–91. It was after days of such rioting that the coup took place, and it seemed to many that Touré had acted in the name of the people and brought stability and democracy to the country. Be this as it may, the pro-democracy forces in the country lost little time in organizing the 1992 presidential election, in which Touré did not stand, and he retired as president on June 8, 1992.
For the next decade Touré occupied himself with nonmilitary activities, mostly concerned with public health. In 1992 he became the head of Mali’s Intersectoral Committee for Guinea Worm Eradication, and he was associated with campaigns to eliminate polio and other childhood diseases as well as working for the control of AIDS in Africa, often collaborating with the Carter Center, the nonprofit humanitarian organization run by former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. Touré also was active in trying to resolve disputes in the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of the Congo) and served as a United Nations special envoy to the Central African Republic after a coup occurred in that country in
Black homeschooling families can find it more so while attempting to find homeschool resources to address their concerns, questions and needs.
Andrea provides support and recommendations for Afrocentric homeschooling to help African-American families who are looking to find homeschool curriculums and resources featuring African-American perspectives.
Connect with other African-American homeschooling families with these online Black homeschooling support groups.
Afrocentric Homeschoolers Association is a group for Black homeschooling families who are focused on Afrocentric homeschool curriculum.
DMV Black Homeschoolers can assist with finding resources, support, information, activities and field trips for Black Homeschooling families (even if multicultural) in this group.
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he supports the idea of teams signing Colin Kaepernick.
Stephen A. Smith has since responded to Goodell and said he’s placing his efforts in the wrong places when tackling social justice issues.
Goodell spoke about Kaepernick during a conversation on ESPN’s “The Return of Sports” on Monday, June 15, and said he’s behind the idea of him playing in the NFL again.
The sports analyst then talked about Goodell and Jay-Z organizing an NFL tryout for Kaepernick in 2019 to give an example of the commissioner trying to help.
Smith was one of the people who was critical of Kaepernick after he turned down the NFL tryout last year.
George Floyd’s death turned a tinder box of historical frustrations with Police Brutality, institutional and systemic racism, into a bon fire of protest raging across America and the World.
These crippling systemic, institutional and endemic racist systems have plagued and knee capped Black Folk in every existence in our lives in this Country”.
Police brutality, institutional and systemic racism is a national epidemic in Jacksonville and America.
Jacksonville as a Consolidated City is a “Dream Deferred” for Black Citizens.
Prior to Consolidation the Black Community had political and economic strength to determine its existence.
TAXPAYERS COULD see a huge windfall of nearly $750 million if Jamaica holds both the local government and general elections together.
The local government vote is due in November this year, while the general election is due next February.
However, with the constitutional allowance of three months post due date in special circumstances, local government elections can be held no later than next February.
Ruling parties have often used local government polls as a test of the political temperature before lining up their ducks for the general election.
There is currently no fixed date for voting in Jamaica, but general elections are constitutionally due every five years, and local government polls every three years.
Why did another Black man have to die at the hands of the police for White Americans to understand that Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem had nothing to do with disrespecting the flag, the military, or the country?
Kaepernick’s taking a knee was his way of protesting the systematic oppression that Black people face every day.
For those who argue that White people have the same fears, it’s just not true and a bit insulting to be honest.
When will enough be enough for the senseless killing of Black people at the hands of the police?
Some white people worldwide have stood in solidarity with the Black community and spoke out against the injustices we face.