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On Tuesday, The Indianapolis Star reported that GOP state Rep. Jim Lucas is under fire for a racist depiction of Black children in a Facebook
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African American Crisis Response Team seeks to fill gaps caused by...
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Cain, Herman (1945- )
Herman Cain, Republican Party activist and 2012 Presidential candidate is also a newspaper columnist, popular radio talk show host in Atlanta, and former chairman and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, a Pillsbury subsidiary.  Cain was born on December 13, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Luther and
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'I'm borne down': She’s lost more than 30 friends and acquaintances to the coronavirus
For weeks, Marsha Music's Facebook feed has brought a stream of death notices as COVID-19 tears through the black community in her hometown of
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California and Wisconsin Special Elections: What to Watch For
LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, voters in California’s 25th Congressional District will choose the successor to former Representative Katie Hill, and Wisconsin voters in the state’s Seventh District will look to fill the seat left by former Representative Sean
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TV One's "News One Now" Devotes to Coverage of Hillary Clinton's South Carolina Town Hall Meeting
TV One’s News One Now, the first morning news program in history to focus on news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an explicitly African American perspective, is devoting its entire Monday, Nov. 9 (7-8 a.m. ET) broadcast to covering Presidential Democratic Candidate
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Still Unbroken: Acknowledging African-American Community Leaders during COVID-19
Black leaders, along with state and city officials have largely been the heroes to assume the responsibility of protecting their constituents from both the virus and federal
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Georgia wants federal investigation into killing of runner Ahmaud Arbery
Georgia’s attorney general has asked the US Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through
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TIAA Virtual Commencement Celebrates Difference Makers
As a part of the efforrt to uplift the community, TIAA celebrated individuals who are committed to making a positive impact on society and on the lives of others who they consider to be next generation of difference-makers last week during their virtual commencement in partnership with Facebook and
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The Child Care Industry Is About To Collapse. There’s No Bailout Coming.
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'Selma' director Ava DuVernay among three Freedom Award recipients
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Churchgoers Practice Digital Faith during COVID-19
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Obamas, Oprah & Others Among Chicagoans Joining Librarians to Read Through “Live From the Library”
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Immigration Reform 2014 News: In an address from the White House, President Obama chose confrontation over conciliation as he asserted the powers of the Oval Office to reshape the nation’s immigration
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Black judge removes Mississippi flag with Confederate emblem from court
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Media mogul Oliver Clarke dies at 75
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