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United Voices for a Common Cause: Different Message, Different Look.
Time has come for Black America to become increasingly proactive, as opposed to simply reacting, and take back control of our own fate and destiny. UVCC, with true supporters’ help, can be a vanguard in the Black community, becoming a more influential and potent force in the advancement of the
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Could Dayton’s Black voters turn Ohio blue?
here, at a time when Black Americans have been disproportionately impacted by struggles remain for the local African American community. Thirty-nine percent of revival – transform voter turnout among African American voters in November? At the
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African Americans Must Begin To Turn To Their Root – Prince Mackay - Ghanamma.com
will begin to respect African Americans.” He detailed that African Americans must realize and Africa is their home. “Until Black Americans begin to realise, appreciate, respect acknowledge the contributions of the Black American race to the development of
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Black therapists on how to cope with racial trauma amid COVID-19 pandemic - DefenderNetwork.com
The first half of 2020 has been horrific for Black Americans. It began with the loss of the legendary Lakers guard Kobe Bryant. Then in March, the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacts Black Americans more adversely, changed our lives forever, killing over 130,000 Americans so far. Then, racism and its
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Russell Wilson Opens About Personal Experience With Racism After 2014 Super Bowl Win
“Being black is a real thing in America.”
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Super-sized Racism: Former McDonald’s execs strike back in explosive race discrimination lawsuit | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Trevor Coleman and Trevor W. Coleman II For more than 50 years the McDonald’s Corporation took pride in branding itself as a socially conscious corporation particularly interested in doing business in abandoned and long-ignored Black communities while embracing racial diversity as a critical
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With Black Americans dying of COVID at higher rates, the medical community points to racism in health care - African American News Today - EIN News
Racial biases and inequalities in health care have resulted in Black Americans having poor health outcomes and higher rates of chronic diseases than whites, which has led to their being infected with the coronavirus at higher rates and being nearly twice as likely to die of it.
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NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson
NASA announced it has named one of its headquarters in Washington D.C after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black American female engineer at NASA.
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Courier exclusive: Wilkinsburg mayor Marita Garrett: I never waved or pointed a gun at anyone | New Pittsburgh Courier
Mayor Garrett also tells Courier Romir Talley family met with Allegheny County police department last week, and that the family knows more about the Talley case than she does at this point Hear Mayor Garretts exclusive interview, in her own words, in the video below.The mayor addresses the
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Why Im Ignoring Terry Crews And Others Who Uphold The Myth Of Whiteness
It's clear that he keeps asking for permission from someone other than his community. So let us render him the gift of our silence.
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‘Greenleaf’s’ Jennifer Sears Voted ‘Queen Of The Blacks’ At ‘Segregated Homecoming’
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Missy Elliott Admits 2020 Has Taught Her Black History Lessons That School Never Did
Just a few weeks in 2020 have made for quite a bit of learning for Missy Elliott when it comes to Black history, and she now questions why some of those
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Convenience Store Karen Files A Report After Getting Punched For Saying N-Word
Another racist incident goes viral.
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Is It Enough To Remove Words With Racist Connotations From Tech Language? Hint: No : NPR
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Web developer Caroline Karanja about how the terms "master" and "slave" are used in the industry and how they reflect a bigger issue in U.S. culture.
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Black Women Are Calling Out Their Employers, But There’s Still Work To Be Done
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Camille Cosby Speaks Out After Pennsylvania Court Grants Appeal For Bill Cosby (Video) | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.vibe.com Mrs. Cosby slammed the Me Too movement, and defended her husband. Camille Cosby is speaking out in her first major interview in six years. The 76-year-old producer and wife of Bill Cosby talked to ABC News after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review the case that led to
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Jane Datcher: First African-American woman to get an advanced degree at Cornell handwrote her thesis - Face2Face Africa
This week, Black botanists across the world have been sharing their love of plants through stories, photos or poems under the #BlackBotanistsWeek initiative. Launched Monday on Twitter and Instagram on the heels of the #BlackBirdersWeek campaign, the event is designed to “promote, encourage, create
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Rachel Dolezal Claims Black People Are Telling Her This Is Your Moment After George Floyds Death
She feels “vindicated” after backlash.
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‘What to the African American is the Fourth of July?’ Reflections on race and racism in America. - African American News Today - EIN News
similar question: What to the African American is the Fourth of July home. So what to the African American is the Fourth of July Minneapolis to stop? Stop killing black Americans. Radley Balko: There’s overwhelming
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Soul of a Nation opens at MFAH June 27 - DefenderNetwork.com
During a time when the nation is under racial duress, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) is preparing to display Soul of A Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” in record time. The landmark exhibition, which explores what it meant to be an African American artist during the 1960s and
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Milwaukee County Passes Ordinance To Advance Racial Equity And Improve Health Outcomes
Milwaukee County leaders commit to eliminating institutional racism by addressing County polices, practices and power structures through a racial equity lens On April 29 Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele with Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson, County Executive-elect David
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Although Oklahoma Tried To Bury The “Black Wall Street”, This State Is Deeply Rooted In The African American Story. 5 Little-Known Facts About Oklahoma’s Black History You Should Know
Black Wall Street, the name fittingly given to one of the most affluent all-Black communities in America, was bombed from the air and burned to the ground by mobs of envious Whites. In a period spanning fewer than 12 hours, a once thriving Black business district in northern Tulsa lay smoldering
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Mississippi official: Black people ‘dependent’ since slavery By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After rejecting a proposal to move a Confederate monument, a white elected official in Mississippi said this week that African Americans “became dependent” during slavery and as a result, have
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PM: T&T has racism issues | New York Carib News
Prime Minister Keith Rowley said on Saturday, that the country has issues of racism, but he hopes we can learn from what is happening to the US and other places that are reacting to the police killing of an African American man. Rowley was responding to protests which began on May 26 and eventually
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#BLM, Africa and black identity: After protests, what next? - Face2Face Africa
A fortnight of protests worldwide in the wake of the gruesome extrajudicial killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis could not have been predicted by the most sophisticated minds in political thought and history. This was not due to a lack of foresight. In fairness, the misdiagnoses ironically
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People Are Shocked These Brands Aren’t Actually Black-Owned
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Hulus Removal Of A Golden Girls Episode With Blackface Gets Widely Panned
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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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