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WATCH | ‘We are people as well’ - Cape Town refugees want to be heard on World Refugee Day

The UN has described it as a day that offers a chance to raise awareness of the plight of refugees around the world and of the efforts to protect their human

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Muhammad Ali Jr: My dad would call Black Lives Matter a 'racist' cause

However, on the fourth anniversary of his death, his son, Muhammad Ali Jr. states that his famous father wouldn’t be happy with the Black Lives Matter

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Source: theGrio

JUNETEENTH’S LEGACY | The Oklahoma Eagle

But the 75-year-old Rollerson also remembers Juneteenth as the one day of the year black Tulsans were allowed to visit Lakeview Amusement Park, which was located near the current Mohawk Park in North

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

D.C.'s Go-Go music explained in a documentary 'The Beat Don't Stop'

New York City is the birthplace of Hip-Hop and Electro beats, and many of those styles birthed out of its gritty streets have shaped the way people think about East Coast urban

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Source: theGrio

Black Caucus teams with state to hold Juneteenth weekend COVID-19 testing

COVID-19 testing will be available at six Memphis sites on Saturday (June 20) in conjunction with the Juneteenth weekend and sponsored by the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators (TBCSL), the state Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health and Disparities

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

“Eye of the Beholder” Exhibition Showcases Work of 24 Collectors

In Cedarburg Art Museum’s exhibition “Eye of the Beholder: African Americans Collecting Art” the pieces are each unique aside from the fact that they are all on loan from various African American

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Eric Garner's widow cries as she 'testifies' in mock TV trial

Esaw Snipes, wife of Eric Garner at the National Action Network (NAN) national convention on April 8, 2015 in New York

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Source: theGrio

America is fighting a racial as well as a viral pandemic

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reports that 20 percent of COVID cases are among persons age 30 to 39 and 19 percent for persons 20 to

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

D.L. Hughley Tests Positive For COVID-19

After a scary moment that saw him faint while performing on stage, comedian D.L. Hughley revealed that he has tested positive for

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Source: The Urban Daily

How Old Were You When You First Learned About Black Wall Street?

It’s no secret that the many of the history curricula required to be taught in public schools do a piss-poor job of teaching about Black history outside of slavery and perhaps the Civil Rights

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Source: MadameNoire

NHT warns public against scammers

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is warning the public against scammers who are seeking to defraud

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NY Liberty Juneteenth panel discusses equality, power of voting

The event was moderated by Breakfast Club Host Angela Yee and included panelists like social justice advocate and Liberty guard Layshia Clarendon, Garret Temple of the Brooklyn Nets, social justice advocate Topeka K. Sam, and Grammy-nominated artist

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Source: theGrio

When art and sex met on New York's waterfront

But in the ’70s, the Hudson Piers that run along its coast were an unofficial creative space and erotic playground where artists took over and transformed the large city-owned decaying buildings that had once been part of an active

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If Black Lives Matter, Black Dads Must Matter

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Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye sworn in as new president

Burundi's new President Evariste Ndayishimiye took the oath of office at a colourful ceremony in the capital on Thursday, taking the helm of a troubled nation after the sudden death of his predecessor who left him an isolated nation in political and economic

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Ndayishimiye promises to unite Burundians, shun ethnicity

Reconciliation and dialogue were top of Evariste Ndayishimiye’s mind as he took oath of office on June 18, 2020 to be

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Could the Juneteenth Shop Black Virtual Experience be the forerunner of Kwanzaa’s ‘ujamaa’? Absolutely!

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Expansion of NYC Care and Mental Health Services to address disparate impact of COVID-19 on people of color | New York Carib News

Mayor de Blasio, Taskforce on Racial Inclusion Equity co-chairs First Lady Chirlane McCray, Deputy Mayor J. Phillip Thompson, Deputy Mayor Dr. Raul Perea-Henze, and Executive Director Grace Bonilla announced immediate action to expand access to primary healthcare providers through NYC

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Source: The New York Carib News

The Truth is No Longer Color Blind

The dastardly “his-storical” truth is that it’s all in plain old Black and White for the world to see, and that’s as near a reality as the distance from Minneapolis to Houston is as this potentially great nation struggles with the mounting police miscarriages, exposing continual systematic

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

A controversial Confederate monument goes down in Atlanta suburb

A DeKalb County judge last week ordered the relocation of the 30-foot obelisk at Decatur Square after the city argued it’d become a threat to public safety during recent protests

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Milwaukee Common Council approves “I can’t breathe” resolution

On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, the full Common Council voted unanimously in approving a resolution urging the Fire and Police Commission to adopt a policy addressing any “I can’t breathe” plea by an individual who is in police

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Juneteenth: Celebrating The Early Moments Of Freedom Today

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Youth scream out, ‘We are not our ancestors!’

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Video confirms California Black man's hanging death was suicide: Family

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Injuries at protests draw scrutiny to use of police weaponry

But the now-familiar scenes of U.S. police officers in riot gear clashing with protesters at Lafayette Park across from the White House and in other cities have police critics charging that the weaponry too often escalates tensions and hurts innocent

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New Black-Owned Apparel Line Launched to Help Legalize Being Black

A new Black-owned apparel line called TheRarestShirts.com has launched to help create more awareness about the constant racism, discrimination, and police brutality that African Americans continue to experience across the

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Source: The Florida Star

Guyanese Fr John Persaud appointed Catholic Bishop of Mandeville

Father (Fr) John Persaud from Guyana, has been appointed Bishop of the Catholic Church in

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This is an uprising to save our lives

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