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OP-ED: The stuff of Dreams — MLK goes right on marching | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It is shocking that in 2020, mothers in African American and minority communities still have to worry about the safety of their sons and daughters when simply going off to the store, going out for a jog and or being stopped at a traffic light. This must end.
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NAACP report said 1946 was one of the grimmest years in the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The report deplored reports of blow torch killing and eye-gouging of Negro veterans freshly returned from a war to end torture and racial extermination and said
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — "Black Mental Health in the Age of COVID and Civil Unrest" | BlackPressUSA
VIDEO — May is Mental Health Month. The NNPA's Dr. Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D along with Dr. Kanika Bell Dr. Jimmy Davis — Professors of Psychology at Clark Atlanta University — discuss the pandemic and society's reaction to it.
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Obama Says We Should Learn 'Impatience' From Young Protesters
Former President Barack Obama said Friday that he is “inspired” by the young people taking to the streets to protest against racism: “They’re saying we don’t accept the status
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Opinion: Lawmakers Can Get Thousands Back to Work By Greenlighting Stalled Projects | BlackPressUSA
THE AFRO — Many of the proposed measures could take time to bring relief. In at least two states, though, governors could get thousands of people back to work right away by removing obstacles to existing energy infrastructure projects. Considering the dire economic forecasts, it would be a shame
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Former Miami Gardens Cop Arrested After Tasing Pregnant Woman And Kneeling On Her Neck
33-year-old Safiya Satchell lost her child as a result of the January 14 incident.
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Black Americans, crucial workers in crises, emerge worse off – not better - African American News Today - EIN News
economic crises have historically set black Americans back relative to whites, resources for antipoverty policies. Yet African Americans again served disproportionately, making of black Americans in the overall population. By then, black Americans had
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Oprah Winfrey, Lionsgate to adapt NYTs 1619 Project for TV, film
The New York Times’ landmark '1619 Project' is being turned into content for a global audience and will be executive produced by Oprah Winfrey. The post Oprah Winfrey, Lionsgate to adapt NYTs 1619 Project for TV, film appeared first on TheGrio.
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‘Do you think Juneteenth should be a national holiday?’
“Yes, because it makes [people] recognize what history was and what we had to go through, how we were freed as slaves and the freedom that we had as black
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The Power of the Press: African-American News Publications in the Jim Crow Era
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NAACP snubs Black-owned newspapers during Black media forum - Dallas Examiner
By HAZEL TRICE EDNEY TriceEdneyWire.com A recent NAACP Black Media Speaks forum dove into a conversation in which the future of Black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced dead. To the shock of some
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Black workers more likely to face retaliation for raising virus concerns –
A survey by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) about working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic confirms that corporate America has treated Black workers categorically worse than White workers during the
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Tennessee lawmaker apologizes after racially offensive joke - TSDMemphis.com
NASHVILLE — A white Tennessee lawmaker asked for forgiveness on the House floor Monday after he made a racially offensive joke hours before to a black representative. “I am extremely sorry that an offhand attempt at humor hurt your feelings,” said Rep. Mike Carter, a Republican from
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FACT CHECK: Did The NFL Pledge $250 Million To Black Lives Matter?
… and historic injustices faced by African-Americans.” This particular post reads, “The … economic and educational advancement for African Americans,” according to an article on …
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar ‘It’s Important for Athletes to Speak Out’ in Wake of George Floyd Protests
Jabbar, the all-time leading scorer in NBA history who earned six world titles, boycotted the 1968 Olympics in the wake of social unrest and the aftermath of the murder of Dr. Martin Luther
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“Where Do We Go From Here?” | Afro
As a young girl, I vaguely remember rocks being thrown at my Dad’s old Ford station wagon, as he drove through the gates of the newly integrated Sandy Point State Park; as a high schooler, I remember my mother taking my brother, sister and me to D.C. for the March on Washington; as a college
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White actresses step down from voicing Black cartoon roles - TheGrio
This week, actress Jenny Slate has announced that shes stepping down from voicing the character of Missy on the hit Netflix animated series Big Mouth due to the fact that she is white and the character is biracial and Black-presenting. READ MORE: Audio of Jimmy Kimmel using ‘N’ word while imitating
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‘You won’t say Black Lives Matter’: CBS host grills Mike Pence after he says ‘unborn’ lives matter - African American News Today - EIN News
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Ella Jones is elected first Black mayor of Ferguson, MO
Jones is also the first woman to lead the Missouri city, which erupted in protests in 2014 after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, a black teenager. Ella Jones became the first African American and first woman elected mayor in Ferguson, MO, on Tuesday, June 3, 2020, nearly six
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We Must Stay Informed : Omaha Star
By: Kenny McMorris MPA, FACHE, CHCEF, Chief Executive Officer, Charles Drew Health Center, Inc. We have long known that when it comes to health outcomes in America, inequalities have persisted along racial lines. The recent coronavirus pandemic has shined an ugly light on these disparities as
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Chavis: Its past time for US healthcare system to protect Black Americans | The Atlanta Voice
Today, Americans are facing unprecedented times. We are in the midst of a global pandemic, our country has fallen into an economic recession, and hundreds of thousands are protesting police brutality and racial injustice. But there is another epidemic in this country that must be addressed, and it
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‘Do you think Juneteenth should be a national holiday?’ -
STREET BEAT Doris Horne Los Angeles “It should have been a holiday years ago. Here we are still trying to make it happen. … We have to keep up the effort to make it happen because no one gives us anything.” David Moore Los Angeles “Yes, because it makes [people] recognize what history was and Read
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Los Angeles Lakers Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is no Stranger to Social Activism and Protests
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NASA will name its headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the agencys first African American female engineer
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