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Congress Sends Juneteenth Legislation to Trump | Dallas Weekly
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Rev. Dr. Jim Holley hosts new weekday morning drive-time radio program on 910 AM Superstation
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Trump mulls opening historically black college in Detroit, Twitter reacts
Now comes word that during a meeting with Black Michigan leaders on Thursday, Trump is mulling bringing a new historically Black college to Detroit after prompting from a state elected
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Friends and Former Media Colleagues React to Death of Beloved Sports Journalist Roger B. Brown
As news hit on May 18th that legendary DFW sports journalist Roger B. Brown passed away days after his 61st birthday, many of his friends and former media colleagues took to social media to express their feelings about the beloved “Roger
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Cop’s ‘Less Lethal’ Shooting Of Student Protestor Leads To ‘Brain Damage’: Everything To Know
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Meet the College Coach Who Has Helped Students Earn Over $40M in Scholarships
Atlanta, GA — Tameka Williamson, founder of College for Free, an award-winning Atlanta-based organization committed to helping students avoid the student loan debt crisis and attend college for free, has helped students earn more than $40 million in who is also a 3-time bestselling author, hosts
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Sextuplets Who Once Appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show Just Graduated From High School
Nationwide — The Harris family sextuplets from Alabama, who are known for being the first surviving set of Black sextuplets in the U.S., are once again making international
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Aggies’ Baseball Welcomes Back Nine Seniors
The North Carolina A&T head baseball coach Ben Hall will bring back nine seniors in 2021 who had their season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in
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Pakistan’s Babar wants to emulate Indian skipper Kohli
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan batsman Babar Azam’s sparkling form has earned him comparisons with Virat Kohli but the elegant right-hander says he has a long way to go before he can be considered the Indian
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Obamas, Oprah & Others Among Chicagoans Joining Librarians to Read Through “Live From the Library”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Library (CPL), one of the largest libraries in the U.S. with over 385 professional librarians, and the CPL Foundation have partnered to host “Live from the Library,” a daily story time from Chicagoans for children
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Rwanda: New Guidelines Issued for Long-Haul Cargo Transporters
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INDECOM provides starting point for prisoners' mental health task force
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Garcelle Beauvais Finally Reveals She Dated Will Smith While Sitting In Front Of His Ex-Wife, Sheree Zampino
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In his new book, baseball's Dusty Baker opens up on his love of music
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Black Underground Recycling Program feeds the Bronzeville Community | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Queens District Attorney Will Not Charge Man Placed in ‘Apparent Chokehold’ Arrest, Officer Immediately Suspended Without Pay
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Saliva ban would be temporary, says ICC’s Kumble
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A recommendation banning the use of saliva to shine a cricket ball when the sport resumes after the novel coronavirus shutdown is only a temporary measure, Anil Kumble, the chairman of the International Cricket Council’s Cricket Committee, has
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