AAP Issues Apology for Past Racism

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A declaration from the prime minister that inmates serving at least 35 years in correctional facilities, without being tried, should be released, and a promise by the chief justice to establish a task force to look at the present law, and procedures relating to individuals in custody with mental

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Ayesha Curry Reveals How She Lost 35 Pounds In Quarantine

Ayesha Curry isn't letting quarantine dampen her potential for Hot Girl

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

WHO clarifies COVID-19 'very rare' transmission remarks

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A top World Health Organization (WHO) official on Tuesday clarified her remarks that transmission of the new coronavirus from asymptomatic carriers was “very rare”, citing

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

The MSR to host ‘Call To Action: Police & Protests’ Virtual Town...

The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR) will host “Call To Action: Police & Protests” Virtual Town Hall on June 10 at 2 pm

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

TPDCo begins COVID-19 health and safety sensitisation among hotels

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Dr Andrew Spencer, says sensitisation sessions for the COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols that will be implemented for the reopening of the tourism sector have

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

George Floyd’s Killers and the Vigilantes Who Share Their Beliefs Don’t Deserve Benefit of the Doubt

– Ida B. Wells

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

Xavier Submits Official Request to City of New Orleans to Rename South Jefferson Davis to Norman C. Francis

NEW ORLEANS – Reynold Verret, current President of Xavier University of Louisiana, yesterday resubmitted the official request to rename South Jefferson Davis Parkway in honor of President Emeritus Norman

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Doing more, with less – Protecting our frontline workers

For more than a decade, U.S. Black Chambers has led the fight on Capitol Hill and in corporate board rooms on behalf of the country’s more than 3 million Black

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Cop involved in Floyd's death released from jail on bail

His lawyer, Earl Gray, confirmed Lane was released Wednesday afternoon after posting bail and told ABC News he had no further comment at this

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Black Police Officers Open Up About Their Struggles To Choose Between Duty And Identity

Many Black police officers are walking a tightrope these days, trying to find a balance between their duty and outrage over the killing of George Floyd by former police officer Derek

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8 Minutes and 46 Seconds that will Change America and the World

Three Minneapolis police officers stood still, and almost silent, as Derek Chauvin, another police officer, had his knee on the neck of George

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Malcolm Jenkins Says NFL Won’t Be ‘On The Right Side Of History’ Until it Addresses Kaepernick – Free Press of Jacksonville

New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins criticized the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell for failing to address the way the NFL handled Colin Kaepernick and his kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

New Video Of Texas Man Killed By Police Reveal His Last Words Were 'I Can't Breathe'

Newly released police video of a traffic stop turned deadly at the hands of police reveals the victim, Javier Ambler, begged cops to spare his life while they tasered him to

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Homegrown: Featuring DeSz

I had always been into music my whole life, singing in church choirs, city choir, and school

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Twitter dings lawmaker for ‘glorifying violence’ in antifa tweet –

Twitter placed a warning on a tweet from a Florida congressman about hunting

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Source: Florida Courier

The effect of COVID-19 on the 2020 Census | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Because of the low turnout in 2010, many Black, brown, and immigrant communities were not counted and received less money that would have been put into schools, hospitals, community infrastructure, programs and political representation just to name a few

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

George Floyd laid to rest with monumental homegoing

After three memorial services in three states, George Floyd was laid to rest in grand fashion Tuesday at Foundation of Life Church in

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Porsha Williams' Radical New Path To Activism Is In Her DNA

Porsha Williams is urging protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement to “keep

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Beyoncé's Protege's Chloe x Halle Stun In Custom Mini Dresses For YouTube's Virtual Graduation

However, YouTube live-streamed their star-studded graduation “Dear Class of 2020,” filled with heartfelt speeches from The Obama’s, Beyoncé, along with performances by Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion and Chloe

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Coronavirus Pandemic And George Floyd Protests Highlight Health Disparities For Black People – Free Press of Jacksonville

Black people constitute nearly 13% of the U.S. population but made up 23% of all Covid-19 deaths as of June 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

300 IT Jobs to Be Created in Downtown Milwaukee

Global IT innovator partners with Northwestern Mutual to bring new tech jobs and training to Milwaukee

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

‘This is terrible’...Mother of Maurice Gordon demanding justice

Those were the words of Raquel Barrett, the mother of 28-year-old Maurice Gordon, the unarmed Jamaican man who was gunned down by a New Jersey state trooper following a traffic stop along the Garden State Parkway near Bass River, in Burlington, on the morning of May

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

J'cans still eager to study in China, says embassy

A number of Jamaican students who have applied for scholarship to study in China ahead of the discovery of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan are still eager to do so, according to the Chinese embassy in

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

#AAMAM: “Sign O’ The Times” – Celebrating Prince and his Protest Music (LISTEN)

Thankfully, those are resolved and Good Black News is happy to grab a moment during African American Music Appreciation Month to honor what would have been the 62nd birthday of the one and only

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Derek Chauvin Appears Before The Judge

On Monday, June 8, 2020, Derek Chauvin appeared in court for the first time after being charged with the second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of George

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

NYPD Officer Who Was Seen Assaulting Female Protestor On Video Has Been Charged

A New York City police officer who shoved a woman to the ground on video at a George Floyd protest in Brooklyn on May 29 is facing multiple

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Samira Nasr becomes Harper’s Bazaar first top black editor in its 153-year history

Samira Nasr has made history with her appointment as Fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar

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Finding solutions to prevent more killings like George Floyd

His mom, Myrtle Faye Rumph, started the center with family and friends to help keep other people from suffering her

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Protests continue worldwide as George Floyd is laid to rest –

The first of several memorial services was held in Minneapolis on June 4 at North Central University with the Rev. Al Sharpton delivering the

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Source: Florida Courier

Richmond protesters topple Columbus statue, throw it in lake | Dallas Weekly

RICHMOND, Va. (AP), June 10, 2020 — A statue of Christopher Columbus in Richmond was torn down by protesters, set on fire and then thrown into

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