Faculty request to remove Adolph Rupp's name from Kentucky basketball arena leads to 'complicated' discussion

‘Plot afoot to oust President’

He named former Zanu PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, top government and security officials, and MDC Alliance vice-chairman Job Sikhala, among others, as those involved in the alleged plot to oust

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Privileged White Moms Are Exposed In Facebook Group After ‘Racist’ George Floyd Comments

On May 30, after the repeated backlash against UES Mommas, Addy Spriggle, a 38-year-old resident on the Upper East Side, asked the group’s administrator Lindsey Plotnick Berger to consider adding a Black

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Source: NewsOne

Africa is home to nine of the world’s 10 most neglected crises: ‘Is there some racism here?’

Nine of the world’s 10 most neglected displacement crises are in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an international aid group, the Norwegian Refugee Council

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Pittsburgh Editor’s ‘Dehumanizing’ Op-Ed Denies Reports Of Barring Black Journalists From Covering George Floyd Protests

Alexis Johnson, a Black reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, was “removed” from covering any of the city’s protests over George Floyd‘s police killing in Minneapolis, according to the union representing the

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Source: NewsOne

Where the Black Church Is in the Black Lives Matter Movement – Free Press of Jacksonville

“While you may have had many black pastors and clergy who may have shown up at events, and you may have had a lot of people from black churches who were at these marches and protests, from 2014 to the present, by and large, this has not been a theological movement,” said Watson Jones III, the

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

Decolonising the mind from the paradox of the edifices of slavery

America and the world are not just waking up to racism and police brutality

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Nike To Recognize Juneteenth As An Official Paid Holiday

Nike CEO John Donahue sent an internal memo to his staff announcing that the company would recognize Juneteenth as a holiday for U.S. employees, according to Yahoo

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Source: MadameNoire

“Acknowledging Your Privilege and Becoming an Ally”: a Guide to Resources for White Folks

Music Supervisor Rob Lowry (Twitter: @robertlowry) was recently inspired by Han Martin‘s (Twitter: @hnicolemartin) “Resources for White Family” post to create his own version of a letter and resources to White friends and family and tweet it to anyone who wanted

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Simmons ends 20-year career at Johnson

After building one of the most successful high school boys’ basketball programs in state history over the past 20 years at St. Paul Johnson, Head Coach Vern Simmons has

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Stop the pain!

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — George Floyd's brother challenged Congress yesterday to “stop the pain” as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul, so the man he loved and looked up to won't be just “another name” on a growing list of black Americans killed during interactions

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

Tracey Brame, Civil Rights Expert and Law Professor, Weighs in on Death of George Floyd

Prior to this weekends protests around the United States over the death of Georg Floyd and others persons of color who have died while in custody of police, WMU-Cooley Associate Dean and Professor Tracey Brame, a civil rights expert, spoke with media outlets in Michigan regarding the use of

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Trump expected to discuss race relations and police at Dallas church

President Donald Trump will participate in a roundtable discussion Thursday with faith leaders, law enforcement officials and small-business owners to discuss race relations and policing during a trip to Dallas, where he’ll later host a high-dollar fundraising

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

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

#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

Nkurunziza: Burundi's leader who believed he was chosen by God

Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza believed he was chosen by God to lead the east African nation and he did so with an iron fist, his efforts to stay in power plunging the country into chaos in his final

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Los Angeles Lakers Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is no Stranger to Social Activism and Protests

In a live interview with the BlackPressUSA, Jabbar said he believes the murder of George Floyd by police and the subsequent protests around the globe, signal a sea

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

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has “Black Lives Matter” Painted on Street Leading to White House

According to abcnews.go.com, a major street in Washington D.C that leads to the White House, has been painted with bold, bright-yellow letters reading “BLACK LIVES

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Cristobal remnants bring thunderstorms, flooding to Midwest

MICHIGAN, United States (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal were moving out of the Midwest and into Canada yesterday, with gusty winds and heavy rain leaving behind flooding in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, and

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

Covid-19: Pretoria Magistrate's Court and SA Air Force headquarters temporarily closed

The Pretoria Magistrate's Court has been closed after a clerk of the court tested positive for

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Mental Health, Police Brutality, and Black People

A 2016 Pew poll found that 7 in 10 white people thought police usually use the right amount of force, versus just 1 in 3 black

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

We wear the mask

Through the pandemic called racial hate—whose potentially fatal impact is evidenced by the recent deer-hunter style slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, allegedly by three white men while he jogged in a neighborhood in

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Cuomo Says New York City's Columbus Statue Should Stay

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Source: Stories About Black History

Ghana's Akufo-Addo praised at George Floyd memorial but country's police violently shut down #BLM protest

“The family of George Floyd will like to acknowledge the message of solidarity resolution and virtual tribute from His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

#BlackLivesMatter Protest in Germany | Afro

The untimely and wrongful death of the late George Floyd on May 25 has since caused a global uproar among people of all races and

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Surviving in America's Black Belt amid pandemic and job loss

Both the need and the relief have been on display in the historic civil rights city of Selma, where volunteers distributed free food to scores of people, many of whom shared rides from isolated communities just to get to the school where boxes of fruit and vegetables were

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

IT’S NOW OR NEVER! Black America Reaches Her Tipping Point

I was reminded of Doc’s words as I watched buildings burn in cities across America in rebellion to the murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis Police

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

Sybil Francis hailed as social work stalwart

Late aged-care and social work advocate Sybil Francis has been described as a gentle powerhouse and a source of inspiration to hundreds of people whose lives she

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Public visitation, service for Dr. Thomas Freeman scheduled for June 16

Texas Southern University will host a public visitation for Dr. Thomas F. Freeman on Tuesday, June 16, from 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m., with a memorial service to follow, in the Health & Physical Education (H&PE) Arena (3010 Wheeler Avenue, Houston, TX

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

Former Tampan, Andre White, Dies 2 Months After Wife | Florida Sentinel Bulletin

ANDRE AND JOYCE WHITE … Married 55 Years ANDRE WHITE 10-7-1944 — 6-9-2020 ANDRE WHITE … As a Member of the Denver Broncos ANDRE White and family at the unveiling of the Moses White bust on the Riverwalk in Tampa Undated Photograph of Andre White BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City

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Source: Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Fox Chapel district investigates racist videos as students and alumni call it to embrace Black Lives Matter movement

Hundreds of Fox Chapel students and alumni are calling on their school district to more aggressively address racial injustice in the district as Black Lives Matter protests have sprung up across the country, including the Pittsburgh

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