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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Provides Scholarships For George Floyd’s Daughter and Granddaughters To Attend HBCUs

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) announced on Friday that the organization is planning on providing scholarships to the daughter and granddaughters of police shooting victim George Floyd to attend an HBCU of their

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NFL Will Observe Juneteenth as Official League Holiday

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, in an internal memo to staff, announced that the league will observe Juneteenth on Friday, June 19, as an official holiday and the league’s offices will be closed that

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Kenya Advised to End Reliance on Schools for Blood Donations

The Global Blood Fund, which has been assisting Kenya in blood donation initiatives, wants the country to seek ways of ending dependency on learning

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zim foreign currency account holders panic as banks scramble for cash

Foreign Currency Account holders with Zimbabwean banks – among them units of Standard Bank, Standard Chartered and Nedbank – have expressed apprehension about what they fear could be a run on their funds by the government, as the central bank kicks in new monetary

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Africa: Support Pours in for AfDB's Adesina

There has been overwhelming endorsement of African Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, as various individuals and organisations commend his stewardship of the bank, and reiterate their support for his re-election, writes Demola Ojo

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Burundi to swear in president Ndayishimiye on June 18 - govt

June 15: Incoming president takes office June 18

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Zimbabwe: President Leads Nation in Prayer

At a time when the world is adapting to a new normal birthed by the deadly coronavirus contagion, a virus that has no known cure, President Mnangagwa will today lead the nation in prayer and fasting as the country seeks divine answers to a disease that has turned lives upside down and wrecked

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Mayor-Elect Of Ferguson, Mo., On Where Her City Stands, After Michael Brown

Mayor-elect Ella Jones, currently a city council member who was elected mayor on Tuesday, will become the first black and first female mayor of

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Hope through the suffering

In a nation with a long shameful history of public lynchings as spectacle and entertainment, George Floyd’s murder has ignited something new: public mourning and public outcry for real

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Latino Caucus Chair: Real Justice Calls For Supporting African American Policy Issues | L.A. Focus Newspaper

Shortly after members of the California legislature took a knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds at the California Capitol to protest racism and the death of George Floyd, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) took the opportunity to call out some of her Latino

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Trump Administration Officials To Black America: ‘Coronavirus Pandemic Is Your Fault’

According to a top official in President Donald Trump’s administration, the poor health of African Americans is the primary reason for the nation’s devastatingly high coronavirus

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John Boyega Says He Doesn't Want to be Praised for His Viral Speech on Racism

Long-lasting change is within close reach for Black people, and now is no time to ease up on the momentum, according to John Boyega, who responded to the praise he received for giving a speech on racism in London’s Hyde Park last

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Biden Takes Firm Stand Against Police Killing of George Floyd

After going out to personally meet with demonstrators in Delaware, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has taken a firm stand against the police killing of George Floyd and the overall plight of African Americans who’ve been targeted, brutalized and killed by law enforcement

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Source: The Washington Informer

As For Me and My Church

On March 13, 2020, I decided to reach out to Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield and Presiding Elder Uklyn Hendricks about the immediacy of a shift to church gatherings within the Virgin Islands Annual

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Africa: U.S. Must Skip a 2020 Human Rights Report in Wake of Protests Against George Floyd, Police Violence

IN CITIES ACROSS the world, global citizens have taken to the streets to protest in solidarity with the late George Floyd, slain at the hands of Minnesota police officers while he screamed

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: U.S. Executive Order Against Property Of Certain Persons Associated With ICC

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and

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Democrats Introduce The Justice In Policing Act To Combat Police Brutality

For the past week, thousands of people have marched in the streets to stand against racial violence and police brutality in light of the recent deaths of multiple unarmed black people, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery at the hands of law enforcement

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ASK DR. KEVIN: An Unfamiliar, Rare Disease Associated with Heart Failure in African Americans

By Dr. Kevin Williams , The Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer

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Burundi apex court says president-elect should be sworn in

The vacuum at the presidency was occasioned by the death on Monday of Pierre Nkurunziza, who had been president since 2005 and was due to hand over to Ndayishimiye in

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Botswana's capital city Gaberone back on lockdown

Botswana’s capital city Gaborone has returned to a total lockdown following an increase in the number of COVID-19

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Can Dairy Products Protect You From Diabetes and Hypertension? | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Diabetes and high blood pressure diagnoses are on the rise in the United States and that’s especially the case in the Black

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When Race and Poverty Collide

From Nat Turner’s rebellion in 1831 to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, to the murder, incarceration and exile of political prisoners such as Fred Hampton, Mumia Abu Jamal and Assata Shakur – being bold and standing up for equal treatment in America has always been

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Black Doctor Issues Urgent Warning to Make Healthcare Decisions Before Protesting

Peaceful protestors encounter unexpected injuries, hospital stays during COVID-19: end-of-life plans encouraged

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Immigration Corner | Should my mother file for her children, or should I?

I have three siblings in Jamaica, who are my

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Ghanian Minister Invites African Americans To Re-Settle In The Country Amid Protests

Ghanian Minister Invites African Americans To Re-Settle In The Country Amid via of the Return was a successful tourism initiative designed by Ghana to encourage African Americans and others within the African diaspora to visit the country marking the 400th anniversary of the first documented

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Stacey Abrams Shuts Down Meghan McCain on “The View” (Video)

McCain, a conservative TV pundit who blamed Barack Obama for starting a culture war that “ushered in the era of Trump,” challenged Abrams on The View

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Source: The Black Chronicle

VettX Partners with Recall Masters to Identify Vehicles with Dangerous Recalls on its Platform

, the nation’s leading provider of automotive recall solutions, today announced a partnership with VettX , an automotive industry software provider that enables auto dealerships to easily access and acquire vehicles for sale by private

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We Will Breathe!

What we do know is that while the proximate causes of Mr. Floyd’s death lie in police brutality, his true murderer is white

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Africa: "Every African-American Is Guilty As Suspected!"

The United States of America is officially a de-racialized society after several landmark revolutionary transformations, the Emancipation, desegregation and the civil rights

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Jordan Peele to Donate $1 Million Across Five Organizations That He Believes Are ‘Essential to the Health and Lives of Black People’

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