In Tulsa, Where Race Relations Are Raw, a White Mayor Feels the Heat

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Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals – Voice and Viewpoint

Like others across the nation, Randolph has been closely following the Ahmaud Arbery shooting

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Privacy Bill: Kobe Bryant’s Death Inspired Moves Forward – Voice and Viewpoint

On May 20, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee approved a bill that would make it illegal for first responders to take pictures or record video of a deceased person at the scene of an accident or

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

'A Human Reaction to a Deeply Dysfunctional Relationship': The Connection Between Police Violence, Looting and Riots In Minneapolis

Protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, burned a police precinct in response to the death of George Floyd — killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin with a knee to the man’s neck, with three other

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Minneapolis Police Station Torched Amid George Floyd Protest

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white

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Source: Black America Web

Sunday's Best: Kirk Franklin And Fred Hammond Will Bless The Next Verzuz Battle

There are some Verzuz battles that will go down in history—see Jill Scott verzuz Erykah Badu and Beenie Man verzuz Bounty

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Ghana: Man Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing to Death Galamseyer

The police at Ntortroso in the Ahafo Region, yesterday arrested a watchdog committee member, for allegedly stabbing to death, a 48-year-old man, for engaging in illegal mining, popularly known as

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Source: allAfrica.com

Atlanta reaches all-time high unemployment rate

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Atlanta’s unemployment rate spiked in April, breaking its previous all-time high of 10.6 percent set in February of

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Spelman Graduates Grateful for Tuition Support from Financial Investor Frank Baker: ‘It Is A Bold and Resounding Affirmation’

Private equity firm managing partner Frank Baker and his wife, interior designer Laura Day Baker, plan to pay off tuition balances for Spelman College students who were experiencing financial

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Zimbabwe: Nakamba Set for EPL Comeback Game As Box-Office Show Returns

After those two games, all the 20 clubs in the Premiership would have played 29 matches and there will be a further 90 still to be played which will determine the league championship, which will be won by Liverpool, and the Champions League and Europa league

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Source: allAfrica.com

George Floyd & His Killer Reportedly Once Worked Security At The Same Club

Source: George Floyd / Courtesy of Roxie Washington

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Trump Calls Minneapolis Protesters ‘Thugs,’ Vows action

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to take action to bring the city of Minneapolis “under control,” calling violent protesters outraged by the death of a black man in police custody “thugs” and saying that “when the looting starts, the shooting

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Source: Black America Web

Kenya: Three Ugandans Enlist for 2020 Concours

Three classic cars from Uganda have been entered for the Golden Jubilee Africa Concours d'Elegance highlighting the Africa continental status of the classiest event on the Kenya Motor Sports

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Source: allAfrica.com

Barack Obama Speaks Out On George Floyd's Killing

Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF President Barack Obama is speaking out about the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, while calling for a new “normal” in the United

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Libya: Battle for Tarhouna in the Horizon

Several hours after the expiration of an ultimatum issued by the Government of National Accord (GNA), for the Libyan National Army (LNA), to withdraw from the City of Tarhouna, 90 km South East of Tripoli, all is now set for the great

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Source: allAfrica.com

COGIC calls off Holy Convocation as pandemic continues to rock the church and the nation

This year’s Church of God in Christ (COGIC) Holy Convocation already was to be the final annual confab in the city of

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

The Shooting Of Black Americans Started Long Before The Looting

When protests turned into civil unrest in Minneapolis as folks demanded the arrest of the four officers responsible for George Floyd’s death, I knew to prepare for the same cycle we saw in Ferguson and Baltimore just a few years

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Shameik Moore Apologizes For Controversial Police Brutality Tweets: 'It Was Wrong Timing'

Shameik Moore apologized Thursday for a series of controversial tweets in connection to the murder of George Floyd and other recent instances of police

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Nigeria: Cargo Operation As Revenue Earner for Domestic Airlines

Some industry operatives who spoke to THISDAY said over the years, Nigerian airlines have not developed the cargo market; so most farm produce and others are being moved by road, as Nigeria does not have well developed train

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: The Future of Music in Nigeria

My mother Christiana Asmau Abah (nee Maha) woke me up in my teens to listen to Christy Essien Igbokwe's "Seun Rere," whenever the video was played on television in Sokoto State because she considered it good music for

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Source: allAfrica.com

MLB’s Felipe Vazquez Hit With More Child Porn Charges, Sent Nudes To Minor, Allegedly

Reports Trib

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Source: Black America Web

Egypt: As Lockdown Clears the Air, Cairo Looks to Keep Pollution Low

But the slowdown also has cut air pollution by more than a third in Cairo, a city once ranked as one of the world's 10

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Source: allAfrica.com

Black Restaurant Owner Releases Security Tape of George Floyd’s Arrest That Pokes Holes In Story Told By Minneapolis Police

Surveillance tape from a local business showed George Floyd did not resist arrest moments before a fatal encounter with Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin on Memorial

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Liberia: Civil Society Organizations At Odds Over Changing Mid-Term Elections Date to December

The Election Coordinating Committee of Mr. Oscar Bloh and the Liberia Election Observation Network (LEON) represented by Mr. Augustine Tamba and Mr. Amose Williams were in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Porous Borders Stifle Mandera's Efforts to Curb COVID-19

With the porous Somalia border to the east and Ethiopia to the north, Mandera County is struggling to contain the spread of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Three Reasons Your Planner is Your Friend.

Having a calendar on the phone was all I needed because I could quickly jot down what I needed to remember, and everything would be great again

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Denzel Washington Helps Homeless Man Walking In Los Angeles Traffic

The incident, captured on video, shows Washington, who’s wearing a face mask, assisting the man, who wore a light blue hoodie but didn’t have a protective face

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

A Message from the NBMBAA Atlanta President, Sonya Stallings-Ward

As President of The National Black MBA Association, Atlanta Chapter (NBMBAA Atlanta) and on behalf of the Board of Directors, prayers are extended for all as we offer our deepest and most sincere condolences for those who have lost loved ones to

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Ghana: Govt to Roll Out Economic Rescue Programme--Finance Minister

The government is developing a three-year COVID-19 alleviation programme to be known as "The Ghana Cares Programme" to help rescue the economy from the clutches of the coronavirus

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa's Achievements and Challenges

On the Commemoration of This Year's Africa Day, He Spoke About Africa's Achievements So Far and the Challenges

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