Rachel Robinson, Hank Aaron, and Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton Carter Launch the Month-Long Tip Your Cap Campaign to Honor the 100th Anniversary of Baseballs Negro Leagues

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Jarrett, Valerie (1956- )

Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, was born on November 14, 1956. She is a Chicago, Illinois attorney, businesswoman, and community leader most prominently known for her role as one of the three campaign co-chairs of Barack Obama’s historic 2008 presidential

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A ‘tip of the cap’ to the Negro Leagues

The Negro Leagues is a part of American history that too often gets segmented into just being about sports. Source

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Robinson, Jack (Jackie) Roosevelt (1919–1972)

When Jackie Robinson took the field on April 15, 1947 wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, he became the first African American in over fifty years to play on a major league baseball team. In the process, he broke through baseball’s color line that had relegated African American players to the

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Obama’s Popularity Continues To Rise Amid Trump’s Rhetoric

By Stacy M. Brown

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Jackie Robinson Foundation Announces Honorees for 2016 Awards Dinner

The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) announced that it will honor cosmetics industry pioneer Bobbi Brown with its ROBIE Humanitarian Award, Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Ambassador Dan Rooney with JRF’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and Vista Equity Partners Founder and CEO Robert F. Smith with the

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Pedro Sierra Recounts Glory Days in Negro Baseball League

Pedro Sierra, 81, left his native Cuba in 1954 — then just 16 — with the opportunity to follow what he describes as the only thing he'd ever dreamed of — to play professional baseball.

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West Virginia Governor Says He Welcomes All, Except Obama

(AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday said he would welcome any president to the state besides former President Barack

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COMMENTARY: Obama's Popularity Continues to Rise Amid Trump's Rhetoric

I think he’s extremely popular right now because Trump has pretty much failed in every way possible – especially on the points where he said he could and would do things better than Obama did,” New York resident Alicia Butler told NNPA

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VIDEO: A Conversation with DJ Vince Adams | Chicago Defender

According to Chicago DJ Vince Adams, he is a businessman first DJ second. His career started in 1984 and he began DJing professionally while attending Florida AM University. Over the years, he has increased his visibility and expanded his professional brand providing services for major

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A Must, Police Reform, Etc.

One of the first things I heard from Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican Senator, was a plan for a study of 18

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Barack Obama Jokes - Funny Late-Night Jokes about Obama

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Best Barack Obama Cartoons of All Time

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Profile In Courage Award Ceremony with President Barack Obama

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, present the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to former President Barack H. Obama as part of the centennial celebration of John F. Kennedy’s birth. Held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, the

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President Obama’s Advice to Daughters About College Life Is Priceless

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Protesters gather outside NYC mayor's home to urge a response to nonstop fireworks

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a food shelf organized by The Campaign Against Hunger in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn on April 14, 2020 in New York

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The History Of Juneteenth, And Why It Is Relevant Today

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with poet and lawyer CeLillianne Green about the history behind Juneteenth and what it means at this

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven

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Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson was an American Negro League professional baseball player. He was born in Buena Vista, Georgia on December 21, 1911. His father had a farm there but he moved the family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gibson was studying to be an electrician and only attended school till the 9th grade. He

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Local Pastor Grows Into Activist Role

Genesis’ Senior Pastor Dr. Tecoy Porter spearheaded the June 4 service as president of the Sacramento Chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network

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Swoon: Heres How President Obama Describes Michelles Body

Like something from an R&B song.

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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms examines Atlanta’s use of force policies and procedures

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates Advisory Council to Examine Atlanta’s Use of Force Policies and Procedures

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Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth (1959- )

Attorney and public prosecutor Loretta Elizabeth Lynch was born on May 21, 1959 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her father was a Baptist minister and her mother was an English teacher and school librarian. Lynch received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Welters, Beatrice W. (1951- )

On March 10, 2010, Beatrice Wilkinson Welters was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, having been named to that post by President Barack Obama. Prior to that, she was a philanthropist and senior employee of IBM, where she worked from 1977 to

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Newswire : The killing of George Floyd sparks continued protests, outrage across the nation

By Hamil R. Harris (TriceEdneyWire.com) Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin relaxed as he was suffocating George Floyd. His hands were in his pockets. He was looking around and his knee was on the neck of the handcuffed man for nearly nine minutes until he died.It didn’t matter

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Juneteenth event celebrates cultural expressions of African American history –

The virtual 2020 Juneteenth celebration was a platform of an interactive presentation video, weighing in on the cultural expressions of African American

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Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron is a popular retired African American professional baseball player. He is known for playing in the Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954 to 1976 and was ranked fifth in 100 Greatest Baseball Players list. He made his reputation by hitting over 24 home runs every

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Kay M. Madati

Prior to Twitter, Madati was Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at BET Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. Madati lead the teams responsible for all aspects of digital, social and mobile strategy and oversees operations, content creation, technology, product development, and third-party

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A Long-Overdue 'Tip of the Cap' to Baseball's Black Pioneers - Voice and Viewpoint

By JIM LITKE, AP Sports Writer Barack Obama tipped his cap. So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball's Negro Leagues. The campaign launched

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A long-overdue ‘Tip of the Cap’ to baseball’s Black pioneers

So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro

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