Slave revolt On The Creole

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New York declares Juneteenth a paid holiday for state employees | New York Carib News

Yesterday, New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, signed an executive order recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the

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Source: The New York Carib News

‘Will You Adopt Me?’: Young Man Makes Tearful Request to Stepfather In Viral Video

On Father’s Day, in a now-viral video, a 17-year-old from Suffolk, Virginia, named Keon Wiggins-Saunders held back tears as he shakily read his letter to Donzell Powell, the man who stepped up as Keon’s father since he was 1 and married his mother, Keona, when he was

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L’Oreal Re-Hires Model After Being Fired For Speaking Up Against Racism

In 2017, a Black model for L’Oreal named Munroe Bergdorf was fired for speaking up about systemic racism while under

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Source: The Black Chronicle

NASA will name headquarters after its first African American female engineer

NASA is renaming its headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, the agency’s first African American female engineer who helped inspire the story behind the book and film “Hidden

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Trump approvingly tweets video showing ‘white power’ chant

(Photo: Twitter/Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Bahamians held following seizure of over $10M worth of ganja charged

The police have charged three Bahamians following the seizure of 2,600 pounds of ganja valued at over $10

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Hampton Institute

Hampton University was established in 1868 as a school for blacks. Hampton University was known prior to August 1984 as Hampton Institute. The university is a private coeducational institution in Hampton, Virginia. Its undergraduate college is still known as Hampton Institute.

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Post-COVID-19 mental health issues may be deadly

Rates of alcoholism, depression and suicide often spike after natural disasters and can catch communities off guard, particularly African-American communities where mental health issues have long been a source of shame and

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Keep Your Statues And Movies- Give Us Our Reparations Now – Your Black World

The paper says, “HBO Max temporarily removed the epic from its service after the surge of Black Lives Matter protests across the country and a re-energized discussion about racial inequality” ) But While Hollywood copes with their conflicts and contradictions for promoting White supremacy in their

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Source: Your Black World

(1867) Frederick Douglass, “Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage”

? In 1867 Frederick Douglass, noted abolitionist and civil rights leader, weighed in on one of the most contentious issues of the day, suffrage for black men following the Civil War. His address, given in January 1867, during the Congressional debate on black male voting in the territories, appear

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Source: Black Past

Richmond rids itself of another statue | Dallas Weekly

(Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via

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Source: Dallas Weekly

BET Awards ’20: A Look Back At Young Star Award Winners

Keke Palmer

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Dawn M. Jones Installed As 58th President Of State Bar of Georgia

Attorney Dawn M. Jones, managing member of The Firm of Dawn M. Jones, LLC in Atlanta, was installed as the 58th president of the 52,000-member State Bar of Georgia on June

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

NASAs Headquarters to be Renamed in Honor of its 1st Black Woman Engineer, Hidden Figure Mary W. Jackson

NASA announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. Jackson started her NASA ca…

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Wendell Pierce Playfully Campaigns To Be The New Voice Of Animated Character Cleveland

Critically acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce is shooting his shot at possibly becoming the next person to voice the character of Cleveland, after Mike Henry stepped down from the role last

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Source: MadameNoire

Virginia Arthur Ashe statue vandalized with 'White Lives Matter'

Arthur Ashe Monument (Image from Instagram courtesy of

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Source: theGrio

OP-ED: 8 minutes and 46 seconds – Arizona Informant Newspaper

May we never witness this again

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Source: Arizona Informant Newspaper

University Of Virginia Changes Athletics Logo Due To Reference To Slavery

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Source: Stories About Black History

Black Sports Icon's Statue Defaced With 'White Lives Matter'

Vandals defaced a statue of Arthur Ashe Wednesday with “White Lives Matter” and “WLM” graffiti in Richmond, Virginia, where the Black tennis icon, humanitarian and civil rights activist grew

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

It’s now or never for the MEAC

But NCCU has been the dominant team in men’s basketball lately and, as we know, football is king so it wasn’t a huge loss for the

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Coronavirus Update: As the Pandemic in the U.S. Worsens, Federal Health Official Issues Call to Action

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar urged Americans to practice social distancing and wear face coverings as people venture out into public

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Source: Black America Web

NASA Names Headquarters After Hidden Figure Mary W. Jackson | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black American female engineer at NASA. Jackson started her NASA career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the

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Source: The Florida Star

Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle

Since 2018, The Nation has hosted a US Civil Rights Tour led by documentary film maker André Robert

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

'White Lives Matter' painted on statue of African-American tennis great Arthur Ashe

A statue of African-American tennis legend Arthur Ashe on Richmond, Virginia's Monument Avenue has been vandalised with the words "White Lives

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Source: iview

NASA Headquarters Named After Mary W. Jackson

Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA and one of the subjects of the biographical film "Hidden Figures," will have the agency's headquarters building in Washington, D.C., named in her

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Source: The Washington Informer

At Least 2,000 More Black Americans Were Lynched Than Previously Reported

White mobs and individuals lynched at least 2,000 more Black Americans than previously documented, according to a new report from the Equal Justice

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

House approves bill that would make DC the 51st state

(Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty

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Source: theGrio

Very plausible that 464,565 Guyanese cast their ballots in 2020

Given the generally perceived poor performances of the governments during this period it is no surprise that the three elections have been the most competitive (one seat majorities/minorities for the winner) in the history of

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

White Virginia man arrested after pointing AR-15 at Black men

(Crecit: screenshot) A Virginia man has been charged after he pointed an assault rifle at a group of Black men who’d simply parked near his home. According to reports, Sunday evening the group of men were riding their motorcycles when they decided to take a break and pull into a near

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Source: theGrio

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