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Through Dorris’ Eyes Wake Up America! - My WordPress

Wake up America is the title of an essay I wrote in 1969. Yes, that is the title. No, I do not have a hard paper copy, for it would have more than likely yellowed out by now if it was not archived in an acid-free box or imported to microfilm or upgraded to a []

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Source: Houston Sun Community Newspaper

OP ED: America Should Embrace Prison Returnees to Our Communities | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many residents in DC share the conviction that we must do far more to lend a hand to the thousands of individuals — disproportionately black men aged 21 to 30 — who return to the District each year after periods of incarceration. But right now, DC is without a single re-entry center

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis

By Dr. Lucille Ridgill Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) is the 6th leading cause of death among White people, but the 4th leading cause of death for Black people like me. The Black population age 65+ is projected to more than double in size in the next 10 years, which means

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Will America Fix the Race Problem? - Houston Forward Times

“The land of the free and the home of the brave” is an expression written The post Will America Fix the Race Problem? appeared first on Houston Forward Times.

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

FILM REVIEW: Fatal Affair

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ellie (Nia Long), a corporate attorney, is going through a transition. She’s leaving her San Francisco firm and preparing to start her own practice. She’s just moved out of the city to a quieter small town and a plush beachside property. Her husband Marcus (Stephen

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Congresswoman Karen Bass Says CBC Wants Federal Dollars to Aid the Black Press | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIIRE — Congresswoman Bass, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), called the pandemic a “double-punch” to African Americans. She also called out President Donald Trump for what she stated was his lack of leadership as the virus has claimed more than 100,000 lives, including as

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Meet The 2020 Intern Class From Harlem Lacrosse | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Harry C. Alford III Beyond the Rhetoric 1001 We are humbled to announce that two alums from Harlem Lacrosse will be joining humble ventures as summer interns. Actively seeking diverse interns is nothing new for us. We have a group of interns from the University of Maryland working with us right

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

OP-ED: Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — One major reason Black people suffer disproportionately from Alzheimer’s is we are underrepresented in dementia research, in part because many of us are unwilling to donate our brains to research or participate in brain studies due to distrust of the medical system. The good news is

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 6.25.20 7:00PM — SUGAR RAY LEONARD!

Sugar Ray Leonard — professional boxer, motivational speaker, and actor. Sugar Ray is one of the greatest boxers of all time! Competing from 1977 to 1997, Leonard won world titles in five weight divisions; the lineal championship in three weight divisions; as well as the undisputed welterweight

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

What Does July 4th Mean To Me? | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. America celebrates July 4, 1776 annually in the name of a tea-dumping party but leaves Black folks uninvited to the party. We don’t see our history or ourselves in the celebration. No, we can come to the nation’s Capital and enjoy the music and pageantry on the

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let's Not Put Our Health at Risk | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cite several possible reasons that Black Americans are more affected. One is that many of us live in more highly populated areas where it’s more difficult to practice physical distancing from one another. Many of us also live in

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Dont Detroits Schoolkids Deserve Water They Can Drink?

Detroit’s public school students are experiencing a health predicament and here’s the solution: They can’t drink the water. The water fountains are dry because drinking water has been shut off at all of Detroit’s 106 schools serving more than 40,000 students since officials discovered the water in

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Source: Black America Web

National Wax Museum Marks 25 Years for Its Lynching Exhibit | Afro

By Dr. Joanne M. Martin It took a camera phone and shocked eye-witnesses to the in-plain-sight death of George Floyd to bring mass attention to the killing of countless numbers of mainly Black men in America by the police. It took ten minutes and nine seconds on her iphone for 17-year-old Darnella

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

COMMENTARY: Wear Your Armor | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — How do we put on spiritual armor? We do so by daily absorbing scripture as truth, living in obedience to God, sharing the gospel and trusting Christ. That’s how to put armor on, study the Word, live according to biblical principles and believe that we live in a place infused with

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

President Obamas My Brothers Keeper Ramps Up With Awards, Conference

“If you want to get a sense of who Barack Obama is, look at the way in which he has come up with, supported, and stays with My Brother’s Keeper. This is something that matters to him.”—Broderick Johnson, MBK Alliance Advisory Council Chair President Barack Obama’s signature program, “My

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Source: Black America Web

Black-Owned Laboratory Uses Artificial Intelligence-Based Drug Discovery Platform to Develop Treatment for COVID-19 | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We anticipate the clinical trials could start within 90 days. The clinical trial itself could take a month. We feel quite optimistic that in the 120-day window, when our clinical material would be ready, we could have a drug that could be safe and effective at treating COVID-19.”

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Thomas Jeffersons Birthday Celebration Cancelled In Charlottesville

Thomas Jefferson’s city-sanctioned birthday celebration has been formally terminated. In a controversial decision during a recent meeting of the Charlottesville, Virginia City Council, local leaders voted to remove an April 13 city holiday honoring former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, who was

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Source: Black America Web

COMMENTARY: The annexation of Palestinian territory is illegal

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The attitude of liberal supporters of Israel is akin to someone who knows that an individual embezzled money from a company, but they would rather not press charges because they believe that there is something about the person that is worthy of saving. The problem is simple: the law

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

COMMENTARY: The Black Church Faces an Atypical Crisis | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Blacks in the U.S. have been disproportionately affected during the pandemic. Although African Americans only compose 6 percent of the population in the state of California, Blacks comprise 10.6 percent of the COVID-19 deaths. This has been attributed to the fact that a number of

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Why Are So Many Pregnant Black Women Dying?

Black women across America are facing a significant health crisis: They are dying disproportionately from pregnancy-related causes. Consider this: Nationally, Black infants are more than twice as likely to die as white infants and Black women are three to four times as likely to die from

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Source: Black America Web

Celebrities Make News on BlackPressUSA’s #FIYAH! Livestreams

NNPA NEWSWIRE — They’ve included Los Angeles Lakers Legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar, hip-hop icons Chuck D, Ice Cube, Russell Simmons, and Big Daddy Kane. They’ve also included important conversations with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Ben & Jerry’s CEO Michael

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Freedom to Speak: In view of the world’s response to George Perry Floyd murder, give one solution required to make progress - My WordPress

Veronica DeBoestThanks to George Perry Floyd!The change is here! I feel cases should be reviewed. I remember when so many of our kids where going to jail very fast. I found out that a white officer was planting drugs on them.A brother Lieutenant listened to me. The officer was removed from

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Source: Houston Sun Community Newspaper

THE CULTURAL COACH: Is it wrong for White people to protect their heritage? - TSDMemphis.com

Dear Cultural Coach: When immigrants keep their old customs and values, it changes our community. Their music is different, and there are shows in foreign languages on my TV. We are losing the home we once knew. People are walking around speaking a language we can’t understand. Businesses post

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

OP-ED: Racial divide of coronavirus is real, so are innovations that can help | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black and Latinx seniors are more likely to be affected by health conditions that can heighten the risk of coronavirus-related complications. Black adults are 20 percent more likely to have asthma, 72 percent more likely to be diabetic, and eight times as likely to be diagnosed with

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

The Month In Trump: October

Six days before Election Day, President Donald Trump stepped-up his criticism of Andrew Gillum, Florida’s gubernatorial candidate, in what some are describing as a racially incendiary attack. Trump called Gillum a “thief” without any evidence whatsoever to support his accusations. Trump also claims

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Source: Black America Web

OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Blood On The Leaves and Blood At The Roots | Afro

By Dr. Kaye Whitehead Special to the AFRO Southern trees, Billie Holiday once sang, bear strange fruit, and when this happens, blood is on the leaves and blood is at the roots. Everything should close when an unarmed Black person gets killed in this country. All movements, in all

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

The Measure of a President

By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq (TriceEdneyWire.com) – As a student of philosophical principles, I am aware of the school of thought that does not believe in the existence of “NORMAL” as a universal state of being. A testament to that idea is the fact that each of us has a unique set of experiences

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Potential Financial Positives that Can Come Out of the Pandemic | The Crusader Newspaper Group

After more than two months of sheltering in place, much time has been granted to contemplate our financial futures. The majority of media coverage tends to focus on the staggering unemployment rates, the closing of businesses and the inability of Americans to make ends meet. While these scenarios

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Five Years Later – Five Years Too Late: Reflections on Broken Baltimore 5 years after the Uprising | Afro

By Bishop Douglas Miles As I look at Baltimore five years after the Freddie Gray uprising the saying “Three strikes you are out” keeps coming to mind. The nation once again in chaos because another Black man has been killed by the police or White men. The names change-Eric, Trayvon, Freddie and

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

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