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Edward William Brooke III was the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate.  Brooke, an African American, Protestant Republican, won elective office in the overwhelmingly white, Catholic, Democratic state of Massachusetts and emerged as a leader in the US
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Tavis Smiley To Host Joint Interview With African American Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) And Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
Tavis Smiley on PBS, returning for its 12th season on Monday, Jan. 12, will feature a two-part, exclusive joint interview during its premiere week with the only two African Americans in the U.S. Senate – New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker, and South Carolina Republican Tim
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I was deeply moved by the reading, and felt it was critical in this moment that a United States Senator from the Deep South stand on the Senate floor and declare that Black Lives
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More Lawmakers, Including Republicans, Support A Juneteenth National Holiday
“This legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday is but one step we can take to begin to right the wrongs of the past in order to ensure equal justice in the future,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass) said in a Friday
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U.S. Rep. James Clyburn Introduces Bill To Increase Internet Accessibility In Low-Income Households - Blavity
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Interesting questions at both CCJ, ICJ hearings - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, The cases heard this week were well prepared by the parties involved and do present some interesting follow-up discussions. The article Interesting questions at both CCJ, ICJ hearings appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Police bias in dealing with African Americans a ‘widespread phenomenon,’ AG Barr says - African American News Today - EIN News
a widespread phenomenon that African American males, in particular, profile killings of unarmed African Americans – including of George exists in the African American community toward law enforcement in ensuring that African Americans fully participate in
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US Navy latest military force to ban the Confederate flag
The Marines have ordered the removal of Confederate flags from their bases; the Army has expressed openness to the idea of renaming bases named after Confederate generals; and now, the Navy has joined in with its own performative
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Senator Shelley Moore Capito Breaks Down Republican Police Reform Bill
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Props to you, Californians: A preview of what’s on your November ballot - Black Voice News
After a bit of last-minute legislative maneuvering, the list of propositions that California voters will be asked to weigh in on has been — more or less — finalized.  This past week marked the deadline for citizens and special interests to snag their spot on the November ballot. Eight measures made
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Rep. Maxine Waters: ‘Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus’ | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on Donald Trump’s negligence in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and his threats to protestors calling for the removal of statues of Confederate generals and slaveholders: “One would hope that the president of the United States would
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Trump donors among early recipients of coronavirus loans | The Atlanta Voice
As much as $273 million in federal coronavirus aid was awarded to more than 100 companies that are owned or operated by major donors to President Donald Trump’s election efforts, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data. Many were among the first to be approved for a loan in early
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Mississippi seeing big virus outbreak in state legislature - Black News Channel
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Packed elevators and crowded committee rooms. Legislators sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the House and Senate floor. People standing close to each other and talking, sometimes leaning in to whisper, without a mask in sight. Those were
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OP-ED: Rep. Maxine Waters, ‘Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus’ | Afro
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Jamaal Bowman, a former educator, hopes to bring new face to Congress
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This wouldn’t be a California election without at least a few wildy contentious ballot measures about housing and property
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California Moves One Step Closer to Granting Parolees Right to Vote – Observer News Group
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty’s (D-Sacramento) Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 (ACA 6) passed out of the California State Senate last week. 
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Segregation still blights the lives of African-Americans - African American News Today - EIN News
in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1968 black Americans had only just realised formal disadvantage. There are aspects of black American private life that exacerbate these programmes would accrue disproportionately to African-Americans might make it hard to
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House passes bill to ease small business PPP loan rules
The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday to ease rules on small-business owners who are participating in a loan program meant to mitigate the economic complications of the COVID-19
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Signs Hate Crime Bill Into Law
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Trump Keeps Raising 'Obamagate.' What's That?
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Democrats proposing new police procedures, accountability
With the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument in the distance, a man stands at the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool at sunrise, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Washington, the morning after massive protests over the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police
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Republicans and Democrats in California prefer a mail ballot, but safe, accessible options are important - Black Voice News
In summary In the November election, California will have to meet the bipartisan demand from voters for mail ballots and redesign sites for safe, in-person voting. By Mindy Romero and Mindy Romero is a political sociologist and director of the California Civic Engagement Project at the Price School
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