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Leaders Who Attended the 1963 March on Washington Say Voting Was Also the 2020 March’s Focus
As the 2020 renewal of the 1963 March on Washington was taking place in the nation’s capital it was also observed in many communities around the country. Some of the original participants who live in Oakland are hopeful that the movement for voting rights is continuing. Former Berkeley Mayor Gus
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Sec. Ben Carson Believes Donald Trump Will Address The Nation On Racism In America
Carson told Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, June 7, "I believe you're going to be hearing from the President this week on this topic in some
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FAMU President Robinson Issues Statement On National Unrest
In the pursuit of liberty and justice for all, Florida A&M University once again offers leadership as was done during the Tallahassee Bus Boycott that we celebrated this
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The Latest: Thousands join London protest over Floyd's death
Atlanta police said in a statement late Saturday they had made more than 50 arrests as protesters threw rocks at officers and broke windows in the downtown
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Stars Speak Up For Black LGBTQ Lives After Video Shows Attack On Transgender Woman
Billy Porter has joined a chorus of celebrities and advocacy groups in speaking up for the Black LGBTQ community this week after troubling footage showing an alleged attack on a transgender woman went
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What Must Be Done?
Several weeks ago, for my online I wrote about Amaud (also spelled Ahmaud) Arbery, who was shot to death by a white father and son, acting as vigilantes, while jogging in a Georgia
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Some NBA Players May Sit Out Season To Honor George Floyd
George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police has sparked nationwide
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(BPRW) Moms, Babies & George Floyd | Press releases
Our appeals for racial justice must include protection for Black and Brown moms and their babies
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California Gov. Newsom Calls For Police Reform
California Gov. Gavin Newsom stated he was “inspired” from seeing peaceful protests, and vocalized the rights of peaceful
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West Coast Berbice protests end after Mingo returns home - Stabroek News
Hours of protests, blockades and disruption along sections of the West Coast Berbice (WCB) and Mahaicony roads concluded yesterday after District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo returned home after facing several charges in Georgetown stemming from the March 2nd general
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'Sorry' is too little and too late, Roger Goodell | The Atlanta Voice
As Roger Goodell, the league’s longtime commissioner, explained in a video released Friday, “we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully
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Statement from Council Member Adam Bazaldua | Dallas Weekly
Not about the property damage or the anger that is spilling out through riots across our country, but because this is what it seems to take to get a reaction from our society, from the status
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How To Help George Floyd Protesters: A List Of Places To Donate
Amid the unrest in Minneapolis and cities throughout the country following the murder of Floyd, social and racial equity organizations are rallying around those who are on the frontlines fighting for
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Drew Brees Apologizes For 'Insensitive' Take On NFL Players Kneeling In Protest
Drew Brees admitted he’d “completely missed the mark” this week when he dismissed NFL players taking a knee in protest of racial inequality and police brutality as “disrespecting the
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Pittsburghers share experiences with racism and privilege during rally against police brutality
Several hundred people lay in the grass and on the walking path at Point State Park on Sunday for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time prosecutors said Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on the neck of George Floyd before he
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Eric Reid Rips NFL Teams For Posting Black Squares On Twitter: 'Hypocrisy'
Eric Reid did not let NFL teams get away with posting black squares on Twitter Tuesday in purported solidarity with the fight for racial justice while quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned in the
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Civil Rights Attorney Areva Martin on the Killing of George Floyd and Protesting at the Polls (Video)
For many, the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of white police officers in Minneapolis last week was just the tipping
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We wear the mask
Through the pandemic called racial hate—whose potentially fatal impact is evidenced by the recent deer-hunter style slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, allegedly by three white men while he jogged in a neighborhood in
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County Attorney Mike Freeman announces charges in George Floyd’s...
That sentiment appeared to be shared by most people in the Twin Cities and around the country as solidarity marches took place in New York City, Columbus, Ohio, Denver, Memphis, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Oakland in protest of the death of George Floyd who died while in police custody on Memorial
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Starbucks Bans Employees From Wearing #BlackLivesMatter Apparel
Two years ago, during an episode of “Listen To Black Women” we asked our viewers if they had intentions of boycotting Starbucks after an employee called the police on two Black men who were sitting in the establishment waiting for their business associate to arrive so they could have
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Youth of Guyanese parentage spearheads clean-up in aftermath of Minneapolis riots | New York Carib News
Pierre Paul, 21, of Guyanese parentage, did not just lead the cleaning up of the neighborhood and the Target store, but he salvaged food and distributed it to the
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Dennis Rodman Wants The Looting Amid Protests to End: “We’re Not F-cking Animals”
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Most Violent Episode of the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia
Danville was a tobacco and textile town of about 50,000 residents, a third of whom were
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From the gentle touch on our bodies to help alleviate aches and pains, to skin correction, to the removal of unwanted hair, we as Black people covet those special moments as they can de-stress and take us from good to great all within one
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America’s Aversion Towards Black People Has Cost Us Too Many Beautiful Lives - Blavity
On Monday, May 25, 2020, 46-year old George Floyd was killed by four law enforcement officers — Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou
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Free Us From the Chains (Once and for All)
After living on this earth for six decades, the only thing that changes are the names and ages of the victims who succumb to acts of violence whether at the hands of police, vigilantes or simply living while being
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SENATOR ROYCE WEST CALLS FOR ARREST OF AMY COOPER
That changed when birdwatcher Christian Cooper pulled out his phone and captured Amy Cooper calling police to report she was being threatened by “an African-American
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'Push Through Yandy': Yandy Smith's 'Black Goddesses' Photo Wins Over the Internet
Smith-Harris, 38, received a huge applause on Tuesday, June 2 from her fellow Instagram followers, after she shared a photo of herself posing with a large group of Black
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Report: 3 more officers to be charged in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree murder, a newspaper reported
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The Cultural Coach: Labels are for packages, not for grandkids - African American News Today - EIN News
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