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"Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America,” a documentary by filmmaker Ric Burns and historian Gretchen Sorin, traces the racial profiling African Americans have encountered on the road since slavery. VOA’s Penelope Poulou spoke with the
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Culture From the Couch: The summer edition of what to read & watch - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… really is that good – two African-American twin sisters run away from … -something and race (she is African-American, he is white). It’s …
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Veteran AT&T Exec Xavier Williams Named CEO of American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc.
Cloud communications giant American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc. (AVCT) announced that it has appointed Xavier Williams as its new CEO and member of its board of directors starting next month. After…
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Black 7-Year-Old Boy Becomes Youngest To Die Of Coronavirus In Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A 7-year-old boy with COVID-19 has become the youngest known person to die in Georgia since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The African-American boy had no other chronic health conditions, according to data released by the state. The case is from Chatham County, which
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Too young to vote but not too young to take action! - Milwaukee Community Journal
Vote for Me video series encourages youth to talk to adults about voting Wisconsin Urban Leagues unite with youth to increase the vote Milwaukee, WI | October 27, 2020 Many young people in Wisconsin are not old enough to vote, but their messages can be powerful enough to influence the adults in
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Nigeria coronavirus: 20,244 cases; daily new cases drop below 500
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California Is Hooking Small Businesses Up With Free E-Commerce, Online Marketing Help - Los Angeles Sentinel
Gov. Newsom says he wants to help small businesses. Combined, they are a major economic engine in the state. He wants them to get online quicker and expand their markets to reach new customers in cyberspace. This is as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hammer their bottom lines and change the way
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Academy Award Nominated Filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison Comes Together With Famed Activists For 'Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground'
“Movement has to continue, or it’s not movement.” These words, spoken by activist and “Me Too” movement founder Tarana Burke roughly halfway through HBO Max’s Original Documentary Special “Eyes on
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Morehouse, Spelman and Clark Atlanta announce virtual learning for the upcoming academic year - TheGrio
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many colleges and universities to shift their fall plans with Morehouse College, Spelman College, and... View Article The post Morehouse, Spelman and Clark Atlanta announce virtual learning for the upcoming academic year appeared first on TheGrio.
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Adam Stewart named executive chairman of Sandals Resorts Int'l
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) yesterday announced Adam Stewart's appointment as executive chairman of the company built by his father, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, the tourism industry icon who passed away on January 4, 2021.
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Bulls' Springbok No 9 joins growing exodus, set for Saracens move
Bulls and Springbok scrumhalf Ivan van Zyl appears set to quit Pretoria and sign for English club Saracens.
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 15: "Alexander Thomas Augusta"
Episode 15 focuses on the life and career of Alexander Thomas Augusta, the first of only eight black physicians commissioned into the Union Army. Major Augusta served in the 7th U.S. Colored Troops and later worked as the surgeon-in-chief at the Freedmens Hospital in
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Reaction: Derek Chauvin convicted on all 3 charges in the death of George Floyd
Tuesday, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of all three charges — second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter — in the death of George Floyd last May. 
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Police Reform Stalls Out In The Senate
A GOP-backed police reform bill stalled in the Senate Wednesday amid historic protests against police brutality across the country, leaving the issue in limbo just one month after George Floyd’s gruesome death at the hands of police officers in
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American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
Rewind the clock to July 17, 2014, when Eric Garner, an African-American husband, father, son in Staten Island, was murdered by Daniel Pantaleo, an NYPD officer after Pantaleo held Garner in a chokehold while Garner resisted
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CMA seeks return of tax incentive for listing firms
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) wants the National Treasury to reinstate tax incentives for listing firms that were lowered in recent law amendments.
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Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets to go on sale 15 March 2021
Tickets for Rugby World Cup 2023 will go on sale from 15 March, 2021 after the organising committee announced details of the tournament’s ticketing programme.
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'You Are Home, You Are One of Us': 59 African-Americans Receive Citizenship In Sierra Leone
Fifty-nine African Americans are officially new citizens of Sierra Leone after a ceremony on April 29, 2021, in Freetown. “When President Bio signed my documents […]
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As if 2020 Wasn’t Contentious Enough - African American News Today - EIN News
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Biden’s Tulsa visit will highlight another dark event in the racial history of the US
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UDC quietly offers to remove Confederate monument as protesters clamor for statues to fall | Chicago Defender
RICHMOND, Virginia—A large crowd gathered in a heavy downpour to watch history being made: The removal of the monument celebrating Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Church bells rang in the distance as work crews took power tools to the feet of the statue. Once removed, the monument was placed on
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California Pizza Kitchen Files For Bankruptcy After Loss Of Business From COVID-19
California Pizza Kitchen filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday. Unsurprisingly, the filing is due to the impact of COVID-19 closures on the pizza chain’s business, largely because the lingering ban on indoor dining across the country has prevented CPK from making money.
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Dr. Tony Allen Appointed as Chair of President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs | Atlanta Daily World
The White House President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint Dr. Tony Allen as the Chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Board will advance the goal of the HBCU Initiative, established by the Carter Administration, to increase
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PHOTOS: City on fire—anger erupts in the streets of Mpls.
Marching, chants, and signs at protests during the day on Wednesday erupted into fires, looting and death by nightfall as demonstrators took over the streets of South Minneapolis to decry the death of George
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Buhari, Obasanjo congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Black Twitter calls for Goya boycott after CEO praises Trump : TheGrio
The CEO of Goya Foods heaped praise on President Donald Trump during a White House Rose Garden event to support... View Article The post Black Twitter calls for Goya boycott after CEO praises Trump appeared first on TheGrio.
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Is Black History Month a Relic of the Past?
The question usually raised each February is, “Should there be a Black History Month?” Black History Month was established in 1926 as Negro History Week by noted African American historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Negro History Week was expanded to Black History Month in 1976. Dr. Woodson dedicated
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Tennessee races to repair broken water mains in storm's wake - Black News Channel
By ADRIAN SANZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Workers in Tennessee raced Sunday to fix water mains that failed in freezing temperatures, and COVID-19 vaccine shipments resumed as the South carried on with efforts to recover from the winter weather that paralyzed parts of the nation. Ten
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