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Motown Launches the ABC Initiative to Help Communities Navigate COVID-19 Pandemic
Today, Motown Records launched The ABC Initiative – a multi-faceted campaign focused on helping communities navigate the fundamentals of life in these unusual times by supporting food programs and gifting 25 minority-owned businesses with $800 “heritage grants” to help support their
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Liberia: Grand Cape Mount COVID-19 Preparedness Committee Launch
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Black Nurses Admitted to City Hospital
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Two white regiments and a Black regiment, the
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Executive Order 11246
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