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By the turn of the 20th century, African Americans in Tulsa, OK had developed their own insular society with its own economy. Black businesses clustered on a strip of land that would become Greenwood in 1905. Black Wall Street, as the town would be known, was thriving. That all changed in 1921. But
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Temptations' Otis Williams Talks Music, History, and the Temps' 60th Anniversary | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Williams' journey from Texarkana, Texas to Motown and eventual global superstardom, is chronicled in his acclaimed autobiography, "Temptations," written with The New York Times best-selling author Patricia Romanowski, as well as "The Temptations," an Emmy Award-Winning television
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COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk | Afro
By Chaplain Debbie Walker, BSN, RN, OCN, Texas Metro News Contributor Take a seat, take a breath, and let me walk you through a straightforward and truthful perspective on this new entity that is the topic of our conversations nowadays, Coronavirus, or COVID-19 which is now a part of everyday
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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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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jeffrey L. Boney, Associate Editor, Houston Forward Times, St. Louis, Missouri, unprecedented infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, Mexico City Mexico, Mexico, United States, available hospital space, Syed Mohiuddin, COVID-19 Dedicated Care Unit, significant public health
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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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During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Is Prison 'A Death Sentence' for Correctional Staff and Our Communities?
By Dr. Valda Crowder, M.D., MBA What happens in prison does not stay in prison. The cell blocks and bars give us a false sense of containment. Nothing could be further from the truth. According to the Justice Department, 'The average time served by state prisoners released in 2016, from initial
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OP-ED: 8 minutes and 46 seconds | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The catalyst for the latest demonstrations was the senseless and tragic death of George Floyd on May 25 at the hands of four police officers in Minneapolis, Minn. Floyd’s death, those horrific eight minutes and 46 seconds as this American was begging for his life on an American
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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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A ‘Frank’ conversation about race, slavery and the Mississippi flag - TSDMemphis.com
Frank Hurdle and I have a number of things in common. We are both born and raised in Holly Springs, sons of respected families in the town. Though he’s a few years older than me, we both went to Ole Miss. We both were in journalism there, where we both eventually ascended to become the []
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Too Much Sauce: D.C. Mayor Slammed Over BBQ Diss
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OP-ED: Celebrating the Journey of Black Music and its impact on American Culture
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For many generations, Black music has been at the forefront of the changing dynamics of America and the world. Black music adds more than just a layer of diversity to the American identity. One of the oldest and most sacred forms of American folksong is the Negro Spiritual. When
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At the time this article was written, more than 120,000 Americans had perished from the deadly virus COVID-19. The death toll continues to rise right alongside the unemployment rate. As if this tragic state of affairs is not enough for our nation to face, countless individuals are now falling
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By Julianne Malveaux The June Employment Situation report, released on July 2, showed a continued decline in the unemployment rate. Thanks to coronavirus, the rate shot up to 14.7 percent in April and declined to 11.1 percent in June. About 4.8 million more people were on payrolls in June than in
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Commentary Bishop Frank Rush, Ray Hunt JoAnne Valley Rush I applaud your response. Things are not good now in race relations in this country. And though these acts of horrific racism are not new, the “promise” of change seems to keep eluding those who face it daily. Can you imagine many Moms
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM TUES. 6.23.20 7PM ET — BIG DADDY KANE (King Asiatic Nobodys Equal) (1)
Big Daddy Kane (Antonio Hardy) — Grammy Award winner, rapper and actor — started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap collective the Juice Crew. Kane is one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hip hop history. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Kanes legendary Aint No Half-Steppin' #25 on
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LIVESTREAM #FIYAH — 6.15.20 7PM ET — THE LEGENDARY MARY WILSON | BlackPressUSA
RB legend, music rights activist, author and ambassador of the Supremes, Mary Wilson is celebrated by millions all over the world as a member of the Supremes. During the 1960s, the Supremes became Motowns most successful act, and are the best-charting female group in US history — as well as one of
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Opinion: Proposed Business Tax May Head to the November Ballot. Will It Help or Hurt?
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Not Hiring: Georgia Mayor Allegedly Says Her City Isnt Ready For Black Employees
If you’re Black and applying for a job in the mostly all-white town of Hoschton, Georgia, you may want to reconsider: The Mayor doesn’t want you. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mayor Theresa Kenerly told a member of the City Council she yanked the resume of Keith Henry from a group
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Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. George Floyd. These are the names of just some of the Black people who have been senselessly murdered in the U.S. this year. And for the past seven days since George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police, cities and towns across the country have seen uprisings of
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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM: Sugar Ray Leonard Talks Boxing, Personal Demons, and Greatest Triumphs
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MINNESOTA — I just want to let everyone know that were going to bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case, said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Ellison spoke at the press conference announcing the decision by Gov. Tim Walz to transfer the investigation and
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May 26th marked the first night of protests that were ablaze after George Floyd's death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. The day before, four Minneapolis police officers arrested George Floyd for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes. Before verifying if the
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