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Looters, lowlifes, and liars
Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement to threaten people’s legal right to
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Status of His Dream Today
On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million people, mostly African Americans, gathered at the National Mall for The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They came to express their discontent with the persistent racism of the nation, particularly that of the southern states where Jim Crow laws
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This Journalist Helped Eradicate Hospital Debt for Thousands in Memphis
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(2004) Bill Cosby, “The Pound Cake Speech”
On May 17, 2004, the NAACP staged a gala celebration at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Comedian, actor, and philanthropist Bill Cosby was asked to deliver the main address. Cosby
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Gayle King Says It Feels Like “Open Season” On Black Men After Back-To-Back Reports Of Racial Violence
CBS This Morning host Gayle King had an visceral emotional reaction after viewing two incidents pertaining to state violence and Black men, made the rounds on social media after Memorial Day
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Publix Employee Quits After Being Told He Can’t Wear BLM Mask
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Amy Cooper Charged With Falsely Reporting A Crime After Calling The Police On Black Bird Watcher
The white woman who called the police on a Black man in Central Park for allegedly threatening her is now facing charges.
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OP-ED: Black Girl Magic-Stacey Abrams Saves Democracy | The Michigan Chronicle
All hail Stacey Abrams! The tyranny at the U.S. Capitol by domestic terrorists, a noose built on federal grounds by racists, and a Confederate flag toted inside the U.S. Capitol by a white nationalist, will not overshadow one of the most extraordinary feats. For the first time, the new blue state
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Sharon Chuter’s Pull Up or Shut Up Campaign is Encouraging Action Plans Against Systemic Racism in the Workforce •
Shortly after company responses to the protests across the nation came rolling in, including those from the beauty community, Chuter created nonprofit organization, Pull Up for Change, and launched the Pull Up or Shut Up
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Jodie Turner-Smith Clowns Terry Crews For His ‘Black Supremacy’ Tweet
Terry Crews had social media doing a collective eye roll when he tweeted about non-existent “Black
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Black Lives Matter at War with America.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Outrageously, cowardly and traitorous politicians are allowing Black Lives Matter, a racist hate group to engage in an “Everything Must Go” fire-sale against
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(1921) Marcus Garvey “Address to the Second UNIA Convention”
By 1921 the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was well on its way to becoming the largest predominately black organization in the world.  Marcus Garvey, the UNIAs founder, however, already recognized W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP as its chief rival.  In his closing night speech to the
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HOWELL: The 'Black RJ Policy Agenda' Will Turn Racism Upside Down - The Washington Informer
As the U.S. Supreme Court reviews abortion cases that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion, there is a lot of attention being paid to abortion rights — but not enough emphasis on the full range of reproductive health and rights
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Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action
In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade, a community festival, a soulful rendition of “Lift
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Black Activists Confront Affirmative Action Opponents on Zoom Call
If voters approve ACA 5 in November, it will bring Affirmative Action back to the state of
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An Episcopal Presidential Lament | Afro
From the streets of Minneapolis, where Mr. George Floyd went limp after a police officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes, to outside the White House gates to the hundreds of protestors who besieged cities like
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Change
Assertive, foresighted and progressive political leadership among Black elected officials has been wanton in the past, and now, Black folks must decide who to elect as we’re faced with some of the gravest challenges of our
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2020, the year of America's fall
The people – not just Black people – but a huge swath of America’s people – are fed up with America’s racism, spurred and nurtured by white supremacy which has given White people the false belief that they can do whatever they want
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New film '1 Angry Black Man' unpacks racism
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The “Black RJ Policy Agenda” will turn racism upside down | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Marcela Howell As the U.S. Supreme Court reviews abortion cases that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion, there is a lot of attention being paid to abortion rights — but not enough emphasis on the full range of reproductive health and rights issues. Every preg
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(1947) Henry A. Wallace, “Ten Extra Years”
Henry A. Wallace, the Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 and the future candidate for the Presidency on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948, chose the National Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma in December 1947 to outline his views on racial
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(1875) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “The Great Problem to be Solved”
After the Civil War Frances Ellen Watkins Harper worked among African Americans as a representative of the Womens Christian Temperance Union. From her new position Harper publicized the violence and intimidation in the South directed at the freedpeople. She argued African Americans must organize to
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(1895) Booker T. Washington, "The Atlanta Compromise Speech"
On September 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington gave an address to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition which became known as the “Atlanta Compromise Speech.” The address appears
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The illusion of integration
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Black Dunkin Donuts Manager Charged With Manslaughter For Fatally Punching Elderly White Man Who Called Him A Racial Slur - Blavity
A Black employee was charged with aggravated manslaughter for fatally punching a white man who used a racial slur.
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It’s Safe to Dine Out, Try Shamba Cafe
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(1875) Congressman John R. Lynch, “Speech on the Civil Rights Bill”
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Mass Grave Found During Search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Victims
Archeologists in Tulsa, Oklahoma, looking for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre said on Wednesday they've uncovered more than 10 coffins.
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