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www.espn.com By Tim MacMahon Houston Rockets star guard Russell Westbrook announced that he tested positive for the coronavirus before the team departed for Walt Disney World. Westbrook, co-star James Harden and recent addition Luc Mbah a Moute did not travel with the Rockets to
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Amid Unrest, Songs Continue To Voice The Black Experience - Black News Channel
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer/BNC Contributer NEW YORK (AP) — After watching the ghastly video of George Floyd dying as a police officer pressed a knee on his neck, Grammy-nominated RB singer Trey Songz couldnt sleep. He felt a pain in his gut so heavy it brought him down to his home
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Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg is an American rapper who is famous for his gangster image and rap meets reggae style of music. He was born Calvin Broadus on October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California to Beverly Broadus and Vernall Varnado. His father was a war veteran and singer, who was rarely present in his
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Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre is an American rap singer and producer who is sometimes referred to as the most influential rap producer of all time. Dre was born Andre Romelle Young on February 18, 1965 in Compton, California to Theodore and Verna Young, who were both singers. His parents separated when Dre was 3 years
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Barbara Jordan Quotes: African American Congresswoman
Barbara Jordan, born and raised in a Houston, Texas, ghetto, became active in politics working for John F. Kennedys presidential campaign in 1960. She served in the Texas House of Representatives and in the Texas Senate. Barbara Jordan was the first black woman to be elected to the Texas
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Black Business Owner Says He Was Evicted By His White Landlord For Participating In BLM Protests
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AFRO FACTS - THE START OF THE NAACP | Afro
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Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million for COVID-19 Relief in Five Cities - The New Journal and Guide
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Black Lives Matter Plaza Leads Road to The White House | Afro
Some 27 years later, millions around the nation and world are protesting against the same sad plight for Black Americans, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser may not have had an all-star team of musicians on a track, but she found a way to paint the road to the White House
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Announcing Congresswoman Johnson’s 2020 Congressional App Challenge  WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s office is excited to announce the Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app competition for students in middle and high school.  The CAC accepts computer programs (or
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Big cuts could hit little Californians: $1 billion in preschool and child care dollars at risk – Voice and Viewpoint
He also has proposed cuts to existing, early childhood funding that advocates worry could force child care providers to reduce the number of kids they serve, or even close their
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HeroZona Foundation Establishes Nation’s Largest COVID-19 Testing Site | Afro
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Like most of Arizona, Phoenix has suffered a tremendous spike in COVID-19 cases, and coronavirus testing has been limited. In response to the rapidly expanding numbers of the virus in Arizona and the need for additional
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Black Bird Watcher Won’t Help Prosecute Amy Cooper
“Bringing her more misery just seems like piling on.”
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Ice Cube
Ice Cube is an American rapper, actor, and film and music producer. He was born O’Shea Jackson on June 15, 1969 in Los Angeles to a hospital clerk named Doris Jackson and a university groundskeeper Hosea Jackson. He first started rapping in high school, and then attended the Phoenix Institute of
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Amid unrest, songs continue to voice black experience
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We Still #SayHerName: Remembering Sandra Bland 5 Years Later | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Sandra Bland.  Sandra Bland.  Sandra Bland.  Sandra Bland. Sandra Bland.  Say her name for every year since her justice fighting light was dimmed. It’s been five years since Bland was arrested, detained and found hanging three days later in a Waller
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Preaching Black Lives Matter in the national fight for racial justice | Atlanta Daily World
As protests around the death of George Floyd take place across the United States, messages of transformation and racial justice have never been more necessary or more relevant. Many who have been reticent to speak out on issues of racial inequality in the past now find themselves motivated to take
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Police Brutality Is Thriving Amid Protests Against Police Violence
Demonstrators across the country have legally assembled in public following the egregious police killings of Black people that likely would not have happened if they were
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Company That Owns Lane Bryant Preparing To File For Bankruptcy, Closing 1,200 Stores
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Big Mac Racism at McDonald’s - Milwaukee Community Journal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Under the guise of reorganizing the way they manage the franchise system, the restaurant system across the country, they basically decimated the ranks of the African American leadership and employees,” Caruso said. “That to me is one of the most glaring act of intentional
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Democrats Kneel At Capitol Building To Honor George Floyd
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Biden reinforces plan for Black America after Breakfast Club backlash
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Protester, 75, released from hospital 4 weeks after being pushed by police : TheGrio
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Washington's NFL Team Drops 'Redskins' Name After 87 Years
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