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CCSU event shares insights into contributions of Black Americans through history and education

… the composition of African American businesses to … creativity, and contributions African American businesses have made,” … and immigrant groups, African Americans business success and … programs for helping African American communities.”

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– Ida B. Wells

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Prescription for Excellence

In March, Dr. Cynthia Kudji Sylvester, and Dr. Jasmine Kudji made headlines for becoming “the first mother and daughter to attend medical school at the same time and match at the same institution,” according to Kudji Sylvester’s Medical

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Dr. Quinton Morris – Presenting Children With Options In Life Through Music

But as fate would have it, Morris, a tenured music professor at Seattle University, is not only an accomplished violinist, but he is also using his talents and the power of music to empower and inspire children through his non-profit organization, Key To

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10 Elected Officials Of Color Send Letter To Mayor Durkan And Chief Best

On Mon., U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and nine city, county and state elected officials of color who represent the Seattle community sent a letter to Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best that urged them to enact meaningful and transformative changes to the very nature of

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No funds available for sugar bailout

Following discussions with President David Granger yesterday about the state of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), the Ministry of Finance (MoF) last evening said that it could not assist the Corporation with a financial bailout as it did not have the funds to do

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Sky is not the limit for Zimbudzi

RISING multi-talented teen commercial model, poet and actor Eugene Zimbudzi believes the sky is not the limit in his endeavour to take his arts career to greater

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Florida Police Association Recruits ‘Racist’ And Jailed Cops: ‘We Got Your Back!’

The Brevard County Fraternal Order of Police used no uncertain terms in a now-deleted Facebook post encouraging these shamed officers to come down to the Sunshine State to apparently engage in the behavior that got them in trouble without any fear of

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LeBron James And Other Stars Form A Voting Rights Group | The Oklahoma Eagle

Invoking the names of an earlier generation of athletes who called for social justice, Mr. James, a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, said he wanted to be a model for future

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Hispanic Workers Worry About Brexit’s Smallest Land Boundary

But if this has been a politically fraught period for many in Gibraltar, for the approximately 15,000 workers who regularly cross the border with Spain it has been a time of tremendous anxiety and

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Angela Davis Guest Speaker at Brown Folx for Black Lives Event

A ‘Vigil For Black Lives’ hosted by “Brown Folx 4 Black Lives” and The Greenlining Institute was held on Tuesday at 360 14th St. According to organizers, there were a few hundred people in

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Nike Makes Juneteenth An Annual Paid Holiday

In an internal memo, Nike has revealed that it will be recognizing Juneteenth as an annual paid

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Surviving in America's Black Belt amid pandemic and job loss

Both the need and the relief have been on display in the historic civil rights city of Selma, where volunteers distributed free food to scores of people, many of whom shared rides from isolated communities just to get to the school where boxes of fruit and vegetables were

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Business plotting to topple me: ED

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blamed business and hostile foreign governments for the collapse of the local currency and destabilising his government to force him out of

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But ‘democracy’ is not breathing in Sierra Leone

And as expected of the “Falamakata” syndrome which is very much associated with low self-esteemed Sierra Leoneans, many SLPP supporters and apologists have suddenly become human rights activists

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Russell Westbrook, Stanley Nelson Team For Tulsa Race Massacre Docuseries | The Oklahoma Eagle

Westbrook is teaming with celebrated documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson and “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez” producer Blackfin for a series on the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, titled “Terror In Tulsa: The Rise And Fall of Black Wall

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ENOUGH: Will the Murder of George Floyd Finally Bring About the Change Black People Have Been Demanding?

The tragic way in which George Floyd was murdered has conjured up so many past and recent memories of Black people that have fallen victim to homegrown, domestic terrorism, at the hands of members of law enforcement or those who just simply despise Black

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The six-week sessions beginning June 15 and continuing through Aug. 14 are available to 1,000 eligible economically disadvantaged Miami-Dade and Monroe County high school

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Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers’ Quest For Racial Equality Still Resonates

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Mavs Seek Racial Healing With “Courageous Conversations”

Former NBA star Sam Perkins recently said what every black person in America has thought or said numerous times in the past two weeks since unarmed black man George Floyd was killed by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who held his knee to Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46

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Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital | The Atlanta Voice

Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list of Old South monuments removed or damaged around the U.S. in the wake of George

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Faush Family Has Fond Farewell For a Legendary Pastor

Erskine Ramsay “Chuck” Faush Jr. didn’t get what he prayed for as his father’s health

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HBCU Students Organize Thousands for Protest in Jackson – The Mississippi Link

The march was organized by HBCU students Calvert White, of Alcorn State University, Taylor Turnage, of Tougaloo College, Maisie Brown, of North Carolina A&T, and Timothy Young, a recent graduate of Jackson State

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Jon Ossoff wins Georgia US Senate Democratic primary after major voting delays | The Atlanta Voice

Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff won the Democratic primary for a US Senate seat, CNN projected Thursday, becoming a standard bearer for a party increasingly hopeful of taking the Republican Southern stronghold in

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Blacks, Minorities Face Impending Mass Evictions Amid Pandemic

As protests over racial injustice consume the nation, African Americans and other minorities face a wave of rental evictions as a temporary federal moratorium comes to an end in just a matter of

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Illinois Lottery Launches Annual Red Ribbon Cash Instant Ticket | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Illinois Lottery is bringing back its annual Red Ribbon Cash instant ticket, which has raised more than $8.6 million for HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and treatment in Illinois since

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The Grammys Drop The Term “Urban” From Their Language

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As MLK Asked In 1967, Where Do We Go From Here: Community Or Chaos?

Over the years, this column has reported on racial disparities in homeownership, family wealth, the lack of access to affordable credit, and the pattern of alternative financial services preying upon communities of color by charging triple-digit interest rates on small-dollar

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Jagdeo calls for swift swearing in of Ali

As he signalled a role for himself in the next government, former two-term President and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the constitution provides that PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali should be declared the winner based on votes

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Police officers wash feet of black pastors in N. Carolina

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