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Frederick Douglass’s Question What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Still Awaits An Answer.
The brutal truth is that a mainstay of America’s continuing racial divide is its harsh and continuing mistreatment of Blacks. This can be directly traced to the persistent and pernicious legacy of slavery. On that monumental July 4th weekend day one hundred and sixty-eight years ago, Douglass rose
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Film Doc; John Lewis: Good Trouble.
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I feel lucky and blessed that I’m serving in the Congress… But there is a force that is trying to take us back to another time and another dark period,” warns congressman John Lewis. And he’d know. Since age 17, this brave crusader has been at the forefront of the civil rights
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House approves bill that would make DC the 51st state
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Friday to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the citys 700,000 residents are allowed full voting rights, no longer subject to
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Atlanta City Council approves public safety reform legislation, including use-of-force tactics | The Atlanta Voice
The Atlanta City Council approved several items aimed at reforming public safety during Monday’s remote council meeting that continued into Tuesday. The Council approved legislation to adopt the nationally reviewed “8 Can’t Wait” principles and amend the Atlanta Police Department’s standard
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California Senate Okays ACA 5: Affirmative Action Decision Moves to Voters
(CBM) On Wednesday, June 24, the full California Senate voted 30-10 to pass Assembly Constitutional Amendment  5 (ACA 5), an initiative to overturn Proposition 209 and reinstate Affirmative Action in the state after 24 years. The constitutional amendment will now appear on the general election
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Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen schools in fall - Black News Channel
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not because of the risks from the coronavirus pandemic but for political
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Americans can’t travel to Europe because of Covid-19. I’m glad | Tamara Winter - The New York Beacon
Last week, the European Union released a highly anticipated list: countries whose Covid-19 levels are low enough for their travelers to enter Europe now that borders have reopened to non-essential travel. The US is not on it. Given therising numbers of casesbeing reported around
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Stop Pandering to the Leftists Systemic Racism “Big Lie”
President Trump's speech at his rally in Tulsa, OK further confirmed that despite fake news medias' Democrats', Deep-Staters' and #NeverTrumpers' unprecedented evil and unlawful efforts to transform him into a sycophant of the Washington DC swamp, Trump remains solidly one of us. He understands
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Trump set for another massive event during pandemic - The New York Beacon
Keystone, South Dakota (CNN)President Donald Trumpandfirst lady Melania Trumphead to Mount Rushmore National Memorial on Friday to celebrate an early Fourth of July at a gathering ofan estimated 7,500 peopleduring aglobal pandemic. No social distancing is planned for the event despite the
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Activists call for Star Spangled Banner to be replaced as national anthem
The first verse of the poem has become the national anthem of America, but scholars and activists are asking for the song to be replaced. The post Activists call for Star Spangled Banner to be replaced as national anthem appeared first on TheGrio.
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Opinion: Mandatory College Football Practices at Time of Pandemic are Nuts
The NCAA has just ruled that mandatory football practices can begin in July, anticipating a full season of college football. This is nuts. The pandemic isn’t going away; it’s surging in more than 29 states, with seven reporting new records for cases in a day. States that opened early without
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LWVSPA launched a multi-part campaign to help citizens get ready to vote by mail
Jabari Reed-Diop (AKA iBoms) and well-known St. Pete mural artist Derek Donnelly produced a Vote By Mail mural on the large west wall of Enoch Davis Community Center. ST. PETERSBURG — The League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg Area (LWVSPA) had to stop doing in-person voter registration and
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Palo Conteh treason verdict  I salute the Jury – Op ed
Cornelius Deveaux: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2020: Certainly, right thinking Sierra Leoneans and by extension the wider citizenry, will be appalled by a post on the official Facebook page of the SLPP government Ministry of Information and Communications, intending to purport that Sierra
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Kellyanne Conways anti-Trump teen daughter claims shes being silenced
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway had an awkward moment on TikTok with her teen daughter over freedom of speech. Claudia Conway, 15, made headlines this week after she shared her political views with the world through a series of TikTok videos, Complex reports.  While her mother is very much
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Comprehensive Services Key In Deterring Violence, Crime and Negative Interactions With Police | Afro
By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Lamont Crooks could be anywhere when the call comes.  Somewhere in his West Baltimore community a conflict will reach a boiling point; a conflict with the potential to turn deadly, like hundreds of conflicts do each year in his city. He knows it is coming. In
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COVID-19 Could Mean Better Pricing from Your College of Choice. Heres How to Ask - Milwaukee Community Journal
If your financial aid offer is lower than you had hoped, you don’t have to settle for paying more—especially if the pandemic and the subsequent downturn have hit you hard. Financial guru Eric Tyson, MBA, shares strategies parents can use to get a better price. Hoboken, NJ (July 2020)—COVID-19 has
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Opposition APC leadership hit by multiple deaths in road accident
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2020: Sierra Leones main opposition All Peoples Congress Party (APC) today suffered a massive blow, after a vehicle carrying three of the partys Northern regions senior officials, were killed in a road traffic accident on their way to Freetown from Kabala, Koinadugu
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Kanye West Breaks with Trump, Claims 2020 Run is not a Stunt - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press undefined/ BNC Contributor NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter. The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share dragon energy, tells Forbes that he is taking the red hat off — a reference to Trumps trademark red Make
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Council advances plan to dismantle Minneapolis Police Dept.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously approved a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled, following widespread criticism of law enforcement over the killing of George Floyd. The 12-0 vote is just the first step in a process
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Donald Trump a Voice of Reason on Police Reform.
Then Trump signed the order in the Rose Garden flanked by law enforcement leaders who support the administration's reforms. When former President Bill Clinton worked with both sides on an issue, they called it
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Ben Crump heralded as Black Americas Attorney General | Dallas Weekly
Most recently, Crump has represented three of the most high-profile cases in America today in his representation of the families of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot while jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, and Breonna Taylor, gunned down in her bed by Louisville police in Kentucky. But his role in
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RCOE Chief Academic Officer, Cynthia Glover Woods, Appointed to State Board of Education - Black Voice News
On Monday, July 6, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of inland area resident Cynthia Glover Woods of Eastvale to the State Board of Education (BOE). Highly respected and recognized for her educational acumen, Glover Woods has served as Chief Academic Officer with the
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Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tests positive for COVID-19 - TheGrio
Keisha Lance Bottoms has tested positive for COVID-19, the Atlanta mayor announced Monday on Twitter. COVID-19 has literally hit home.... View Article The post Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on TheGrio.
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As party leaders age, progressive Black Democrats take stage | The Atlanta Voice
Yearning for change, a group of progressive Black Democratic congressional hopefuls is rushing toward the national stage, igniting rank-and-file enthusiasm in a party dominated by aging white leaders. Charles Booker, 35, a first-term Kentucky state legislator who grew up poor, is vying for a Senate
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Black Lives Matter at War with America.
“Accessory before the fact” is a legal term referring to a person who incites or assists someone to commit a crime. BLM is physically destroying businesses, assaulting and murdering people. Can victims of BLM file lawsuits against major corporations who are eagerly donating millions to the domestic
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Texas putting reopening on ‘pause’ as virus cases soar
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday halted elective surgeries in Texas’ biggest counties and said the state would “pause” its aggressive re-opening as it deals with a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations that has made it one of the nation’s virus
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Mayor of Mississippi town cries while signing order to take down state flag
For Johnny Magee, change was a long time coming. The mayor of Laurel, Miss. was so emotional when he signed an order to remove the Mississippi state flag from his town that his response went viral. READ MORE: Trump vows prison time for those who vandalize and destroy statues The flag has been
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Hampton U. to Follow Online Format in the Fall
Hampton University President William Harvey announced his school will follow a remote-classes format this fall after initially aiming to reopen amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, saying the situation "has changed drastically."
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Trump administration open to a second round of stimulus payments | The Atlanta Voice
A second round of stimulus payments is on the negotiating table in Washington, but some of the 160 million Americans who got money the first time could be left out. Instead, the Trump administration is pushing for a more limited approach. Thats more likely to garner Republican support in
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Supreme Court says states can punish Electoral College voters | The Atlanta Voice
The Supreme Court said Monday that states can punish members of the Electoral College who break a pledge to vote for a states popular vote winner in presidential elections. The case comes as the election season is heating up, putting the Electoral College will once again be front and center in an
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