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BREAKING NEWS: NBA: 19 more players, two at Disney World test positive for coronavirus - Dallas Post Tribune
(AP) - On June 23, 16 NBA players tested positive for coronavirus. Between June 24-29, nine more NBA players tested positive. But that downward trend took a sharp reversal in July. At least 19 more players, two after arriving at Disney World, have tested positive for coronavirus NBA release: Of the
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Hate Groups Received PPP Loans As Business Struggle To Stay Afloat
As small businesses suffer and close five months into the coronavirus pandemic, hate groups have received funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
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Jrue Holiday Will Donate NBA Checks to Social Justice and Black Business
New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday has decided he will donate up to $5.3 million in game checks to start a social justice fund.
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Judge Hits Dame Dash With Default Judgement In Federal Lawsuit Case
BOSSIP is exclusively reporting that a judge slapped Dash with a default judgment after ignoring and failing to respond to a lawyer's defamation case against him.
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There are certain days in life when you need an angel. It could be to get you through the pain of a full day without eating because you only had enough to feed your children. Maybe it’s to find your way past the grief of losing a loved one to the virus that’s wreaking havoc Read
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Angola: Cuimba's Chieftain Calls for Increased Police Action
[ANGOP] Mbanza Kongo -- The chieftain of Cuimba municipality, in northern Zaire province, Ntinti Lulendo, Wednesday, called for the need to strengthen the actions of the National Police in the neighborhoods of the region to contain the growing wave of crime.
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Couples Swingers Event Pinged as COVID Superspreader
New Orleans has lots of strict COVID-19 guidelines in place including no dancing, but that didn’t stop the 2020 Naughty N’awlins Swingers Convention from happening on November 14th. Get Breaking News & Exclusive Contest in Your Inbox:   In order to attend this year’s event, the 250 attendees
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Zaila Avant-garde: Three-time Guinness World Record holder makes history at national spelling bee [watch]
Fourteen-year-old basketball prodigy Zaila Avant-garde became the first African-American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday.
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NBA Doctors Worried About Potential Lingering Heart Issues For NBA Players Who Test Positive For COVID-19 - Black Enterprise
Medical experts suggests that an NBA player who tests positive for the coronavirus may suffer from lingering effects in the future.
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Southern University [Shreveport] (1964 -- )
Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and
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Georgia Gov Sues to End Cities' Defiance on Mask Rules - Black News Channel
By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in a suit filed
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African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Awards $1. 6 Million In Grants : NPR
The National Historic Trust's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund gave out $1.6 million in grants to sites that tell American history "through the lens of Black humanity and identity."
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Morris F. X. Jeff, Sr: Pioneer in Establishing Recreational & Educational Programs for Black Children
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Gov Signs $6.6. Billion Bill to Reopen Schools and Provide Student Support - L.A. Focus News
California Black Media  Gov. Newsom’s $6.6 billion bill aims to provide adequate academic, mental health, and social-emotional support for students across California. The proposed education budget includes $2 billion for in-person instruction and safety measures such as personal protective
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Netflix's High on the Hog: The story of African American Food - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… and Harris says, “the African American hand in the kitchen … of African culture and African American culture. It is one … of the histories of African Americans and African American food were. We … on some of his contemporary African American chefs in New Orleans. …
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Amazing Atlanta Black teens win third consecutive Harvard debate competition - Face2Face Africa
A team of African American students known as 'The Atlanta Great Debaters' won the championship title for the international Harvard debate competition for the third time in a row this year. The team defended and competed against students from more than 25 countries in this year’s event held
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Investigators list potential crimes in Indiana assault case - Black News Channel
By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America/ BNC Contributor  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State investigators identified six potential crimes Thursday in an incident report concerning the reported assault on a Black man at a southern Indiana lake. Vauhxx Booker, a local civil rights activist and
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CNN Host W. Kamau Bell on His Shifting View of White Supremacy
'United Shades of America' host W. Kamau Bell opens up about how his travels to communities across America have shifted his views on race.
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Charles Barkley Donates $1,000 To Employees At His Former High School
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Re-Writing the History Part 2... - New Orleans Data News Weekly
Brier Evans Data News Weekly Contributor Trailblazers of the Civil Rights Era often end up in the history books, and most only collect their roses posthumously. But a few of them live long enough to [...] The post Re-Writing the History Part 2… appeared first on New Orleans Data News Weekly.
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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.[1] The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion
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23 Million Renters Face Eviction by September Due to COVID-19 New Report Estimates
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Thousands of students have dropped out of school due to Covid-19. These are the educators trying to track them down | Dallas Weekly
(CNN) - The first thing you need to know about dropping out of school is that it doesn't happen all at once. Educators say students don't just wake up one day and decide that's it, no more school. It happens slowly. They get a little behind, they get more behind, they can't imagine catching up, so
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Where Black Americans Will Travel Farther than Whites for COVID-19 Vaccination
Similar to the idea of "food deserts," many urban Black neighborhoods lack pharmacies, clinics, hospitals or health centers that can administer COVID-19 vaccine
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Southern University [New Orleans] (1956-- )
Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and
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Yikes! Lamar Odom Gets A Bikini Wax
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Pelicans show balanced scoring in routing Thunder - Stabroek News
(Field Level Media) Brandon Ingram scored 20 points to lift the New Orleans Pelicans to a 113-80 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder yesterday. The article Pelicans show balanced scoring in routing Thunder appeared first on Stabroek News.
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The Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Impact Fund Gifts $1 Million to Black Owned Businesses
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NFL Wide Receiver Kenny Stills Charged With Felony at Protest Seeking Justice for Breonna Taylor - Black Enterprise
Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills was arrested for taking part in the ongoing protests in pursuit of justice for Breonna Taylor.
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