Community Calendar: Week of August 23rd

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Community Calendar: Week of August 23rd

August 23-29 Annual Black Winemakers Scholarship Dinner. A virtual event raising scholarship funds for Dallas-Fort Worth area students attending Jackson State University. Tickets are on sale now at: http://dfw-jsu.org. Info: …

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By Brian Lymon - The claim: Historians do not teach that the first Black members of Congress were Republicans. A viral meme, posted on Instagram, features a well-known lithograph of the first Black members of Congress, with a bold [...]

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Ivory Coast ruling party could field Ouattara for third term | Africanews

Leaders from Ivory Coast’s ruling party agreed at a closed-door meeting late Wednesday to press President Alassane Ouattara to seek a third term in October’s presidential

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Cover Star Keke Palmer On Black Lives Matter, Standing Together, And Our Better Future | The Oklahoma Eagle

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Byron Allen: 'I'd love to own CNN. And I will.' - TheGrio

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L.A. DIGEST: Assemblywoman Burke catches coronavirus -

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Pritzker lays out federal COVID-19 response wish list to congressional committee | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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During the pandemic, is prison a death sentence? – Daytona Times

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