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`Get your knee off our necks!': Floyd mourned in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hollywood celebrities, musicians and politicians gathered in front of the golden casket of George Floyd at a fiery memorial Thursday for the man whose death at the hands of police sparked global protests, with a civil rights leader declaring it is time for black people to
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DJ Akademiks Says He’ll Stop Posting Meek Mill Related Content Rapper’s Request
How such a move would actually help Meek's career is unclear, but at the moment is seems like more of a matter of principal than a business decision.
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Source: The Urban Daily
Government is tracking you via your mobile phone: Here’s how and why
Government has been criticised for 'sneaking' applications onto phones without permission; but the truth is, you need to opt-in, even if the terms and conditions aren't that clear.
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Florida cops shot unarmed Black man within seconds during arrest - TheGrio
A 2014 Florida fatal shooting is under renewed scrutiny after a newly released video showed that police officers shot an unarmed Black man within seconds of the encounter without provocation. READ MORE: Council advances plan to dismantle Minneapolis Police Dept. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office has
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Time to Tear Ole Hillary Clintons Name from State Department Pavilion.
The time is past due to remove Hillary Clinton's name from the State Department and put it in a historical location where we can best study her legacy and learn from it. Is there a museum at
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McDonalds Launches $500,000 Scholarship For HBCU Students
In partnership with the ESSENCE Girls United HBCU initiative, McDonalds has launched a new scholarship fund for students attending historically Black college and universities.
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Nascar, A Circus With Clowns And All: Why Efforts To Destroy Racism Are Destined To Fail Again And Again.
The cause of my amusement was the result of years of studying American racial matters. Those studies informed my belief that when one considers that NASCAR has historically served as a haven for “the good ol’ boys” aka avowed white bigots a significant backlash was coming from their monochromatic
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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn will file bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Juneteenth is a day commemorating the emancipation of slaves in Texas on June
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COVID-19: Cases in SA increase by 6 579, deaths now at 2 292
The total number of COVID-19 cases are at 118 375 as of Thursday 25 June. A total of 1 460 012 tests have been conducted to date.
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Georgia unemployment falls into single digits
Georgia’s unemployment rate is back in the single digits, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Unemployment in Georgia stood at 9.7 percent for the month of May, down 2.9 percent from April’s jobless rate of 12.6 percent. “I think we are going to continue to see big drops in the
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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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Fear Of A Black Planet: White People Becoming Minorities In America Sooner Than Expected, New Census Data Confirms
For the first time in history, non-white people and Hispanics made up the bulk of those who are age 16 and younger and living in the U.S.
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White Indiana Nurse Loses Job After Commentary About George Floyd
White Indiana woman went on social media to suggest that George Floyd's death was "probably because he was high on meth, Fentanyl, and positive for COVID
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New Juneteenth meaning for Black Texans, while push to make holiday goes national
The activist and educator will lead her community on foot for two and a half miles — a distance that represents the number of additional years it took before enslaved people in Texas were informed of their freedom after the signing of the Emancipation
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`He is going to change the world’: Funeral held for Floyd
HOUSTON (AP) — George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial
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Keep Your Statues And Movies- Give Us Our Reparations Now – Your Black World
The paper says, “HBO Max temporarily removed the epic from its service after the surge of Black Lives Matter protests across the country and a re-energized discussion about racial inequality” ) But While Hollywood copes with their conflicts and contradictions for promoting White supremacy in their
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Homeland Security Says It Will Secure Historic Landmarks From 'Anarchists'
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Hot Boy Summer: Rapper 6LACK Launches His Own Hot Sauce Brand
6LACK has the streets with his newest release and is about to turn up the temperature up again. He is releasing his own food condiment line. As spotted on High Snobiety another emerging talent is leveraging his brand into another business category. As per the report the Baltimore, Maryland native
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Former Miami Gardens Cop Arrested After Tasing Pregnant Woman And Kneeling On Her Neck
33-year-old Safiya Satchell lost her child as a result of the January 14 incident.
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Entrepreneurs launch campaign to bridge the Black Wealth Gap | Dallas Weekly
The 10K Project is an economic movement to create a 100% black-owned crowdfunding platform As part of a national movement to fund black business and bridge the black wealth gap, a group of entrepreneurs have launched a 100% black-owned equity crowdfunding platform to create a new generation of
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We're Celebrating Juneteenth, Come Hell Or High Water
But this year, the retired teacher and community advocate has recalled this moment to remind Americans of the importance of Juneteenth, the official end of slavery in the United States, as the cry for freedom
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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
As this continued to happen, I made the decision to call the Chief Medical Officer for United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), Dr. Joseph Varon and share my
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Why are we not being arrested? - Julius Malema taunts authorities
Give Julius Malema a microphone and an audience, and you can expect fireworks. The EFF leader had some spicy responses to his VBS 'interrogation'.
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Leading the Charge: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Uses Political Platform to Advocate for Testing and Necessary Resources in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the midst of one of the deadliest pandemics in the history of the United States, there has been at least one elected official who has truly led the charge and been on the frontlines of dealing with addressing this unprecedented COVID-19 virus – that elected official has been none other than
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Minority-Owned Miestro.com Paves Faster, Simpler Path for the Massive E-Learning Space Industry | Afro
By BlackPressUSA As social distancing and shelter at home became the newest challenge for burnt-out seasoned professionals to surmount in the era of COVID-19, one small company had already been helping frustrated corporate executives turn their expansive knowledge into robust revenue in the
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie “Secrets,” NBA Youngboy “Death Enclaimed” & More | Daily Visuals 6.24.20
With A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s latest offering in the deluxe version of Artist 2.0, the Bronx rapper has been going extra hard these past few days with dropping new visuals in support of the project and today continues on his grizzly.
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Baltos Northeast Market Reopens Mon June 29 | Afro
BALTIMORE’S NORTHEAST MARKET REOPENS TO CUSTOMERS MONDAY, JUNE 29 Fresh seafood, meats, produce as well as popular specialty dishes now available indoors BALTIMORE, MD (June 26, 2020) – Northeast Market, the City’s Public Market serving Eastside residents and workers from The Johns Hopkins Medical
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Worlds deadliest ongoing Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared over - Face2Face Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared over the deadly Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo after 22 months, 2287deaths and 1171survivors in an active conflict zone. According to the WHO, no new cases have been reported in the North Kivu province since April 27. Speaking after the announcement
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Call to Defund the Police Gains Momentum in Oakland
Major cities like Los Angeles and New York City have taken steps to reduce the budgets of their police departments – and in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered last month, the City Council announced plans to completely dismantle the city’s police
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Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, Texas Southern University educator for 70 years, makes his transition
Already an icon in many circles, Freeman rose to more widespread prominence and a fresh appreciation last year when his three-digit birthday was feted in a large public affair attended by dignitaries and scores of former
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8th Annual African American History Parade and Symposium – The Houston Sun
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