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SOS holds Juneteenth march across the bridge in Selma
The Save Ourselves Movement for Justice and Democracy, the NAACP, ANSC, and other organizations sponsored a Juneteenth celebration in Selma, Alabama which culminated in a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and rally in the Voting Rights Memorial Park at the foot of the bridge on the Eastern
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Gov. Cooper vetoes Senate Bill 168 - WS Chronicle
Earlier this week Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a controversial bill that included language that would have limited access to death records of those who die while in police custody. The post Gov. Cooper vetoes Senate Bill 168 appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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McDonalds, Honda Helping HBCU Students During COVID-19 Pandemic
McDonald's and Honda are both stepping up to help HBCU students who have been severely affected by the public health crisis.
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Newswire: NASA announces Washington DC Headquarters will be named for Mary W. Jackson
By: tffhthewriter NASA engineer and mathematician Mary W. Jackson is finally getting her just due. On Wednesday (Jun 24) NASA announced plans to rename their headquarters located in Washington DC after the first Black female aerospace engineer Mary W. Jackson. Jackson, who was the agency’s first
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The True Plight of African-Americans.
White liberals and black politicians focus most of their attention on what the police do, but how relevant is that to the overall tragedy? According to Statista, this year, 172 whites and 88 blacks have died at the hands of police. To put police shootings in a bit of perspective, in Chicago alone
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Newswire : The killing of George Floyd sparks continued protests, outrage across the nation
By Hamil R. Harris (TriceEdneyWire.com) Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin relaxed as he was suffocating George Floyd. His hands were in his pockets. He was looking around and his knee was on the neck of the handcuffed man for nearly nine minutes until he died.It didn’t matter
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WANTED: Residents to join conversations about racial equity in proposed bond 2020
Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Office (REO) is calling on communities in the city’s southern sector to help define what racial equity will look like in Dallas ISD’s proposed Bond 2020 package of school and facility improvements.  REO has scheduled a series of community conversations to support its
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President Trump Tweets Out White Power Message, Black Republican Senator Tim Scott Expresses Dismay
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The social media incident was yet another example of the President retweeting dubious messages from his twitter account. The tweet regarding “The Villages” was later deleted after Black Republican Senator Tim Scott expressed dismay. The Republican from South Carolina also called the
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Betsy DeVos Sued for Illegally Trying to Transfer Pandemic Relief Funds from Public to Private Schools
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Alex Brandon/AP, Getty/eccolo74 A billionaire bureaucrat who runs the nations federal-level education funding agency is being sued again for what media reports are calling unlawful activity. The District of Columbia (D.C.) and a number of Democratic states have
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Meet School Board District 7 candidates
Dr. Ricardo Davis, Caprice Edmond, Corey Givens Jr, Dr. Sharon Jackson ST. PETERSBURG – Meet some of the candidates running for Pinellas School Board, District 7. The seat is being vacated by Rene Flowers, who is running for the Pinellas County Commission. District 7 encompasses most of south
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Michael Jordan And Jordan Brand Will Donate $100 Million To Racial And Social Justice Organizations
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‘Stand Up:’ California AG Shares Resources to Fight Hate Crimes
On June 24, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with leaders of multiple California legislative caucuses, urged California residents to stand up to hate by reporting suspected hate crimes in a powerful video. AG Becerra office’s website also released sharable digital resources in 14
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Birmingham dismantles Confederate monument that stood for 115 years
The base of a Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument in Alabama’s largest city was all that remained Tuesday morning after crews worked overnight to dismantle it. The monument was built by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1905.Workers began Monday night, June 1, 2020, removing the top portion
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OP-ED: Past Due Time for American Healthcare System to Protect Black Americans
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because of the systematic racism that is rooted in our nation, racial disparities in American healthcare have caused illness, injury, and death in minority communities across the country. Black Americans suffer the most at the hands of the American healthcare system. Now, we are
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This Woman Is Creatin Custom Dolls For Girls With Curly Hair
Yelitsa Jean-Charles is the founder of Healthy Root Dolls, a company that allows customers to create custom dolls for their young girls.
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Harry Lee, Willie Mae and Fannie Lou: ‘Lest we forget’
BY GOLIATH J. DAVIS, III, PH.D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG I am asked why I am so passionate about education. The answer is a simple one. As a product of segregation, I so vividly recall mama, grandma, granddaddy, community activists, and educators sounding the alarm: Education is the way up and
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LIVESTREAM — 6.5.20 7:30PM ET FIYAH! — ONE-ON-ONE with OTIS WILLIAMS of The Temptations! | BlackPressUSA
"My Girl," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "I Wish It Would Rain," "Cloud Nine," and "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)." IT'S BLACK MUSIC APPRECIATION MONTH! And, we're celebrating with the incomparable Otis Williams and The Temptations (and a few surprises) as part of our
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Newswire: Cuba’s two pandemics: The Coronavirus and the US Embargo
By Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Al Jazeera The Trump administration is trying to hinder Cuba's efforts to tackle the coronavirus emergency at home and abroad.As soon as the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Cuba, our country mobilized all its resources to contain the spread of the virus.Our
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M³ Honors MPS Seniors Graduating with Early College Credit
The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M³ early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education institutions. M³ (pronounced M-Cubed) is
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Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee names new Principal Coordinator
Drew Glover a California native is the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee’s new Principal Coordinator.Glover replaces Faya Rose Toure, who co-founded the Jubilee with her husband and former State Senator Hank Sanders. Toure was the Jubilee’s unpaid coordinator for the last 28 years.“It is an honor and
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J.J. Rhoads pre-K scholarships are available: Enroll today
DALLAS — Enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year is now underway at Joseph J. Rhoads.  Dallas ISD is offering scholarships for eligible 3- and 4-year-olds to attend J.J. Rhoads All-Day Learning Center in South Dallas at no cost starting this August. The scholarship guidelines are designed to
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M³ Honors MPS Seniors Graduating with Early College Credit
The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M³ early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education institutions. M³ (pronounced M-Cubed) is
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Newswire : Black jobless rate was 15. 4 percent in June
by BlackmansStreet.Today The Black Unemployment rate June was 15.4 percent in June, down from 16.8 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week.The jobless rate for Black men, 20 and older, however, rose to 16.3 percent in June compared with 15.5 percent in May, BLS
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MPS honors graduates with a week-long celebration
Graduation is always an exciting time in Milwaukee Public Schools! This year, MPS will recognize seniors with a weeklong celebration of virtual graduation ceremonies. Graduates and their families will be able to watch their school’s class president, valedictorian, salutatorian, commencement
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Atlanta Entrepreneur, Clark Atlanta University Launch Scholarship Fund For Rayshard Brooks’ Children
Atlanta entrepreneur Aisha “Pinky” Cole teamed up with Clark Atlanta University to create a scholarship fund for Rayshard Brooks’ children.
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Greene County Commission approves resolution requiring face coverings to slow spread of coronavirus; reaches partial agreement with Sheriff on budget shortfall
In a specially called telephone conference call on Monday, June 29, 2020, the Greene County Commission adopted a resolution requiring people to wear face coverings, when they are in public settings, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.The resolution is a response to the continuing
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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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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — COVID-19 & THE FUTURE OF HBCUs — Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D Interviews Makola M. Abdulah, Ph.D | BlackPressUSA
VIDEO — Join us for the first in an ongoing series of livestreams between the Black Press and the presidents of America's HBCUs, moderated by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.
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Newswire : Mississippi surrenders Confederate symbol from state flag
By: Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. A broad coalition
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Larry Coleman is candidate for Eutaw Council seat, District 4
I, Larry Coleman, am a candidate for Eutaw City Council, District 4. While I was growing up as a child in Greene County, I was schooled on many lifelong lessons. My parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie and Bertha Coleman, taught me the values of hard work, education and faith in God. After graduating for
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