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The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?
Collective African American net income (spending power) now exceeds $1 trillion dollars annually. Because of this economic reality, a wide variety of contemporary companies continually create marketing campaigns to effectively reach this important segment of the U.S. consumer market. Yet, in the
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Source: Black Past
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Gadsden, James I. (1948- )
In 2002, Ambassador James Irvin Gadsden, career diplomat, and educator, was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as ambassador to Iceland. Gadsden was born on March 12, 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, to James who worked as a janitor and Hazel Gaines Gadsden who was a housewife and
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Source: Black Past
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1948
AP-NORC Poll: Politics Drive Divergent View of US Economy | Afro
By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Fenty, Adrian M. (1970- )
Adrian Malik Fenty was born to Philip and Jan Fenty, an interracial couple, on December 6, 1970, in Washington, D.C.   Fenty’s parents were both runners and they owned the athletic shoe store Fleet Feet in Washington, D.C.  Fenty graduated from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Washington. While
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Source: Black Past
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For the First Time Ever, There Will Finally Be a Black Bachelor
After 24 seasons, ABC’s hit reality series The Bachelor is finally getting its first Black
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African Americans 'probably ought to be' shot more by police, a top Tulsa officer said
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum on Wednesday blasted one of his police department's top commanders after the officer denied there's systemic racism in law enforcement, then said African Americans "probably ought to be" shot
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The Sword of The Black Press
Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly
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From Desire to Purpose...
Renee Dugue, is a Healer, Artist, Writer, Humanitarian and Co-Founder and Executive Director of Reborn Rising, where they support minority male child homicide survivors beyond their grieving period through music, art, education, entrepreneurial ventures, travel, humanitarian efforts, and
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Uhuru Kenyatta
Uhuru Kenyatta , in full Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born October 26, 1961, Nairobi, Kenya), Kenyan businessman and politician who held several government posts before being elected president of Kenya in
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Opinion | It’s Not Obesity. It’s Slavery.
It set in motion black people’s diminished access to healthy foods, safe working conditions, medical treatment and a host of other social inequities that negatively impact
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Smythe-Haith, Mabel Murphy (1918-2006)
The daughter of college graduates, Mabel M. Smythe-Haith is so far the only black American woman who was named a U.S. ambassador after her husband had earlier served in the same capacity.  Mabel Murphy was born into a family of four siblings on April 3, 1918 in Montgomery, Alabama. At age 15 she
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1918
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Upper-sixth-form students Michael Jovan Anthony ‘MJ’ Forbes and Yashieka Fearon are using GoFundMe to pursue their dreams of higher education, and with donations coming in, these aspirations now have the possibility of becoming
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Southern University Law Center [New Orleans] (1947-- )
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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1972
NAACP economic development chair helps local entrepreneurs –
Orlando Johnson was tapped by Flagler County NAACP president Linda Sharpe Matthews in 2013 to serve as the branch’s Economic Development
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South Africa: Data Lockdown - Tension Simmers As Questions Are Raised About Access to COVID-19 Information
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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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16
1972
Legend Beverly Johnson Encourages America Not To Be Fooled By Brands Hiring Black Models In Fashion
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When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home?
There is a ground swell in America, and for 13 days there has been multiracial protests and demonstrations based on the killing of George Floyd by four Minnesota
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(1994) Sister Souljah, “We Are At War"
In 1993 Sister Souljah (born Lisa Williamson), a Bronx-born rapper, earned national notoriety thanks ironically to then Presidential candidate Bill Clinton who denounced her comments about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots as “hate driven and racist.”  Sister Souljah responded with her own
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Pandemic Hits Black Business Owners Harder Than Other Racial Groups
A new report authored by a California economics professor has found that just as African Americans are dying disproportionately from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is killing their businesses at a higher rate as
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Lockdown cigarette wars: Govt admits smokers 'less likely to be infected' with coronavirus | News24
The government has admitted "smoking populations were less likely to be infected" with the coronavirus and develop Covid-19.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt W. E. B. Du Bois (/d uː ˈ b ɔɪ z/ doo-BOYZ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and
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10 years on… still remains witness to history
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Westerfield, Samuel Z. (1920-1972)
Westerfield was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 15, 1919 to Dr. Samuel Z.C. Westerfield and Rachael Weddleton Colquitt. His father was the first black student to graduate with a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Nebraska. Westerfield married Helene Bryant in 1945. She was an
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