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Republicans vs. Democrats: Who’s watching the NFL this season? - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Comscore analysis of the first three weeks of the season shows viewership among all households dropping about five percent compared to last season, but numbers among self-identified Democrats have remained relatively steady
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VIDEO: Gamer Held at Gunpoint During Live Stream – Free Press of Jacksonville
Players taking part in a live-stream online game witnessed some unexpected real-life action when a man waving a gun appeared on the screen at one of the participants’ homes. The incident was captured during a [...]
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On this day in 1920, Black History Was Made
BY: JAMES SWIFT, JR. On this day in Black history, the first of the Black major league baseball organization was established. Prior to 1920, there had been a number of Black baseball organizations in operation during the late 19th and early 20th century, but the Negro National League marked the
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Super Rugby Unlocked: Unbeaten Cheetahs name team to face Lions
The Cheetahs will have to find a way to extend their unbeaten run in Super Rugby Unlocked without skipper Ruan Pienaar.
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FILM: Black Voices Are Loud and Clear at New York Film Festival | Dallas Weekly
Attesting to NYFF’s eagerness to hear black voices, the fest featured three main slate films from British director/writer Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave’’) that are part of a five-episode West Indian community-based mini-series “Small Axe.’’ McQueen’s homage to his Caribbean roots will appear on
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SMOKE CLOUDS FIRE TRUCKS - Integrity Commission called on to probe multibillion-dollar contract award process
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Minority-Owned Small Businesses Were Supposed To Get Priority. They May Not Have
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Supporters and Opponents of Prop 24 Make Last-Minute Pitches to Voters Before Election — The Sacramento Observer
(CBM) - Two years after California lawmakers passed the first consumer data privacy act in the country, voters have a chance to expand the law or leave it as it is. Proposition 24 on the November ballot would update the California Consumer Privacy Act to add new provisions and create an agency to
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Hank Aaron, 86, receives COVID-19 vaccine and hopes to inspire other Black Americans to do the same
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San Francisco Passes CAREN Act, Making Racially-based 911 Calls Illegal
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Singer CeCe Peniston recently addressed reports that she accused Lizzo of plagiarism. In a new video interview, she discussed the similarities between her ad libs […]
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Whicker: Nick Saban churns out Steve Sarkisian as another Coach Wash client | L.A. Focus News
Nick Saban operates a giant Coach Wash on the Alabama campus. It’s automatic, with interior and exterior service, vacuuming, detailing and several balls of wax. It might get uncomfortable and loud when you’re inside, but you roll out of there sanitized, all the grime dispelled, ready to hit another
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Black voices are loud and clear at New York Film Festival – Florida Courier
BY DWIGHT BROWN NNPA NEWS WIRE The lineup at the 2020 New York Film Festival (NYFF) included an impressive array of African diaspora films and the festival’s usual collection of international motion pictures. Attesting to NYFF’s eagerness to hear black voices, the fest featured three main slate
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NETFLIX HAS revealed the trailer for Chadwick Boseman's final film, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Boseman,... The post Trailer for Chadwick Boseman's final film released appeared first on Voice Online.
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Young Jamaicans advocate for the environment
The faces in environmental activism have become younger in recent times, with 17-year-old Greta Thunberg, a teenage activist from Sweden, who has become the face of the youth climate change movement. A similar trend is taking place here in Jamaica...
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SINCE his arrival in Jamaica last year September, US Ambassador Donald Tapia has ruffled many feathers, especially when he addressed Sino-Jamaica relations or other foreign policy issues. The resulting backlash, in some instances, has been harsh, but Tapia - a former US Air Force serviceman - has
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ADEMOLA LOOKMAN'S stunning 77thminute effort was cancelled out by Billy Sharp’s penalty five minutes from... The post Blades blunted by Ademola Lookman appeared first on Voice Online.
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Penn State Basketball Coach Resigns After Allegedly Telling Black Player He Wanted to 'Loosen the Noose' Around His Neck, Claims He Meant to Say 'Yoke'
Pat Chambers, who for nine years was the head coach for Pennsylvania State University's men's basketball, resigned on Wednesday, Oct. 21, following an internal investigation […]
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