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Covered California Joins Pasadena NAACP Branch to Open ‘Get Covered’ Enrollment Center
Covered California recently joined the Pasadena NAACP Branch to open a “Get Covered” Enrollment Center to help get more African...
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New Prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery Case | Dallas Weekly
In a recent report published by Law.com, Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes, the fourth DA to be assigned the Ahmaud Arbery case, said that questions had been raised about a possible conflict of interest for her – although she made it clear she will proceed with the
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The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Bill Cosby Has A Message After His Verdict’s Overturned | The Oklahoma Eagle
Comedian Bill Cosby was imprisoned after having been found guilty of sexual assault and admittedly drugging his victims. A judge ruled the 83-year-old actor did not receive a fair trial and released him. The decision was not connected to whether a crime was committed and that has many in the #MeToo
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The People of Milwaukee Have Spoken Again: Defund the Police - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… we LiberateMKE.” About the African American Roundtable The African American Roundtable (AART) is an … led by and serving the African American community in Milwaukee. AART exists … radically improve the lives of African Americans in Milwaukee. Learn more at …
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Juanita Craft Humanitarian Awards Speaker Announced - Texas Metro News
Noted historian Yvonne Davis Frear, department chair of behavioral and social sciences and liberal arts liaison to dual credit at San Jacinto College Central in Pasadena, TX where she is also a history professor. She has written articles about African Americans and civil rights in Texas that have
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White Supremacist Sentenced To 16 Years For Stabbing Man In The Neck ‘Because He’s Black, And I Don’t Like Black People’
Admitted racist Nolan Levi Strauss, who was sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing a complete stranger twice in the neck nearly killing him, had the caucacity to say Black people are lacking in morality and are not good people.
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Norfolk Doctor Travels To Educate Blacks On COVID - The New Journal and Guide
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What Happened to Sha’Carri Richardson Wouldn’t Happen to a White Athlete
My Grandma Jane always used to say: “Don’t forget, as a Black person, if you do something wrong, the world will not treat you the same way they treat a White person. The world will treat you a lot…
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COVID-19 vaccine concerns equal skepticism for many - TSDMemphis.com
by Najee El-Amin - As the U.S. government launches its massive COVID-19 vaccine distribution, looming are the seemingly daunting issues of how to speedily get the approved vaccines to the most at-risk populations and how to get skeptical Americans, especially African Americans, to get
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The little-known story of how slavery infiltrated California and the American west
If you thought slavery in the US was confined to southern states, think again.
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What everyone needs to know about strokes
Every year, more than 800,000 Americans— 100,000 of them African Americans—will have a stroke. Source
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U.S. Attorney General Sues Georgia, Says Election Laws Specifically Targeted Black People - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown Declaring that Georgia’s new election laws are intended to deny voting rights specifically to African Americans, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke announced a lawsuit against the Peach State. “The
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Dr. Willie Wilson gives $1 million to New Orleans’ Hurricane Ida seniors - The Chicago Crusader
Concerned over the welfare of Hurricane Ida victims in Louisiana, philanthropist and humanitarian Dr. Willie Wilson and an entourage that included Representative Danny K. Davis (D-7th) went to New Orleans Saturday, September 4, and on the next day passed out $1 million to mostly African
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Hampton Roads funeral directors have a message for the African American community: Please get your vaccination - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… only about 15% of African Americans in Virginia had received … seeing is that younger African Americans are also getting sick … continue to urge young adult African Americans to get the protection, … loved ones. “In the African American community, we have to …
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Witness Questions Why Philadelphia Police Allowed A Far-Right Group To March For So Long
A group of nearly 200 men linked to Patriot Front marched through Center City, but had no permit.
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Newswire: FEMA changing rules that deprive African Americans of crucial aid
House damaged by Hurricane Ida By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Historically, the Federal Emergency Management Agency – or FEMA – relied on deeds to prove that land belonged to disaster victims before it sent relief funds to individuals. The guidelines denied aid to
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Charles Henry Douglass: Opened the “Douglass Theatre” for Entertainment for the Black Community
Charles Henry Douglass saw the need for a place African Americans could gather to enjoy entertainment and support their own. In 1904, he opened up the Ocumulgee Park Theater. Douglass was born in Macon, Georgia to father Charles, who was a former slave and mother Ellen Douglass. He attended the
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World War II Veteran Charles S. Wiggins dies at 103 | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned exclusively that World War II Veteran Charles S. Wiggins, who many called the “consummate warrior” who “found goodness in everybody regardless of their occupation, regardless of their station in life,” died on
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Column: Juneteenth’s legal recognition is performative activism – The Daily Eastern News
This past Saturday we, African Americans, celebrated Juneteenth. This holiday celebrates the freedom of our ancestors and when the last of our enslaved people found out about their freedom on June 19, 1865, 2 and a half years after the emancipation proclamation was declared. This holiday is one
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Baker, Culley and Silas, the 3 Kings of Houston, pull off Black coaching trifecta - DefenderNetwork.com
Texans head coach David Culley has yet to meet Astros manager Dusty Baker face-to-face, but thanks to a mutual friend they were able to have a phone conversation. Culley admits he is a fan because of Baker’s legendary status as a pioneering sports figure. At the end of their
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Maya Cade, Creator Of The Black Film Archive, On Making Black Cinema More Accessible
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Maya Cade, who saw how hard it is to access movies by Black directors — so she created the Black Film Archive, a collection of nearly 250 films spanning seven decades.
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Council Budget hearings talk MPD, inhumane conditions at D.C. Jail | BlackPressUSA
AFRO - The District of Columbia, like several urban jurisdictions in the country, continues to be engulfed in a heated discussion over law enforcement funding. Many jurisdictions nationwide have made moves to actively decrease or defund law enforcement entities in an effort to meet the frustrated
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Juneteenth, June 19, a federal holiday – Oh what a joy!
… Juneteenth has cultural significance for African Americans due to shared traditions, for … conditions but survived. Freedom for African Americans in Texas on June 19 … taken down before Juneteenth. Local African Americans noticed this and expressed their …
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Grave of Florida Sen. Robert Meacham, a former slave, could be under Tampa lot: Lawmakers react - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… task force for erased African American cemeteries are figuring the … a political voice for African Americans, and it was … regression of status that African Americans have been able … task force for erased African American cemeteries after archaeologists found …
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A Message to Tucker Carlson (Fox news anchor) regarding violence in Black America.
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Letter to the Editor: The Orioles need to recruit Black players from Baltimore City, County | Afro
Submitted by Eddie B. Tombs IV  The reason the Orioles will not win a World Series Championship is because they have no African Americans from Baltimore City and Baltimore County on their baseball team. Back years ago, you had people like Frank Robinson, Erold Hendricks and Eddie Murray who were
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Student Freedom Initiative Launches Inaugural Program at HBCUs Across U.S. | Post News Group
Inspired by Robert F. Smith's 2019 “Morehouse Gift,’ Initiative will provide STEM majors at 9 HBCUs a more equitable alternative to fund their education The post Student Freedom Initiative Launches Inaugural Program at HBCUs Across U.S. first appeared on Post News Group.
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U.S. Attorney General Sues Georgia, Says Election Laws Specifically Targeted Black People | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Declaring that Georgia’s new election laws are intended to deny voting rights specifically to African Americans, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke announced a lawsuit against the Peach State. “The rights of all eligible
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Different Justice | The Orlando Advocate
By Lucius Gantt Many people in our communities are expressing similar opinions about what would have happened if thousands of Black Americans stormed the United States Capitol to disrupt the Congress, murder Capitol Police officers and to steal important and or classified public documents right
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