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HBCU Grad Becomes First Black U.S. Attorney To Serve In Washington

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DAYTONA BEACH – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University salutes alumnus Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. on his unanimous confirmation, in a 98-0 vote by the United States Senate on June 9 as the first African American service chief in the history of the U.S. armed

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Black Hairdresser Calls Out Texas Govt. Agency For Hypocrisy After They Cause Her To Be Cyber Harassed - Blavity

Brown told WFAA that before the pandemic hit, she set up automatic advertisements on Facebook for her hair

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Harris County passes package of 11 criminal justice reform proposals

Harris County leaders passed a package of 11 criminal justice reform measures, just hours after attending George

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Clunis’ sudden death shocks cops, family

When Leon Clunis called Senior Superintendent Wayne Cameron at 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday to remind him that he would be discharged shortly from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), neither man would imagine that the wounded “warrior” would be leaving for the

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Black Lives Matter, City leaders march for justice and voting rights

by Andrea WatsonATLANTA, GA — The same day that celebrities and civil rights activists gathered to remember George Floyd — the African American man who died last week in police custody — elected officials joined Atlanta protesters and several groups for a peaceful Black Lives Matter

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African Innovators Join the Fight Against COVID-19

This new innovation, launched in late March, provides crucial contact tracing data to the Kenyan Ministry of Health as the country moves to curb the spread of

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Florida cops shot unarmed Black man within seconds during arrest

(Credit: screenshot) 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. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office has insisted that the death of Jerry Dwight

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Monica Suggests She Feels Like a 'Failure' After Divorce from Ex-Husband Shannon Brown

It took a while for R&B singer Monica to recover after her divorce from ex-husband Shannon

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Black with a Capital “B”: Mainstream Media Join Black Press in Uppercasing Race

(CBM) – Last week, Norman Pearlstine, the editor of the LA Times, sent a memo to staffers announcing that the publication will begin capitalizing “B” in the word Black in its articles when referring to a race of

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CAT Recognizes Poetry In Motion Winners

The winners of Chatham Area Transit’s first Poetry in Motion contest were recognized during CAT’s monthly Board meeting on June 23, which again was a virtual meeting due to

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Berkshire Bank’s Virtual Townhall Series “Reimagining America” Raises Critical Questions About the Economic Future of African American and Hispanic Communities

Last week’s two-part townhall series “Reimagining America,” hosted and livestreamed by Berkshire Bank and Reevx Labs, is now available for viewing online at “ The Future of the Black Economy ” and “ The Future of Latinx

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MGT to get proposed two-year extended contract | The Crusader Newspaper Group

With failing grades and poor graduation rates, Indiana’s Distressed Unit Appeals Board last week voted 4-1 to give MGT Consulting a two-year contract to manage Gary’s state-controlled school

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Mark Cuban Makes $100K Donation to NABJ’s COVID-19 Relief Fund

A $100,000 donation to the National Association of Black Journalists by Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban was made in honor of two long-time Dallas/Fort Worth journalists who both passed away in

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Massive savings for 2-in-1 election

TAXPAYERS COULD see a huge windfall of nearly $750 million if Jamaica holds both the local government and general elections

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1,200 Extra Chicago Cops To Be Deployed Over July 4 Weekend

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police superintendent said Monday that he plans to flood the city’s streets with additional officers during the long July 4 weekend in an effort to avoid a repeat of particularly bloody recent weekends and despite pressure to keep officer overtime to

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Three men killed in motor vehicle crashes in Westmoreland

Two men died in separate motor vehicle crashes in Westmoreland on the weekend and another was reported dead on

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Trump nominee to be Air Force chief of staff says he navigates 'two worlds' as an African American man

Gen. Charles Brown, commander of Pacific Air Forces and President Trump's nominee to be the next Air Force chief of staff, said in a video released Friday that he navigates "two worlds" as an African American and that he's "thinking about how I can make

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Hellshire vendors plead for beaches to stay open

Restaurant operator and member of the Half Moon Bay Association, Donna Nation, said that beachgoers have generally adhered to state-ordered six-foot distancing rules, with the exception of Father’s Day, which saw hordes of leisure seekers swarming the

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Former correctional officer killed in road crash

A former correctional officer died in a motor vehicle crash in Portland

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Surveillance programs could jeopardize protestors’ pursuit of justice

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#JamaicaTogether | Don’t allow COVID to shake your faith in God, urges SDA head

With the fortitude of the Jamaican people being tested by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pastor Everett Brown, president of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church in Jamaica, is confident that his fellow countrymen will rebound from the crippling effects of the

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New CPD Superintendent David Brown has bold vision for Chicago, even amid coronavirus crisis | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Chicago’s new police superintendent David Brown has a vision for the city, a plan to fight summer violence, and an eye on his officers as the coronavirus continues to infect and kill members of the

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Growth & Jobs | COVID leads woman to discover new opportunities in the kitchen

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Compton resident accuses sheriff’s deputies of beating

COMPTON — Dalvin Price has filed an official complaint with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for a videotaped incident of him being brutally beaten by deputies May

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Black Women Founders Bring COVID-19 Screening Stations to Schools, Offices, Prisons and More

Two entrepreneurs — Lynda M. Dorman, CEO and Carolyn E. Howell, President of Orange Wall Enterprises — have made history as the first Black women to sign a distribution and licensing deal for autonomous screening stations that recognize the initial symptoms of

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Evers Fight Against Injustice Lives Through Current Athletes

Evers led the march for desegregation of public schools in his home state of Mississippi as an activist following the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board decision which ruled segregated public schools were

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Ferguson Police Take A Knee In Honor Of George Floyd

Protesters demanding justice and change in the wake of the latest police killing of a Black man were joined in solidarity on Saturday by officers in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown, a Black teen, was killed by police in

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White actors to stop voicing minority roles on 'The Simpsons,' 'Family Guy'

White voice actors will no longer portray characters of color on both cartoons, according to The Hollywood

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