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SOS attempts citizens arrest of Gov. Ivey for failure to expand Medicaid; visits Montgomery schools named for Confederate officials to advocate end of symbols of white supremacy
Montgomery, AL – The Save OurSelves Movement for Justice and Democracy held an Alabama State Capitol press conference, at noon on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, to conduct a symbolic citizens’ arrest of Gov. Kay Ivey for her continual refusal to expand Medicaid, which has caused the needless deaths of
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Asian American activists in solidarity with black community
In light of the recent murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, and the numerous murders of black people by a white supremacist system, the Asian Pacific Islander Civic Action Network of Massachusetts (APIs
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Gary Declaration, National Black Political Convention, 1972
THE BLACK AGENDA
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(1918) Rev. Francis J. Grimke, “Victory for the Allies and the United States a Ground of Rejoicing, of Thanksgiving”
Francis J. Grimke was born a slave in Charleston, South Carolina on November 4, 1850.  After the war he and his older brother, Archibald, went north to Lincoln University.  Francis graduated from Lincoln in 1870.  After working briefly at Lincoln, Grimke attended Princeton Theological Seminary from
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4
1850
LWVSPA launched a multi-part campaign to help citizens get ready to vote by mail
ST. PETERSBURG — The League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg Area (LWVSPA) had to stop doing in-person voter registration and education events in mid-March; their last outing was helping clients at Daystar Life Center on March
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Known White Supremacist Stephen Miller Rumored To Be Writing Trump Speech On Race Relations
Stephen Miller is many things—Trump’s senior adviser, a far-right conservative, an anti-immigrationist and known White
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Ku Klux Klan
KKK redirects here. The Ku Klux Klan (pronounced /ˈ k uː ˈ k l ʌ k s ˈ k l æ n, ˈ k j uː/),[a] commonly called the KKK or simply the Klan, is the name of three distinct movements in the United States that have advocated extremist reactionary positions such as white supremacy, white
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24
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Missing Black Girls Found After Cops Don’t Issue Amber Alert Amid Sex Trafficking Suspicions: Report
A pair of Black girls missing for days from Milwaukee was found by a search party of residents who banded together after police decided against issuing child abduction emergency alerts for them, according to reports across social media reports and from local
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Race equity during a season of racial violence and COVID-19
Last month, The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s founding president and CEO, Randall Russell, joined Equity Now’s host Carl Lavender on WTMP radio to share how the foundation became, and continues to be, a leading stakeholder in the fight for equity in our
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VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police
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Black Baseball in Minnesota: The Pipestone Black Sox
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‘Justice Now: A BET Town Hall’ Featuring Stacey Abrams, Brittany Packnett And More
As protests rage for the 13th straight day over the repeated and habitual police killings of Black people, BET is unpacking this historic moment with a primetime town hall on social justice on Sunday (June
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Slavery Advocate’s Statue Being Removed in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The historic South Carolina city of Charleston was removing a symbol of its legacy on Wednesday, sending crews to take away a statue honoring John C. Calhoun, an early U.S. vice president whose zealous defense of slavery led the nation toward civil
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Left of Black with Candice Jenkins
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Candice Jenkins to talk about Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Black Middle
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HBO Documentary “True Justice” on Bryan Stevenson and Equal Justice Initiative Free to Watch Online (VIDEO)
Last week, Warner Bros. made Just Mercy, the 2019 feature film about attorney Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx free to view online all
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AP-NORC poll: Majority of Americans support police protests | The Atlanta Voice
Ahead of the Juneteenth holiday weekend’s demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality, a majority of Americans say they approve of recent protests around the
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Virginia To Take Down Robert E. Lee Statue
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is planning to announce on Thursday the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in
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This Pride Month, let us not forget about our Black liberation pioneers
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Trans model Munroe Bergdorf re-hired after being fired 3 yrs ago for speaking against racism
Bergdorf, a black British model who got fired three years ago from L’Oreal after she spoke out on racism, has been re-hired by the international cosmetics company and will be joining the company’s U.K. diversity and inclusion
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Baltimore High School Students Lead Protest To Urge City And State Education Policymakers To Support Black Lives Matter – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Daniel Oyefusi- Several hundred demonstrators gathered Wednesday afternoon at Baltimore School for the Arts to demand that the Maryland State Department of Education and Baltimore City Public Schools show “full and public support” for the Black Lives Matter
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Trump approvingly tweets video showing ‘white power’ chant
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Twitter Slams Terry Crews For Worrying About ‘Black Supremacy’ When White Supremacy Is Still The Norm
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Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police
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Disney to Redesign Splash Mountain Due to the Ride’s Ties to Racism and Slavery – The Black Chronicle
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East Africa: Lake Victoria Could Burst Its Banks More Often in the Future. What Can Be Done
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dream hampton On Our Fascination With Cops, Defunding The Police & Why Patriarchy Is Her Biggest Fear
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