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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd's Alleged Murder
For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the
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Most Americans Want Police Reform But Don't Back 'Defund The Police'
A near-universal majority of Americans support at least some changes to policing in the United States following the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll
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This Day in Black History: June 13, 1967
Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson, becoming the first Black U.S. Supreme Court
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Samantha Ware: 'Glee' Co-Star Lea Michele Threatened To Get Me Fired
Samantha Ware delved deeper into her experience working with Lea Michele on “Glee,” saying it was “very evident” that her co-star disliked her from their first day together on
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Trump Picks Tulsa for Return of Signature Campaign Rallies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first rally of the coronavirus era on June 19 in
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NBC Will Host A Virutal Discussion On Parenting Black Children In America
NBC News NOW will stream a virtual discussion with families from around the country on the realities of parenting Black children in
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Taylor Swift: ‘Makes Me Sick’ Monuments To ‘DESPICABLE’ Racists Are Still Standing
Singer Taylor Swift has no time for statues dedicated to commemorating dead racists in her home state of
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Headline-making missteps put focus on newsroom diversity
Nobody anticipated it would lead to a staff revolt and become a national story, part of an extraordinary week where the news media’s sluggishness in building diverse newsrooms became part of the national
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U.S. Embassy in South Korea Unfurls Giant Black Lives Matter Banner | HuffPost
The U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, unfurled a banner reading “Black Lives Matter” across its building and posted on social media Saturday that it stood “in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand positive
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'They Are Growing': Erica Dixon Fans Get 'Double the Cuteness' After Capturing This Pic of 1-Year-Old Twins
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Pence Hits Pennsylvania To Talk Comeback At Challenging Time
That’s the difficult job Vice President Mike Pence undertook Friday as the Trump administration works to make voters feel better about the direction of the country amid a coronavirus pandemic and racial
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Bakersfield Man Who Killed Black Protestor With His Car Didn’t Face Arrest Or Charges
Robert Forbes, the man who was hit by a white man in a car while protesting Wednesday night, has died, Bakersfield Police
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Bill Banning Police From Using Deadly “Sleeper Hold” Introduced in California Assembly
Last week, reacting to the violent death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man in Minnesota, California Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) introduced a new
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‘I’m at Harvard Online’: Tamar Braxton Reveals She’s Taking Courses After Meg Thee Stallion Encourages Education
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DOJ Spreads Bogus Claim About Maryland Protest In Letter Defending Religious Liberty
The U.S. Department of Justice published a passionate defense of Americans’ right to worship during the coronavirus pandemic in a letter to county officials in Maryland on June
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Meet The Man Behind Japan’s First Major Black-Owned Anime Studio
For these brothers, it led to an opportunity to create their own anime studio in
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George Floyd’s Killer Derek Chauvin Could Receive $1 Million In Taxpayer Funds For Pension
Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd by holding a knee to his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, may have been fired from the police department and facing second degree murder charges, but he’s repotedly still on track to receive up to $1 million in taxpayer funds
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Original Play About Dark Skin, Colorism & Darkism Comes to Pay-Per-View
In fact, there was no such thing as darkism, colorism or dark skin issues defined as a concrete and methodical platform before Rashida created
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Body Of Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree Near Los Angeles
The Los Angeles-area community is in shock after the body of 24-year-old Robert Fuller was found hanging from a tree close to Palmdale, California’s City Hall on the morning of Friday, June
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Louisville Passes ‘Breonna’s Law’; Bans ‘No Knock’ Warrants
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Respecting Roxbury’s history
The Boston Public Library board of trustees is to be commended for naming the newly renovated Dudley Library the “Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public
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Spike Lee Backtracks Defense Of 'Friend' Woody Allen: 'My Words Were Wrong'
A question about Woody Allen could be the death knell for any press tour ― thoughts and prayers to Scarlett Johansson’s presumably very tired publicist ― but Spike Lee is trying to course-correct after defending the controversial
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'Insecure' Actor Kendrick Sampson Talks Importance of Mental Health for Black People in Light of Defunding the Police Debates
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Walmart To Stop Locking Up Black Hair Products
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The American Black Film Festival Is Going Virtual For Its 2020 Participants
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TV Stars Learn the Hard Way That Racism Doesn't Pay
The week started with the firing of actor Hartley Sawyer, who has been a regular cast member on the last few seasons of The CW superhero series The
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'SNL' Alum Jay Pharoah Says Cops Pulled Guns On Him While Walking, Knelt On Neck
Comedian Jay Pharoah recalled on Friday how Los Angeles police officers held him at gunpoint, ordered him to the ground and knelt on his neck while handcuffing him during a recent false
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Minnesota Senate GOP To Block Most Policing Overhaul Plans
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Key Republican lawmakers in Minnesota said Friday that they’ll block most of the ambitious changes Democrats want to make to policing in the state where George Floyd died and that they plan to approve only a limited set of police accountability
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BET Launches Content for Change Initiative
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Todd Tucker Posts Throwback Photo of 4-Year-Old Son in Police Uniform, Shares Emotional Talk They Had to Have About Police Brutality
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