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April is National Minority Health Month! - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… most influential organizations in the African American community to “pull together” … and physical health outcomes in African American communities. The COVID-19 … affect African Americans. These include: Diabetes is 60% more common in Black Americans than …
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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder
5 Things To NOT Do With Your Tax Refund | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
It's that time of year again to receive your tax refund. Some people call it, 'Black folks' Christmas.' It's the time of the year that people are trying to buy and sell social security numbers. That's right, it's tax refund season. You see all the commercials, hear all the tax companies trying to
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Source: BlackDoctor | Health News On Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss - BlackDoctor
Black farmers have always faced injustice. Will the American Rescue Plan help? - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… tightening the legal restrictions on African Americans. Slave states started aggressively limiting … that compounded their challenges. Because African Americans were cast by the white … and saw a moment of African American political power in Reconstruction. But …
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New Coronavirus Vaccine Requires ‘Trust’ of African American Community
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Both California and Texas have recorded more than 1 million total cases, while states like Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey have seen significant rises in COVID infections. The most recent available statistics show that the District of Columbia has more than
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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Symone Sanders 'hurt' she wasn't selected for Biden press secretary
Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, frequently defended President Joe Biden against criticism during his 2020... View Article The post Symone Sanders 'hurt' she wasn't selected for Biden press secretary appeared first on TheGrio.
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Chicago Defender endorses Joe Biden for President 2020
There are more than seven million reasons to vote for former Vice President Joe Biden to be the 47th President of the United States. Number one, is he is not Donald J. Trump. A close second, however, is as American citizens, we love our country and want to see it exist as a thriving democratic
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Source: Chicago Defender
D.C.’s Proposed Sugar Tax Sparks Racially Charged Debate
A hearing on the Nutrition Equity Amendment Act of 2021 is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m.. before Council member Brianne K. Nadeau (Ward 1), who chairs the Committee on Human Services. Her bill would repeal the District's 8% sales tax on sugary drinks and impose a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on the
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Source: The Washington Informer
Dr. Fauci Admits He’s ‘Not Convinced’ COVID-19 Developed Naturally - The Sacramento Observer
The post Dr. Fauci Admits He’s ‘Not Convinced’ COVID-19 Developed Naturally appeared first on The Sacramento Observer.
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FILM REVIEW: Coming 2 America
Nothing wrong with a little nostalgia. But if you’re looking for a comedy revelation, this isn’t it. It’s an ‘80s throwback with a comic superstar, his merrymen/women and a tinge of Wakanda fever. Grab a seat and be prepared to yawn before you laugh hysterically. If 1988 feels ancient to
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Source: The Florida Star
Eating to Live: Food, Sustainability and Celebration in the Black Community – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Megan Kirk - Gathering around the table for family dinner is a customary practice across many races and nationalities. However, in the African American community, food and celebration go hand-in-hand. Throughout generations, beginning with [...]
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
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Governor Newsom Appoints Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. as California State Commissioner - Los Angeles Sentinel
Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., executive publisher and chairman of the Los Angeles Sentinel, has been appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to the California Parks and Recreation Commission. Along with being the executive publisher and chairman of Bakewell Media, which owns the Los Angeles Sentinel and the
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Kentucky's oldest African American radio station opens new building in Louisville - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… we are here for the African American community."You can listen … we are here for the African American community." You can listen …
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Source: Louisville, KY News, Weather and Sports - WLKY Channel 32
Black doctors’ group forms task force to review virus vaccine - DefenderNetwork.com
As trust in federal health agencies has withered over the last few months, a group of Black physicians has been working on an antidote: creating their own expert task force to independently vet regulators’ decisions about Covid-19 drugs and vaccines as well as government recommendations for curbing
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In First Speech, Joe Biden Acknowledges The Black Vote And Calls For Unity
VP-elect Kamala Harris praised his progressive mindset.
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Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office and Behavioral Health Department Collaborate to Create Crisis Assessment and Response Team
By Karen Stokes The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Department (BHD) to create an alternative to emergency detentions or arrests for individuals suffering from mental health issues. The partnership started with a series of conversations
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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper
CPP celebrates Black History Month with virtual events - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… to honor the African American community and their achievements … campus leaders, like African American Student Center’s Interim … the month, the African American Student Center will celebrate … in discussions about African American culture, Lockett realized …
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Source: The Poly Post | Cal Poly Pomona's Student Newspaper
The Racial Politics of Miss America
Elwood Watson, a professor of history at East Tennessee State University, is one of the few African American cultural historians to focus his research on the Miss America pageant.  In the article below he examines the success of eight black women in winning the pageant and gaining the coveted crown
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(1867) Thaddeus Stevens, “Reconstruction”
In 1867 Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner led the campaign for full voting rights for African Americans across the nation.  In the speech below which Stevens gave in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 3, 1867 supporting the Reconstruction
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Wheat Street Baptist Church [Atlanta] (1869- )
Along with its neighbors Ebenezer Baptist and Big Bethel AME, Wheat Street Baptist Church has been a major contributor to the social, economic, and cultural fabric of Atlanta, Georgia, particularly within its African American
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Union Bethel AME Church, Great Falls, Montana (1890- )
The Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church in Great Falls, Montana, is one of the state’s oldest active
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Woman educates Black Marylanders on Alzheimer’s disease - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… is outreach to the African American community, hasn’t … members. Taylor explained that African Americans are more susceptible to … racism that affects the African American community - not knowing … Virginia I. Jones African American Community Forum on Memory …
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Northwest Enterprise (1920-1954?)
Founded in 1920, The Northwest Enterprise served an important role in supporting and maintaining an emerging African American community in Seattle, Washington and throughout the Northwest.  The newspaper served its community in five specific ways:  visibility, success, support of black
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Source: Black Past
‘Twenty Pearls’ AKA Documentary Shows the Vision and Impact of Black College Women - Carolina Peacemaker
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is the nation’s first sorority for Black college women. Founded on the campus of Howard University in 1908, nine visionary women created a sisterhood committed to serving the African American community and elevating issues impacting women and
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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com
Juneteenth celebration in Appleton includes a Grammy-nominated artist, vaccine clinic and celebration of Black life
… event in Wausau will celebrate African-American history, 'becoming our ancestors … 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans were emancipated in Galveston, Texas … all enslaved people were freed. Black Americans have celebrated the holiday for …
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CU alum Katrina Miller’s ‘The Silence of Quarantine’ amplifies voices of local Black elders, a ‘generation of warriors’ - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… members of Boulder’s African American community have been affected … look into Boulder’s African American community and two such … recorded history about the African Americans that have lived in … area. We had more African American people living in Boulder …
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Legendary New Journal and Guide Publisher Prepares for NNPA Convention, Lauds Black Press as ‘Transformative’ BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It is an incubator for news that makes history and impacts our country and our democracy. Its members determine exactly what is news and newsworthy for the Black communities they serve. They decide what stories must be told and exactly how these stories are to be told as events
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Troy Gathers releases his new book African World History to reflect on the greatness of Ancient Africa - The Atlanta Inquirer
Nationwide – In these recent months, we as a country have witnessed an obvious racial divide. Although many factors have led up to the atomic bomb we see on the evening news, a cultural split definitely tops the list. Countless groups and organizations are on the frontlines fighting for equality
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The walk of discovery: meeting the artist of the Depot Street Renaissance Mural - WS Chronicle
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Sybil Wilkes Hosts A Divine 9 Leadership Roundtable [WATCH]
Award-winning journalist and broadcast maven Sybil Wilkes has partnered with the Divine 9 to moderate an engaging roundtable discussion featuring Black Greek leadership from each organization.
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