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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Should N.B.A. Players Jump the Vaccine Line? - The New York Times

… are reluctant to be vaccinated: African-Americans and adults under age 35 … , and only 62 percent of African-American adults said they are willing … Islam’s Louis Farrakhan telling African-Americans that the vaccines are poisons …

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Everyone has been lamenting how difficult the year 2020 has been and folks are looking forward to the New Year. Though this is understandable, there is no guarantee that the upcoming year will be better than the preceding one. In fact, it stands to get worse if we don’t resolve to look the bogeyman

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Is Racism Responsible for Black Problems? – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Walter Williams - I doubt whether any American would defend the police treatment of George Floyd that led to his death. But many Americans are supporting some of the responses to Floyd’s death

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Asheville, North Carolina, approves reparations for Black residents | New York Carib News

The city of Asheville, North Carolina, in a historic move, voted unanimously to approve a reparations resolution for Black residents Tuesday night.

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Detroit Anti-Black Riot

Whites began a riot in Detroit after it was rumored a black man had killed a white woman and her infant. A similar rumor, alleging the victims were white and the perpetrator white, soon found its way into the black community. In truth, no one had been killed. An estimated 25 blacks and 9 whites

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Prop. 16 Advocates Disappointed After Defeat — The Sacramento Observer

After voters shot down her attempt at repealing California’s ban on affirmative action this week, it would seem Assemblymember Dr. Shirley N. Weber will have to reload efforts to bring about greater balance. The Weber-backed ballot initiative, Prop. 16 would have reversed the 24-year reality of

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

‘Our time has come,’ Lizzo says about Vogue cover – Florida Courier

BY NARDINE SAAD LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS Grammy winner Lizzo triumphed on Sept. 25 in being the first big, Black woman to be on the cover of Vogue — a good-as-hell career highlight that came just a day after she lamented the Kentucky grand jury decision not to charge any officers in the death of

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Source: Florida Courier

‘I Am Bullying Because I Just Told the Truth’: Tiffany Haddish Addresses Claims of Bullying and Spreading COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories on Clubhouse App

Throughout the pandemic, the coronavirus has made the world change its perspective on who could be affected by it and how it could be transmitted. It also

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White Professor Says She's Been Pretending To Be Black Her Entire Career - The Seattle Medium

Jessica A. Krug, an associate professor at George Washington University, has written extensively about Africa, Latin America, the diaspora and identity, all while claiming her own Black and Latina heritage. But in an article published on Medium.com on Thursday, Krug revealed the truth: She is

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Sharon Chuter’s Pull Up or Shut Up Campaign is Encouraging Action Plans Against Systemic Racism in the Workforce • EBONY

The Black Lives Matter movement became nationally recognized in 2014, following the deaths of two Black men, Mike Brown and Eric Garner, at the hands of police brutality. Six years later, the Black community has found themselves in the same spot — protesting against the racism embedded in

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Source: https://www.ebony.com

Black People Wanted For COVID-19 Vaccine Trials As Clinical Racism, Distrust Of Doctors Persist

Researchers say Black folks must be included in COVID-19 vaccine trials, but Black people’s historical mistrust among doctors, physicians and the entire American healthcare system needs to be reconciled first.C

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Asked about police killing Black Americans, Trump bristles at question and says, ‘so are white people’ - African American News Today - EIN News

… . But studies have shown that Black Americans are much more likely to …

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Source: Chicago Tribune

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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Audre Lorde Taught Us to Honor Our Differences

In a new anthology, the iconic writer reminds us liberation requires valuing all Black lives, not just those who mirror our own experiences Continue reading on ZORA »

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Former Employees At Smithsonian African Art Museum Accuse Leaders Of Racism, Say Curation Team Is Exclusively White - Blavity

Just five employees out of the museums 40-person staff are Black despite its focus on African art.

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Trump Month In Review: August

President Donald Trump is openly using “violent” Black people as a political tool to scare his conservative base leading up to the November mid-term elections. It’s a new low for Trump who always takes the low road. CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is correctly criticizing Trump for what he

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Washington Post editor says white women are lucky they are just being called Karen - TheGrio

A Black Washington Post editor is being accused of inciting violence after tweeting that white women are lucky Black people are just calling them Karens and not calling for revenge. Sunday evening, Washington Post Global Opinions editor Karen Attiah tweeted, The lies and tears of white women hath

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Organization of Afro-American Unity

The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) was a Pan-Africanist organization founded by Malcolm X in 1964. The OAAU was modeled on the Organisation of African Unity, which had impressed Malcolm X during his visit to Africa in April and May 1964. The purpose of the OAAU was to fight for the

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Black Ambition - Stabroek News

Ambition is a tricky thing. On its face, the word, which means “a strong desire to do or achieve something,” is

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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"

In 1995 Minister Louis Farrakhan was the leader of the Nation of Islam. That year his organization became the driving force in the Million Man March, a call for African American men to come to Washington D.C. on October 17, 1995, in what was billed as “a day of atonement.” Although

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PART TWO: 400 YEARS OF WHITE FEET ON BLACK NECKS IN AMERICA

George Floyd’s death turned a tinder box of historical frustrations with Police Brutality, institutional and systemic racism, into a bon fire of protest raging across America and the

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Source: The Florida Star

Tina Lawson defends daughter Beyoncé against appropriation claims

Beyonce’s mother Tina Lawson had to get the haters right together this week over their criticism of Queen Bey’s new ‘Black Is King’ visual album. The project, released July 31 on the Disney+ streaming service, is based on the songs from the 2019 album, “The Lion King.” As reported by

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Source: theGrio

America must not fail black Americans again

The murder of George Floyd on the streets of Minnesota in 2020, is still the problem of the color

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Source: South Florida Times

Open Season on African Americans | New Pittsburgh Courier

by E. Faye Williams (TriceEdneyWire.com)—I read with interest that our neighbors directly to the south, in Virginia, were experiencing an uptick in the numbers and presence of coyotes. Although dog-like … Continued

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Black America Should Be Exempt From Paying Taxes, Our Bill Is Already Paid

But now hip-hop mogul Ice Cube, 50, wants the IRS to exempt Black people from paying

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Source: The Black Chronicle

‘Greenleaf’s’ Jennifer Sears Voted ‘Queen Of The Blacks’ At ‘Segregated Homecoming’

She described her experiences growing up.

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Local Pastor Grows Into Activist Role

Genesis’ Senior Pastor Dr. Tecoy Porter spearheaded the June 4 service as president of the Sacramento Chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd's Alleged Murder

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Source: The Florida Star

Ice Cube Supports Charlamagne and Diddy Against Biden Democrats

According to Diddy, the blacks should refrain from supporting Joe Biden and other democrats until the challenges the black communities

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Source: Your Black World

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