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April D. Ryan is one of the community's most celebrated journalists, who has covered five presidential administrations and is still... View Article The post April Ryan pays tribute to Black women in new book: ‘It’s a love letter’ appeared first on TheGrio.
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George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried next to his mother - DefenderNetwork.com
The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Pearland, Texas Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he was killed, will be laid to rest next to his mother. On May 25, as a white Minneapolis officer
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PRESS ROOM: Whataboutourdaughters? — Encouraging the Celebration of Everyday Icons Through Letters, Unity and Service | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Chantél D. Harris's advocacy for women includes her support of the national initiative Whataboutourdaughters? The organization advances issues for daughters that are motherless, fatherless, homeless, forgotten, or hurting. Harris lost her mother at a young age and says, "After
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African American Stars Discuss "The Culture & Journey of the Black Baseball Player" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s super special, man, especially with the tone of the country and the tone of the world right now…this has been going on for a while, so we’re always fighting to make our mark…give something for the community to look up to,” said Kyle Lewis of the Seattle Mariners, a stud
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Biden’s Cabinet Picks Will Hold India-US Relations in Steady Course - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… female and half-Indian and African American vice president to nominating a …
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Michelle Obama to be inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame - TheGrio
Former first lady Michelle Obama will be inducted in the National Women’s Hall of Fame along with eight other women breaking barriers.... View Article The post Michelle Obama to be inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame appeared first on TheGrio.
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U.S. IMMIGRATION SERVICE CANCELS DEPORTATION OF AFRICANS AFTER REPORTS OF TORTURE – The Wilmington Journal
A plane carrying Cameroonian, Angolan and Congolese asylum seekers due to take off from Alexandria, Louisiana, was canceled with minutes to spare after advocacy groups published affidavits by detainees of torture by Immigration and Customs [...]
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Joe Biden Should Beware of Nemesis.
But Joe Biden should hope that the opposition will not do to him and his party what the Democrats did so bitterly to Trump.
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Trump, Biden Campaign in Swing States They are Trying to Flip
President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden campaigned Sunday in swing states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just more than two weeks
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Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9 trillion virus relief bill
An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies... View Article The post Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9 trillion virus relief bill appeared first on TheGrio.
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Michelle Obama to be inducted into Women’s Hall of Fame
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OPINION: Why Democrats Need To Promote The Hell Out Of This 1.9 Trillion American Relief Plan
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OP-ED: On Bloody Sunday's 56-Year Mark, President Biden's Words Remind Americans That Democracy Needs a Renewed Push for Voting Rights - BNC
By Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Washington, D.C.) – On the 56-year mark of Alabama’s brutal Bloody Sunday attack on Black communities, their allies and democracy itself, President Joe Biden released recorded remarks this
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US cracks down on Israeli billionaire over DRC corruption, revoking Trump-granted licence | News24
The United States has reimposed curbs on an Israeli billionaire accused of corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reversing a move by Donald Trump during his last days in office.
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Biden highlights impact of relief package on small businesses at Pennsylvania stop - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… email he received from an African American staffer, Keith Roachford, who wrote … while stoking the fear of Black Americans.” “Everybody in this body should … gives people permission to treat Black Americans as suspicious and their lives …
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Women’s History Month is the Right Time to Raise the Minimum Wage - Houston Forward Times
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"Yes We Can": Barack Obama's Road to the White House, 2008
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George Floyd, Whose Death Energized a Movement, Laid To Rest
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Biden gets boost from Latino, Black voters after Harris pick: polls
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The future of America is people of color | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Roger Caldwell (NNPA)—As America struggles with the challenges of Covid-19, and a depression/recession, there is sunshine and a belief of tremendous success with people of color (POC). Truth, integrity and factual information are the foundation that President Biden and Vice-President Harris are
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Biden marking ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order
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