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Howard Thurman
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Citi Announces Titi Cole as New Head of Global Operations and Fraud Prevention
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Martins, Helvécio (1930–2005)
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Pandemic Hits Black Business Owners Harder Than Other Racial Groups
A new report authored by a California economics professor has found that just as African Americans are dying disproportionately from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is killing their businesses at a higher rate as
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Number of working Black business owners falls 40 percent amid COVID-19
The number of working African American business owners in the United States plummeted more than 40 percent as the coronavirus shut down much of the economy — a far steeper drop than other racial groups experienced, according to an analysis confirming fears the pandemic would deepen inequalities in
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How Martin Luther King Day Became a Federal Holiday
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Sunken Place Soldier Candace Owens Forgets Her Hair Is 4C, Calls Black People “Chimpanzees” For Riots
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Morehouse cancels fall sports as HBCUs grapple with rapid changes
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