Matt Barnes Says Some NBA Players Dont Want to Return This Season Because of George Floyd and the Protests

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Matt Barnes Says Some NBA Players Dont Want to Return This Season Because of George Floyd and the Protests

Last week it was announced that the NBA set a tentative date of July 31 for the league to resume playing after being suspended in March because of

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Herschel Walker was born on March 3, 1962, in Wrightsville, Georgia. He was born to Willis and Christine Walker and was one of the seven siblings. Walker attended Johnson County High School in Wrightsville. As a child, Walker showed little interest in sports rather he preferred reading books and

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African Americans have played prominent roles in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and its precursors since 1946. In many cases black Americans have been able to pursue professional football opportunities in the CFL that were for one reason or another unavailable in the United States. Especially

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NABJ Caught with Their Hand in the Proverbial Chinese Cookie Jar.

(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has once again shown their liberal bias and lack of

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Indianapolis Police Officer Who Made ‘Closed Casket Homie’ Remark Suspended and Reassigned

Last week, a black man, Dreasjon Sean Reed, was killed by Indianapolis police after being shot while evading officers after a car

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Matt Damon , in full Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.), American actor, screenwriter, and producer who was noted for his clean-cut good looks and intelligent performances. He won an Academy Award for best original screenplay for Good Will Hunting

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You may have seen some of the conspiracy theories, myths or outright lies floating around the internet stating that black folks cannot get

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Ethiopia: Despite Dispute, Ethiopia to Fill Dam From July

Ethiopia says it will start filling the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in July, after Sudan rejected a request for a partial agreement without

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2016 repeat? Trump revives Clinton playbook to battle Biden

And it kicked into overdrive last week when Trump seized upon revelations that Biden was informed of the investigation of ties between Russia and Michael Flynn, a senior Trump official, as evidence of a plot to undermine a presidency before it

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For the first time, Clarence Thomas tells his story on television

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Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA

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‘Our resources have dried up’ - Jamaicans in US finding it harder to send remittances home as pandemic grips country

Barton has an ailing 88-year old mother living in central Jamaica and several siblings who she tries to assist by sending remittances home on a regular

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South Sudan rebel leader and VP tests positive for COVID-19: office

South Sudan’s first vice president, and former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said

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Hacked: Antetokounmpo

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Adu, Freddy (1989-- )

Fredua Koranteng Adu, known to much of the world as Freddy Adu was born June 2, 1989 in the port city of Tema, Ghana. Growing up in Ghana, Freddy often received attention for his tremendous soccer skills as a youngster. Even at a young age he was asked by older kids and even adults to participate

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Obama Emerges As Central Figure In 2020 Presidential Race

In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus

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Miss America, Miss Teen USA and Miss USA Are All Black Women for the First Time

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NBA looks to reopen practice facilities | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The NBA league office announced last month that Friday, May 8, would be the earliest day to re-open team practice facilities for player

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Lagos coronavirus: 2,278 cases; patient delivers at treatment center

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Burundi: Grenade Attack Sparks Fears Over Polls

The explosion came in the same week that 90 people were arrested in connection with skirmishes during campaigns, with the government insisting that any East African Community (EAC) election observers would have to undergo a 14-day mandatory quarantine on setting foot in the

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East Africa: Death and Destruction as Floods Rain Havoc Across East Africa

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Jubilee wants Murkomen case out

The Jubilee party has told the High Court that it has no jurisdiction to hear and determine a case filed by ousted Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen and Majority Whip Susan Kihika opposing their removal from the Jubilee Party Senate leadership last

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Rwanda: Lawyers Protest Refusal By Ugandan Court to Recognise Rwanda Law Practice Diploma

The Ugandan high court recently ruled that a person who obtains a post graduate diploma in legal practice from Rwanda is not eligible to enroll as an advocate in Uganda, sparking criticism from the Rwanda Law

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Mother of Ahmaud Arbery says 'I have a sense of hope'

(ABC NEWS) — The mother of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old African American whose slaying has prompted protests in Georgia, said on Monday that the arrest of a white father and son in the killing has given her “a sense of hope” that justice will be

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(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”

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Kenyatta moves to reassert control of ruling party

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Ethiopia coronavirus: 306 cases, how about 100 cases hit in a week

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