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Kente Cloth: From Royals To Graduation Ceremonies ... To Congress?
Kwasi Asare grew up weaving kente — his father created the kente piece commissioned by Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president after declaring independence from Britain, to hang outside the United Nations General Assembly building in
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Source: Stories About Black History
Cele slams ANC's anti-police brutality campaign, says alcohol ban shouldn't have been lifted
ANC national executive committee member Bheki Cele has accused his own party of unintentionally endorsing attacks on the police by criminals and communities with its anti-racism, anti-police brutality
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Seeing COVID-19 Through the Eyes of a Child
Learning how best to speak to children about this pandemic can help reduce their chances of ongoing emotional
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Dentistry office offers grocery giveaway in Bishop Arts on Saturday
MINT dentistry’s goal of putting smiles on people’s faces doesn’t stop during a pandemic: To help a community in need, the dentistry practice is providing groceries for people who are experiencing food
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Source: North Dallas Gazette
Advocate Aurora Health’s fight against COVID-19 takes testing directly to hardest-hit communities | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Advocate Aurora Health on Wednesday will open its first mobile community testing site for COVID-19, the health system’s latest effort to extend coronavirus testing to communities disproportionately impacted by the global
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
COMMENTARY: The Black Church Faces an Atypical Crisis
During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of
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Source: The New Journal and Guide
Trayvon Martin's Mother, Sybrina Fulton, Qualifies To Run For Office In Florida
Trayvon Martin's Mother, Sybrina Fulton, Qualifies To Run For Office In Florida
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Coronavirus pandemic risks aggravating Africa's 'neglected' crises, NGO warns
Oslo – The new coronavirus pandemic risks aggravating the woes of people already suffering from the world's most neglected crises, especially in Africa, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) aid group said on
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Nkurunziza: Burundi's leader who believed he was chosen by God
Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza believed he was chosen by God to lead the east African nation and he did so with an iron fist, his efforts to stay in power plunging the country into chaos in his final
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“Where Do We Go From Here?” | Afro
As a young girl, I vaguely remember rocks being thrown at my Dad’s old Ford station wagon, as he drove through the gates of the newly integrated Sandy Point State Park; as a high schooler, I remember my mother taking my brother, sister and me to D.C. for the March on Washington; as a college
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ON THE MONEY: ‘Spend baby, spend’ has just about come to an end
The global stock market has appeared to melt up dramatically on the hopes for a COVID-19 virus as well as a resurgence of consumer
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Cop involved in Floyd's death released from jail on bail
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5 TIPS TO BUILD RESILIENCE IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN –
Recognizing the importance of resiliency in youth, Connections Academy, an online public school program for grades K-12, has partnered with the National Resilience Institute to elevate the topic of resilience and share expert advice for raising children who are brave, curious and better able to
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Marathon extends helping hand to nation’s teachers
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Mental Health, Police Brutality, and Black People
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‘Morale Is Low’: Cops Wallow In Self-Pity As The Country Demands Better Policing That’s Not Racist
The movement to defund police combined with the overall sentiment that sweeping change is needed for all of law enforcement has apparently left cops with some issues of self-confidence and apparent self-pity over their uncertain
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Youth motivators want Jasmine Dean found
A three-year-old youth movement — the Jamaica Youth Motivators (JYM) — has taken on the challenge of seeking public support in keeping hope alive that missing University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, student Jasmine Dean will be
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Opposition, Gov’t haggle over COVID risk on tourism corridor
CHAIRMAN OF the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) of Parliament, Dr Wykeham McNeill, has taken issue with portions of the COVID-19 protocols published by the Ministry of Health that are to govern the tourism sector and has warned against giving false impressions about the
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#AAMAM: “Sign O’ The Times” – Celebrating Prince and his Protest Music (LISTEN)
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TGR COMMENTARY: Every Department is a Police Department
Almost every day you turn on your radio or television set, local broadcast stations and national news will gather their hand-picked colored commentators to explain to angry protestors why a few bad apple officers are making other law enforcers look really
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Where the Black Church Is in the Black Lives Matter Movement – Free Press of Jacksonville
“While you may have had many black pastors and clergy who may have shown up at events, and you may have had a lot of people from black churches who were at these marches and protests, from 2014 to the present, by and large, this has not been a theological movement,” said Watson Jones III, the
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Netflix Adds Black Lives Matter Collection As Its Own Genre – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Stop the pain!
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — George Floyd's brother challenged Congress yesterday to “stop the pain” as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul, so the man he loved and looked up to won't be just “another name” on a growing list of black Americans killed during interactions
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Virtual Zoom Meeting Held To Discuss Police Brutality And Policing The Black Community
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Harris, Congressional Black Caucus, Democrats Announce Historic Legislation Addressing Police Brutality
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Monday joined top Congressional Democrats in unveiling the Justice in Policing Act, historic legislation that will address police brutality with a number of reforms, including a national use of force standard and independent investigations
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Coronavirus could cost Africa R80 billion in crop exports
The coronavirus pandemic could cost Africa as much as $4.8 billion (R80 billion) in lost agricultural exports and affect the livelihoods of 10 million farmers, McKinsey & Co. has
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This one change to bankruptcy law could help small businesses
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Watch ‘Just Mercy,’ ‘13th’ and more for free
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