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News Analysis: Racism, Unrest, Police Brutality. Is America Living 1968 All Over Again? Yes, and No – Free Press of Jacksonville
In November 1968, Republican Richard Nixon won the White House after promising to quell the country’s unrest and restore “law and order” to its sundered
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Scrubbing California Landmarks of Racist Symbols — and the Word “Negro”
Renaming CA State Park Negro Bar, Formerly “Ni**er
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The Changing Face of Policing in the United States of America
Being a police officer requires a high level of decency and
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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward
Biden, Trump campaigns release staff diversity data
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign released staff diversity numbers on Saturday after months of delay, revealing that the campaign’s staff is mostly women and that more than one-third are people of color and prompting the Trump campaign to release its own
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Beyoncé’s Message, Epic Performances Stand Out at BET Awards
DaBaby rapped a verse from the Black Lives Matter remix of his hit song “Rockstar” with Roddy Ricch at the
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Augustus Washington: One of the Most Talented and Successful Photographers in Connecticut
Augustus Washington: One of the Most Talented and Successful Photographers in Connecticut
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Prepare for a Full Moon Near July 4 and Lessons of Venus Retrograde
Prepare for a Full Moon Near July 4 and Lessons of Venus Retrograde
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Holder wants racism to be treated like doping and fixing
Holder wants racism to be treated like doping and fixing
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Black Man Claiming ‘Misconduct’ In 1976 Rape Trial Calls On Gov. Roy Cooper To Commute Sentence
Lau is awaiting a decision to vacate Long’s conviction, to send it back to lower court or to uphold his
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Source: The Urban Daily
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Grooming Brand Bevel Launches Black Mental Wellness Initiative
Amid the ongoing fight against systemic injustices and the coronavirus pandemic, the Black-owned grooming brand Bevel is putting the focus on mental health within marginalized
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What Have We Become?
There was a time when many Black people had hope and had reason to believe America had made progress on civil and human
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Dede, Edmund (1827-1903)
Musician and composer Edmund Dede was born on November 20, 1827 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His parents were free Creoles of color who moved to New Orleans from the French West Indies around 1809. Dede took his first music lessons from his father who was a bandmaster for a local military
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Black Soldiers in the Civil War | National Archives
The issues of emancipation and military service were intertwined from the onset of the Civil War. News from Fort Sumter set off a rush by free black men to enlist in U.S. military units. They wereturned away, however, because a Federal law dating from 1792 barred Negroes from bearing arms for the
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Countless Industries Are Being Called Out For Their Racism And Adult Film Has Been No Exception - Blavity
Feature stories from Playboy, Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast are deep dives into the way racism affects Black women performers in the porn
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George Floyd’s Murder Case Could Move To Whiter Part Of Minnesota, Judge Warns
Moving the trial out of Minneapolis means that it would take place in an even whiter part of Minnesota, seeing as the lion share of Black people living in the state call Hennepin County
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After Years of Student Protests, Princeton Strikes the Name of Segregationist President Woodrow Wilson From Its Buildings
Princeton announced Saturday that it was striking the name of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from its public and international affairs school as well as a residential building, citing his “racist thinking and policies” during his time in office, as well as his tenure as president of the famed
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This Pride Month, let us not forget about our Black liberation pioneers
Front row, left: Author James Baldwin, Front row, 2nd from left, Selma March strategist, Bayard Rustin,Front row, 3rd from left (with hat), A. Philip Randolph (Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty
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Kerry Washington Wants to Reexamine the Language Surrounding the Topics of Diversity and Inclusivity
Kerry Washington believes that society should be more aware of the “language” used surrounding the topics of inclusivity and
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(1837) Theodore S. Wright, “Prejudice Against the Colored Man”
Rev. Theodore S. Wright, (1797-1847) was born to free parents in Providence, Rhode Island. By the 1830s Wright was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New York City and a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Wright, a dedicated abolitionist, attended the New York State Anti-Slavery Society
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's see-no-evil posture on coronavirus | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump’s persistent see-no-evil posture on coronavirus testing — if you don’t look for the virus, the cases go away — defies both science and street
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12-year-old “I Just Wanna Live” singer Keedron Bryant signs record deal with Warner
Now, he’s landed a record deal with Warner Records and released his song as a single, according to The Associated
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African Americans in WW2
The second global war, also known as Second World War (WW2), occurred in 1939 and did not end till 1945. It is considered the world’s deadliest conflict in human history that claimed lives of millions of people upon political and military disagreements. The two opposing military alliances called
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The MSR to host ‘Call To Action: We Are Not Okay’ Virtual Town...
African Americans and people of color are experiencing a pandemic within a pandemic as communities work to navigate a global health crisis while also facing system racism and
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BET founder Robert Johnson says Dems taking black voters 'for granted,' calls for BLM to form party
BET founder Robert Johnson says the Democratic Party has taken black voters in America for granted, and he urges the ascendant Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to form a new third party to fight for their
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Africa: Some Lessons From the History of Epidemics in Africa
The history of endemic diseases, epidemics and pandemics in Africa shows, contrary to a stubborn belief, that the continent has had a long experience of biomedicine - its theory, techniques, and modes of
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P&G’s Short Film Takes a Real Look At Bias
This powerful mini flick takes viewers through a normal day from the lens of a professional Black
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Whatever the future holds I am still celebrating the successful engagement of these young Guyanese patriots
The ineptitude and incoherence of the PNC cabal in these inglorious times helped me to understand the persistence of the PPP, despite the colossal political, social, economic, and environmental costs they imposed on
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Rebuilding, repairing education systems must be in tandem with dismantling economic, social injustices
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Supreme Court Upholds That Workers Cannot be Fired for Being Gay, Lesbian or Transgender
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