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COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Consider for a moment who on your street, in your building, in your family, in your circles are disadvantaged by age (65 years or older), disability (physical and mental), and/or social (food insecure, laid off, or homeless), and reach out to them. If you have, share. If you
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FILM REVIEW — John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On what would be called Bloody Sunday, Lewis, who at the time was Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) along with other civil rights lions like Reverend Hosea Williams (SCLC) continued on their march despite then Governor Wallace’s threats and were
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Meet The 2020 Intern Class From Harlem Lacrosse | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Harry C. Alford III Beyond the Rhetoric 1001 We are humbled to announce that two alums from Harlem Lacrosse will be joining humble ventures as summer interns. Actively seeking diverse interns is nothing new for us. We have a group of interns from the University of Maryland working with us right
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The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let's Not Put Our Health at Risk | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cite several possible reasons that Black Americans are more affected. One is that many of us live in more highly populated areas where it’s more difficult to practice physical distancing from one another. Many of us also live in
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Op-ed Submission: America is My Home | Afro
America is My Home By Angela Sailor Do you consider America to be your home or just the place you happen to live? September 22 has long been a meaningful date for me and my family. Thats the day, in 1862, when Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This year, as that date
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COMMENTARY: The American Economic System Works Just Fine—for White People | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my primary interest is the economic part of the system—the creation and growth of Black-owned business enterprises. You’d think that such an effort would be greeted with universal approval from everybody, regardless of ethnicity. What
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COMMENTARY: Newsom’s confusing COVID-19 decrees
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — #SaveLocalJournalism WEEK 3: THE #BLACKPRESSMATTERS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE | BlackPressUSA
On Wednesday, May 13th at 1PM ET, join NNPA Sr. Correspondent Stacy Brown as he discusses the state of the Black Press and small business in America with four iconic publishers: Joy Bramble of The Baltimore Times; Francis Page Jr. of Houston Style Magazine; Ayesha K. Mustafaa of The Muslim
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COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk | Afro
By Chaplain Debbie Walker, BSN, RN, OCN, Texas Metro News Contributor Take a seat, take a breath, and let me walk you through a straightforward and truthful perspective on this new entity that is the topic of our conversations nowadays, Coronavirus, or COVID-19 which is now a part of everyday
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FILM REVIEW: Blue Story | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The leads are magnetic: Stephen Odubola as the African/English Timmy has a gentleness about him that makes you gasp when his behavior becomes more sinister. Michael Ward’s Marco brings that cool West Indian vibe to the party. The ensemble cast plays friends, bangers, siblings and
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A tearful Lizzo speaks out about protests and the fight against racism | BlackPressUSA
ROLLING OUT — And the “Truth Hurts” hitmaker — who has lived in Minneapolis — is among many celebrities using their platform to call out the injustice, and she has demanded the full picture to be told as she shared information from people actually living in the state of Minnesota.
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Op-ed Submission: Black Enterprise CEO: I Am TiredThe Pandemic Of Racism Must End | Afro
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