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In her new book, Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America, historian Beryl Satter puts a human face on the often told story of racial discrimination in urban housing by following the career of her father, Chicago attorney Mark J. Satter, who was both an
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Earvin “Magic” Johnson, majority owner of EquiTrust, the nation’s largest minority-owned insurance company, announced a $100 million partnership with MBE Capital Partners, the largest certified minority-owned asset-based lender, and the National Action
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Bitcoin Is Financial Freedom for Black America Part 1 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The PPP prioritized the applications of their wealthier clients, mostly white, at the expense of Black business owners who don’t have existing banking
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Houston Health Department Announces Additional COVID-19 Testing Sites
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Houstonians will continue to benefit from easier access to free COVID-19 tests as the Houston Health Department and its partner agencies offer 13 testing sites across the city the week of May 18, focusing on vulnerable
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Earvin Magic Johnson's Equitrust funds over $100 million for minority and women owned businesses
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On November 27, 1963 just five days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, newly installed President Lyndon Baines Johnson addresses Congress for the first time.   His address appears
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Magic Johnson Offers $100 Million To Minority Businesses
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AP FACT CHECK: Faulty Trump claims on virus drug, vote fraud | The Atlanta Voice
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Africa: Why Africa Can't Afford Further Delay On AfCFTA - Afreximbank
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