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Plan to address homelessness during 2028 LA Olympic Games - Our Weekly

The Board of Supervisors this week directed its staff to develop a regional strategy by December 2025 for addressing homelessness in areas where major sporting events — including the 2026 […]

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Born: 8/29/1958 Gary, IndianaDied: 6/25/2009 Los Angeles, CaliforniaMichael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music and dance, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular

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Father’s Day 2020: Legacies passed down during.

One of the most touching stories from last year’s NFL Draft was the story of former Alabama running back Josh Jacobs, who emerged as a first round pick of the Raiders in the 2019 NFL

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Ailey, Alvin (1931-1989)

Alvin Ailey was born in Rodgers, Texas during the Great Depression. He overcame racism, poverty, and homophobia to become one of the most celebrated choreographers in American history. His single teenage mother Lula Ailey washed clothes, picked cotton, and worked in domestic service in various

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L.A. DIGEST: Operation Loves provides 400 care packages

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Faith Foster Families and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services donated 400 care packages and meals to foster

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Rihanna’s Nonprofit Donates $11 Million To Racial Justice Initiatives

One of the Clara Lionel Foundation’s latest efforts is centered on fighting police brutality and supporting organizations focused on criminal justice

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Mayor Duggan Announces Community Health Corps To Aid Detroiters

Duggan is alluding to his plan to direct $31 million in federal funding from the CARES Act to helping Detroiters impacted by

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Ralph Bunche , in full Ralph Johnson Bunche (born Aug. 7, 1904, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 9, 1971, New York, N.Y.), U.S. diplomat, a key member of the United Nations for more than two decades, and winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace for his successful negotiation of an Arab-Israeli

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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II

Desmond Power, a third generation British subject born in Tientsin (now Tianjin), China in 1923, was incarcerated along with 1,500 other foreign nationals in 1943 in Weihsien, a Japanese Prisoner of War camp in North China during World War II. In the article below, Power recalls Earl Whaley and

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Trump To Sign An Executive Order On Police Reform

The plan follows the death of George Floyd — a black man killed last month in police custody — which sparked international unrest regarding U.S. law enforcement's treatment of black

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Garcetti calls for more implicit bias training for police

LOS ANGELES — During a discussion June 1 on the police protests occurring across the nation, Mayor Eric Garcetti said law enforcement departments must examine and improve the ways they recruit officers, how they train them and the oversight of officers they have in

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Cardi B Posts A Totally Unfiltered Photo To Reveal Thigh Tattoo Update She Endured 'Hours Of Pain' To Complete

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Los Angeles City Mayor Announces ‘Thermal Cameras’ will be Online at Tom Bradley Terminal in LAX

Los Angeles City Mayor Announces ‘Thermal Cameras’ will be Online at Tom Bradley Terminal in LAX

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Gov. Walz extends temporary nighttime curfew

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Bosley, Freeman Roberson, Jr. (1954- )

Freeman Roberson Bosley, Jr., is the first African American Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. Bosley was born in St. Louis on July 20, 1954, the son of Freeman Roberson and Marjorie Bosley. His father, a long-time alderman in St. Louis, unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 1985. Bosley received

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PRESS ROOM: 2020 Census Workers to Count Population Experiencing Homelessness in September | Afro

June 12, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau has announced the new schedule for counting people experiencing homelessness in the 2020

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Blackwell, Robert “Bumps” (1918-1985)

Robert Bumps Blackwell was a musician, producer, and composer who worked with the top names in early jazz and rock and roll. Blackwell was born in Seattle, Washington on May 23, 1918. By the late 1940s his Seattle-based Bumps Blackwell Junior Band featured Ray Charles and Quincy Jones, and played

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Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept. Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept.

In a win for anti-police violence activists in Oakland, the Oakland School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to disband the OUSD Police Dept., committing to eliminate the department that has 20 sworn officers and 120 school resource

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Point Foundation Announces 2020 Scholarship Recipients And A New BIPOC LGBTQ Scholarship Fund

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(BPRW) BET Reveals Its Programming Line Up for Juneteenth – A Compilation of Uplifting Long and Short-Form Content Commemorating the Resilience of the African American Spirit – The Black Chronicle

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Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a retired professional boxer and ex-world heavyweight champion. He was born on October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama. He was the youngest of 9 children and began boxing at the age of 12 when he won the Boys Club boxing tournament. By the age of 13, he competed in the Junior

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Hall, Arsenio (1956- )

Born February 12, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio, Arsenio Hall is a comedian, talk show host, writer, producer, and actor. He hosted the late night show Arsenio Hall Show from 1989 to

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Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)

Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights activist, was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. Cleaver, a child of six, lived in a household where his father abused his mother. The Cleavers moved to Phoenix, Arizona and finally settled in Los Angeles, California where Cleaver spent much

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Police Pepper Spray Protesters At Peaceful Demonstration For Elijah McClain

Peaceful protesters gathered outside of an Aurora Municipal Center in Aurora, Colorado to honor the late Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old black man who died after being in police custody last

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The New Negro Theater is founded in Los Angeles

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Seymour, William J. (1870-1922)

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