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Newswire : Mississippi surrenders Confederate symbol from state flag
By: Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. A broad coalition
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COVID-19 Changes Landscape, Highlights Need for Women in STEM | The Orlando Advocate
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a dramatic impact on healthcare, the global economy, and peoples daily lives. FinTech executive Monica Eaton-Cardone notes that the crisis also underscores the need to encourage women to make careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. TAMPA
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Minority-Owned Miestro.com Paves Faster, Simpler Path for the Massive E-Learning Space Industry | BlackPressUSA
NPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s never been a better time for professionals to leverage their knowledge and expertise and build recurring revenue through the development of online courses,” says Justin Burns, the 33-year-old founder of Miestro.com. “Our platform was created to allow users to easily create
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WANTED: Residents to join conversations about racial equity in proposed bond 2020 - North Dallas Gazette
Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Office (REO) is calling on communities in the city’s southern sector to help define what racial equity will look like in Dallas ISD’s proposed Bond 2020 package of school and facility improvements. REO has scheduled a series of community conversations to support its
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — COVID-19 & THE FUTURE OF HBCUs — Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D Interviews Makola M. Abdulah, Ph.D | BlackPressUSA
VIDEO — Join us for the first in an ongoing series of livestreams between the Black Press and the presidents of America's HBCUs, moderated by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.
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Doctor Author/Illustrator Co-Author Children’s Book Explaining Coronavirus in an attempt to Answer Young People’s Questions About the Pandemic
(DALLAS, TX) – Dr. Jill Waggoner is a residency trained, board certified Family Practice physician and author. She and friend Sharon Jones-Scaife, an author/illustrator, have teamed up to write and illustrate a new book explaining coronavirus in simple terms for children. Jones-Scaife shared the
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Black America speaks. America should listen.
Last night I was sitting in my living room and a convoy of trucks drove by my home filled with law enforcement and National Guard troops. I am a 59-year old African-American man and this brought back vivid childhood memories. On April 4, 1968, 18 days before my seventh birthday, I was in the middle
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M³ Honors MPS Seniors Graduating with Early College Credit
The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M³ early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education institutions. M³ (pronounced M-Cubed) is
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USC alum creates The Big Homie Project to connect students with powerful mentors - TheGrio
Jacqueline Diep is living proof that your early circumstances dont have to define your adult life. The former foster child benefited from mentors growing up and now the USC alum is paying it forward. Diep founded The Big Homie Project last year to connect rising high school juniors and seniors in
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Voter suppression goes to college | Atlanta Daily World
By BlackPressUSA Dr. William Busa, founder of EQV Analytics, a ‘North Carolina-focused campaign consulting firm serving Democratic candidates with advanced campaign analytics, analyzed student voter turnout from ten North Carolina campuses, three of them HBCUs N.C. AT University, in
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Arkansas Daycare Kicks Out 6-Year Old Black Girl For Wearing BLM Shirt
In a daycare in Arkansas, a young Black girl wearing Black Lives Matter apparel was reason enough for her to be kicked out of the program.
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Mandatory college football practices at time of pandemic are nuts - Los Angeles Sentinel
The experience of Texas and Florida and Arizona in reopening suggests that it may not even be safe to reopen college campuses with thousands of students gathering together in dorms, classes, parties and bars, much less begin practices on a football
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Langston Jackson is a Miracle: A drug overdose put him in a coma, but faith woke him up. - Los Angeles Sentinel
A drug overdose put him in a coma, but faith woke him up. The post Langston Jackson is a Miracle appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often
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J.J. Rhoads pre-K scholarships are available: Enroll today
DALLAS — Enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year is now underway at Joseph J. Rhoads.  Dallas ISD is offering scholarships for eligible 3- and 4-year-olds to attend J.J. Rhoads All-Day Learning Center in South Dallas at no cost starting this August. The scholarship guidelines are designed to
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Latest sports news headlines, results and fixtures: Tuesday 30 June
The latest sports news headlines from across the globe includes Aussie Nick Kyrgios calling Boris Becker a doughnut on Twitter.
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“Educating Our Own A Sacred Matter” | Muslim Journal
By Patricia Z. Salahuddin, Ed.D. MIAMI, Fla. – Clara Muhammed School of Miami Florida, Inc. has been and continues to be a cornerstone for education and an adhesive element for the Miami community. Beginning as the Muhammed University of Islam in 1967, now Clara Mohammed School (CMS), this
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GCHS gets military-grade medical tent for COVID-19 patients
Shown above Dr. Marcia Pugh, Greene County Health System CEO, Bob Wilson, Jr., President of Andrew Development Company, Inc., Shelia  Smith, President of the TSPSL. and Greene County Sheriff Jonath…
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Free “Talking About Race” Web Portal
Portal Helps People Explore Issues Of Race, Racism And Racial Identity At the end of May, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture launched Talking About Race, a ne…
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Ransomes ‘Everyday People on display at Children’s Museum of Houston | Afram News
The Children’s Museum Houston has unveiled a brand-new art exhibit which celebrates people, places and defining moments in African American history, just in time for Juneteenth.
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Newswire : The killing of George Floyd sparks continued protests, outrage across the nation
By Hamil R. Harris (TriceEdneyWire.com) Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin relaxed as he was suffocating George Floyd. His hands were in his pockets. He was looking around and his knee was on the neck of the handcuffed man for nearly nine minutes until he died.It didn’t matter
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McDonalds USA launches $500,000 scholarship fund for HBCU students amidst COVID-19 | Atlanta Daily World
McDonalds USA today announced the launch of its $500,000 Black Positively Golden® Scholarship Fund to help students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) continue their education this fall, despite impacts of COVID-19. Facilitated by Thurgood Marshall College Fund
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Roberto Monsivais joins BancorpSouth, Longview, Texas | East Texas Review
BancorpSouth Bank (NYSE: BXS) announced today Roberto Monsivais has been hired as a community development mortgage loan originator, serving the Longview and Marshall, Texas markets. He is responsible for developing business and growing the bank’s mortgage loan portfolio by delivering superior
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Soccer writer fired after I cant breathe tweet - TheGrio
While fans are celebrating the fact that major league soccer has returned, already theres controversy. Fortunately, though its not a... View Article The post Soccer writer fired after I cant breathe tweet appeared first on TheGrio.
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Rep. Maxine Waters Keynotes California Statewide Black Graduation - Los Angeles Sentinel
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) served as the virtual keynote speaker for more than 2,500 African American graduates from 24 colleges across the state of California on Friday, June 19. The virtual graduation was organized by students and one of the founders of Brunch 2 Bomb, Adrienne Reed, as
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WATCH: Baron Davis talks giving back to South L.A. youth - Los Angeles Sentinel
Baron Davis talks giving back to South L.A. youth The post WATCH: Baron Davis talks giving back to South L.A. youth appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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The FIRST black player to play for England at any level talks to The Voice - Voice Online
THE FIRST black footballer to play for England at any level has told the Voice... The post The FIRST black player to play for England at any level talks to The Voice appeared first on Voice Online.
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Students can win with fall registration at Lone Star College-North Harris | Afram News
To encourage students to think about fall registration during the sunny days of summer, LSC-North Harris is hosting a weekly prize drawing for students who register for fall courses during June and July. The lucky students’ prize will be a pair of LSC-North Harris branded sunglasses, because their
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Scholarship Named for Departing Trustee Creates Opportunity for African American Students | The Orlando Advocate
A new scholarship named for Florida Polytechnic University Trustee Frank T. Martin is designed to provide more opportunity to African American students and help them achieve their STEM career ambitions. LAKELAND, Fla., June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/  A new scholarship named for Florida Polytechnic
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RCOE Chief Academic Officer, Cynthia Glover Woods, Appointed to State Board of Education - Black Voice News
On Monday, July 6, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of inland area resident Cynthia Glover Woods of Eastvale to the State Board of Education (BOE). Highly respected and recognized for her educational acumen, Glover Woods has served as Chief Academic Officer with the
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