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Police, military, it’s all the same

Letting Joe Biden take a mulligan for attacking Iraq is part of the same structural racism that got George Floyd murdered. What else gives privileged Whites in Washington the freedom

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Jamestown, Virginia.

On August 20, 1619, twenty Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, aboard a Dutch ship. They are the first blacks to be forcibly settled as involuntary laborers in the North American British Colonies.

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20

1619

Hennessy Launches “Unfinished Business” Program With $3M To Support Minority Entrepreneurs

“Unfinished Business” is a small business initiative helping Black, Asian American and Latinx small businesses power through the immediate financial challenges of

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Source: Black America Web

Of Course, Donald Trump Believes 'It Shouldn't Be Hard' For Kanye West To Take Black Votes From Joe Biden

The so-called POTUS believes that his former buddy and most famous supporter could absolutely take away Black votes from the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden.

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Hundreds Gather In Houston For George Floyds Funeral | The Michigan Chronicle

Hundreds of mourners came to say their final goodbyes to George Floyd at a private funeral held at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston. The funeral celebrated the life of a man whose death sparked global protests on police violence and to end systemic racism in America. Rev. Al Sharpton, civil

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News Wrap 6-26-20: Coronavirus update; Blacks urged to join clinical trials; Museum of Fine Arts opens Soul of a Nation - DefenderNetwork.com

The post News Wrap 6-26-20: Coronavirus update; Blacks urged to join clinical trials; Museum of Fine Arts opens Soul of a Nation appeared first on DefenderNetwork.com.

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Dave Chappelle Ethers Candace Owens For Trashing George Floyd In New Comedy Special

The legendary comedian dropped ‘8:46’ today.

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

The South exemplifies growing disaster of early state openings | The Atlanta Voice

Florida's staggering new single-day US state record of coronavirus cases underscores how the aggressive opening strategy championed by President Donald Trump and allied governors is turning into one of the worst political and economic calls in modern history. The Sunshine State recorded more than

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Leaders Want John Wayne Name, Statue Gone From Orange County Airport | The Oklahoma Eagle

The Democratic Party of Orange County, California, is pushing to remove John Wayne’s name and statue from the county’s airport because of racist and bigoted comments the film legend

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Continental Congress approved resolution barring

Continental Congress approved resolution barring Blacks from the army.

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Oct

23

1775

Blacks in Western Reserve, OH organize School Fund Societyand begin establishi

Blacks in Western Reserve, OH organize School Fund Society and begin establishing education centers (1802-1870).

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Jan

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1802

'Major win' for mentally ill prisoners

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - More than 20 years ago, Abraham Lawrence was imprisoned after throwing stones at a group of men. The stones had damaged a police service vehicle in the process. His only 'crime', other than malicious destruction of property, was that he was deemed mentally ill and

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Anchored in Milwaukee, 2020 Democratic National Convention will be a "Convention Across America"

The DNCC reiterated the Democratic Party’s commitment to holding a convention that would protect public health while transforming the convention experience for delegates and

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Council advances plan to dismantle Minneapolis Police Dept.

(Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Malcolm X (39) assassinated in Audubon Ballroom at

Malcolm X (39) assassinated in Audubon Ballroom at a rally of his organization. Three Blacks were later convicted of the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

21

1965

California Senate Okays ACA 5: Affirmative Action Decision Moves to Voters

Senator Steve Bradford (D-Los

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Three thousand Blacks demonstrated and rioted in

Three thousand Blacks demonstrated and rioted in Philadelphia to protest a theatrical presentation of Thomas Dixons The Clansman. Sixty-two Blacks reported lynched in 1906.2

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Oct

22

1906

Biden meets with black leaders at local church amid unrest Voice and Viewpoint

ALEXANDRA JAFFE WILL WEISSERT with Steve Peoples Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) Joe Biden vowed to address institutional racism in his first 100 days in office, if elected, as he met with community leaders at a predominantly African American church in Delaware on Monday morning amid the

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Conway Barbour: Early African American Lawyer of Arkansas

Conway Barbour was an early African American lawyer in Arkansas. Barbour was born a free man in Kentucky about 1820. By the 1940s, he was a free man working as a steamboat cabin attendant in Louisville, Kentucky, which caused him to be well-known throughout the community. He was recorded in the

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One hundred and sixty one Blacks reported lynched.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

8

1892

George Floyd’s Brother Asks Protesters ‘Not To Tear Up Your Town’

“My brother wasn’t about that.”

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

WNBA Star Maya Moore Helped Free Wrongfully Convicted Man From Prison

Jonathan Irons was serving a 50-year sentence.

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Protesters: Remove Statues of Slave Kneeling Before Lincoln

Calls are intensifying for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington, D.C., and Boston that depict a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincoln’s feet — optics that jar and offend many in a nation confronting racial injustice through a fresh

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

News Wrap 6-26-20: Coronavirus update; Blacks urged to join clinical trials; Museum of Fine Arts opens 'Soul of a Nation'

News Wrap 6-26-20: Coronavirus update; Blacks urged to join clinical trials; Museum of Fine Arts opens ‘Soul of

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Mount Rushmore Fireworks Revival To Feature Trump But No Social Distancing

Mount Rushmore Fireworks Revival To Feature Trump But No Social Distancing

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Source: Stories About Black History

South Carolina General Assembly met in Columbia

South Carolina General Assembly met in Columbia Stephen A. Swails was elected president pro tem of the senate, and Samuel J. Lee was elected Speaker of the house. The Assembly named four Blacks to the seven-man governing board of the University of South Carolina: Samuel J. Lee, J.A. Bowley, Stephen

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

26

1872

How an African-American led a campaign to have 176-year-old slave auction block removed

Eventually, the block which sat at the corner of William and Charles streets with a small, ground level, bronze plaque reading: “AUCTION BLOCK, Fredericksburg’s Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property,” was removed by the City of Fredericksburg on Friday, June

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Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden over Trump - Black News Channel

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press/BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the latest in a growing number of Republican groups to come out in

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Ice Cube Supports Charlamagne and Diddy Against Biden Democrats

According to Diddy, the blacks should refrain from supporting Joe Biden and other democrats until the challenges the black communities

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Source: Your Black World

California Senate Okays ACA 5: Affirmative Action Decision Moves to Voters

approve the amendment in November, California will join 42 states that allow

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

[VIDEO] – Exclusive interview with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms | The Atlanta Voice

For the first time, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks to The Atlanta Voice in an exclusive interview with Sharon Reed. The Mayor discusses her COVID-19 diagnosis, addresses speculation that she's an 'absentee mayor', weighs in on Governor Brian Kemp's executive order calling on the National

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

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