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For the first time, Clarence Thomas tells his story on television
Clarence Thomas, the famously silent jurist, tells his own life story in a new documentary, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words” which makes its national television debut May 18 on
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Black Athletes Pay Debts of Former Felons in Florida So They Can Vote - The New York Beacon
LeBron Jamesand hisMore Than A Vote group recently announced a partnership with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition to help Florida voters with past felony convictions. James teamed withTrae Young,Skylar Diggins-Smithand other Black celebrities and athletes to form the voter rights
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Skinner, Elliot Percival (1924-2007)
Elliott Percival Skinner, a leading late 20th Century anthropologist, also served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of Upper Volta (the West African country renamed itself Burkina Faso in 1984).  Skinner was born on June 20, 1924 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.  During World War II, he
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Porsha in Protest
… are 13 percent of African-Americans here, 76 percent of … oppressing and snuffing out African-Americans like it is nothing?” … to continue to oppress African-Americans — although there are … For me, being an African-American woman working for a network …
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Police return gunfire amid looting in downtown Chicago | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Alta Spells and Hollie Silverman, CNN Someone fired shots at police in downtown Chicago on Monday morning, and the officers returned fire, police spokesman Tom Ahem said in a post on Twitter. Police involved shooting Michigan and Lake. Shots fired at police who returned fire. No officers
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UC’s Black Leaders Call On System To Make Changes — The Sacramento Observer
Over the past few months, White America has offered up a plethora of statements denouncing bias and other bad behavior along with promises to stand with those demanding change. African Americans within the UC system want to see that fervor go beyond the surface, beyond the moment, and have issued
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Michelle Obama Reveals Struggle With ‘Low-Grade Depression’ On Her Podcast
Michelle Obama reveals her private struggle with "low-grade depression" in the latest episode of her podcast on Spotify. Between George Floyd's death, Trump's "hypocrisy" and the stress of living under quarantine, she's struggled to keep it all together. Don't worry. She assures fans he's doing
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Shots fired as crowds clash with police in downtown Chicago - Black News Channel
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people smashed windows, stole from stores and clashed with police early Monday in Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city's downtown. At one point, shots were fired at police and officers returned
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captain-marvel-nia-decosta-candyman-director | The Urban Daily
Marvel Studios has tapped Nia DaCosta to film "Captian Marvel 2," making her first black woman direct a Marvel film, ever! After wrapping her second film with Jordan Peele for "Candyman," and garnering praise for the directorial debut of her 2017 film "Little Woods," the budding filmmaker is
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Gas explosion levels 3 Baltimore homes; 1 dead, 1 trapped - Black News Channel
By JULIO CORTEZ Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A 'major gas explosion' completely destroyed three row houses in Baltimore on Monday, killing a woman, injuring several other people and trapping at least one person in the wreckage, firefighters said. At least three dozen firefighters converged on
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Record-chasing Serena Williams set to warm-up for US Open - Voice Online
VETERAN TENNIS ace Serena Williams,desperately attempting to equal the seemingly elusive record of 24 Grand... The post Record-chasing Serena Williams set to warm-up for US Open appeared first on Voice Online.
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Operation Equity
Although racially restricted housing covenants had been banned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948, various forms of de facto housing segregation kept African Americans relatively isolated spatially in urban areas, including the city of Seattle.  Many white homeowners in the years following the
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Chicago Looting Not Organized Protest But 'Abject Criminal Behavior,' Mayor Says
The overnight chaos amounted to “abject criminal behavior” and was not part of an organized protest, according to the city's mayor.
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Chicago Mayor Calls On Kim Foxx To Prosecute Looters As State’s Attorney Reportedly ‘Drops More Cases’
The Chicago mayor delivered a fiery diatribe against people seen on video looting and called on Kim Foxx to hold those arrested accountable despite a report that the city's chief prosecutor has been dropping felony cases.
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11-Year Old Ballet Dancer Gets Scholarship Offer to Prestigious Dance School
Anthony Mmesoma Madu, an 11-year old boy from Nigeria whose video of him ballet dancing in the rain went viral on the Internet, has been handpicked by a prestigious dance school in New York City to receive a full scholarship.
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Roxbury Multi-Service Center
The Roxbury Multi-Service Center (RMSC) got its beginning in 1964 as a three-year demonstration project, after Helen Y. Davis and Judge Harry J. Elam and other community leaders became alarmed by the large numbers of low-income people moving into Roxbury and Dorchester at a time when public and
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Some Unemployed African Americans At Fault For Not Applying For Job Opportunities
The founder and CEO of BlackJobs.com says that he is working with more than 500 employers nationwide that are genuinely looking to hire more African Americans, but many are not […]
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(BPRW) 11 year old African American Kid CEO and family creates a new birthday tradition with Happy the Birthday Bird and want to donate some of his book and plush gift sets to children hospitalized with COVID 19 to give them comfort, hope and security – T
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Remember When Rare Ltd Was A Developer to Watch? : ThyBlackMan
Many of the games on this are good examples of why Rare Ltd was ahead of its contemporaries in the late 90s and early 00s. Perfect Dark is a good example of how fast Rare Ltd could build upon features and functions from previous games and turn around a new
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27 Grants Awarded To African American History Sites; Funder Aims To 'Scale Up' - African American News Today - EIN News
… Historic Trust's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. … ;showcase the contributions of African Americans to our nation… the funders of the African American Cultural Heritage Action … in 1960. While African Americans cheered the first graders …
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#SharetheMicNow: Detroit Women Speak on Racial Divide | News | The Michigan Chronicle
Local entrepreneur, Khalilah Burt Gaston launches an independently organized series of conversations between Black and White women from Monday, August 17 - Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Modeled after Share The … Continued
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Calls Grow Louder ‘Requiring’ Biden To Pick A Black Woman VP As Deadline To Announce Nears
Calls for Joe Biden to select a Black woman to be his vice-presidential running mate were being amplified as the presumptive Democratic nominee's self-imposed deadline to make his announcement was rapidly approaching.
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Fight continues to include undocumented Caribbean immigrants in US Congressional Apportionment | New York Carib News
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a motion for partial summary judgment or, in the alternative, a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit to halt US President Donald Trump's efforts to illegally leave millions of the undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants out of the Congressional
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Black Friday for corrupt cops as Hawks make 23 arrests
SAPS and Tshwane metro officers arrested across Gauteng for various offences, including corruption at OR Tambo airport.
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Makhura threatens legal action after 'fake' social media posts accuse him of PPE corruption | News24
Gauteng Premier David Makhura has threatened to take legal action against anyone claiming on social media that he was involved in alleged PPE tender corruption.
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Major Explosion In Baltimore Leaves At Least 1 Dead, Others Injured
On Monday morning a deadly gas explosion rattled a Northwest Baltimore neighborhood, leaving at least one dead. According to local CBS affiliate 13WJZ, three homes in the area have also […] The post Major Explosion In Baltimore Leaves At Least 1 Dead, Others Injured appeared first on Essence.
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Prominent coronavirus deaths: Somali ambassador to Egypt dies in Kuwait
From top politicians – former presidents, prime ministers and lawmakers, to entertainment icons and top sportsmen, the virus has left in its wake prominent casualties who could hardly get the send-off they would have been accorded in “normal
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Amazon removes product over racial slur used in listing
AMAZON HAS removed a pair of shoes from its marketplace after David Lammy highlighted the... The post Amazon removes product after David Lammy highlights racial slur used in listing appeared first on Voice Online.
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HBO unveiled its plans for a new upcoming documentary highlighting Black pioneers in Hollywood, which will be produced by Issa Rae.
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