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DoorDash Launches Initiatives To Support Black Businesses
Share0 (Image via @samedayshop/Instagram) This week restaurant delivery service DoorDash unveiled its new initiatives to support Black-owned businesses. They include a new partnership with nonprofit financial platform Kiva to help
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Source: The Black Chronicle
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Berry, Halle (1968- )
Halle Berry, who was born Maria Halle Berry, is a multiracial model, actress, and former beauty queen who was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1968.  Her mother Judith Hawkins Berry, who is white, worked as a psychiatric nurse in a Cleveland hospital.  Berry’s African American father, Jerome Berry, was
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Ronaldo's penalties salvage 2-2 draw for Juventus against Atalanta - Stabroek News
TURIN, Italy,  (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo converted two penalties, both awarded for handballs and the second in the last minute, as Serie A leader Juventus twice hit back to draw 2-2 with Atalanta to move closer to a ninth successive Serie A title
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Arian Richmond places third in virtual Miss Emerald pageant - Stabroek News
Guyanese Arian Dahlia Richmond was one of 11 young women who vied for the Miss Emerald crown in a virtual pageant held on Friday night. The article Arian Richmond places third in virtual Miss Emerald pageant appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Environmental justice means racial justice, say activists
Tackling systemic racism is fundamental to achieving environmental and climate justice, according to leading activists, as Covid-19 disparities and the global uprising against police brutality lay bare the ramifications of racial inequalities in every sphere of
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Uncle Ben's has a new name after being criticised for racial stereotyping - Voice Online
UNCLE BEN'S has been renamed Ben’s Original after a series of criticisms for racial stereotyping.... The post Uncle Ben's has a new name after being criticised for racial stereotyping appeared first on Voice Online.
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OP-ED: Celebrating the Journey of Black Music and its impact on American Culture
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For many generations, Black music has been at the forefront of the changing dynamics of America and the world. Black music adds more than just a layer of diversity to the American identity. One of the oldest and most sacred forms of American folksong is the Negro Spiritual. When
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Murphy, Isaac Burns (1861-1896)
Isaac Murphy was born on April 16, 1861 as Isaac Burns near Frankfort, Kentucky on a farm to parents James Burns and a mother whose name is unknown.  Murphy was the first American jockey elected to Racing’s Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York and only one of two black jockeys (Willie Simms
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Timely Soul of a Nation Finally Reaches the MFAH. But See It, Quick! - African American News Today - EIN News
of high-profile killings of African-Americans by law enforcement and private and the joy of its African-American subjects. Jarrell Wadsworth’s Revolutionary
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Black Wisconsin Woman Suffers Third-Degree Burns Following Alleged Attack by Four White Men
An 18-year old Black woman, Althea Bernstein, says she was attacked by four white men with lighter fluid as she was driving to visit her brother in the Madison, Wisconsin, suburb of
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Fox Chapel district investigates racist videos as students and alumni call it to embrace Black Lives Matter movement
Hundreds of Fox Chapel students and alumni are calling on their school district to more aggressively address racial injustice in the district as Black Lives Matter protests have sprung up across the country, including the Pittsburgh
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This Is The Black Agenda I Propose For The First 100 Days Of A Biden-Harris Administration - Blavity
A future Biden administration must prioritize the Black agenda during its first 100 days.
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Suspected White Supremacists Yelling N-Word Set Black Woman Driver On Fire In Wisconsin ‘Hate Crime’
A group of white men yelling racial slurs pulled up in a car next to a Black woman driver in Wisconsin, sprayed her with a flammable liquid and threw a lit lighter at her, engulfing her head and neck with
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Can Biden and Harris take a punch? History says no and Trump can't wait : TheGrio
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” Mike Tyson, November 1996 A reporter once asked then... View Article The post Can Biden and Harris take a punch? History says no and Trump cant wait appeared first on TheGrio.
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Companies Across The U.S. Are Giving Employees Juneteenth Off
A bevy of companies and states are giving their employees Juneteenth off as the Black Lives Matter protests and police shootings have brought new awareness to the plight of African Americans in the
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Black Lives Matter: Lessons in white allyship from South Africas anti-apartheid movement
Our ongoing research into the SA anti-apartheid movement provides four key lessons we can draw on today in the fight against racism, writes University of London lecturer.
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Black Woman In Madison, Wisconsin Set On Fire By White Racists
Althea Bernstein suffered second- and third-degree burns.
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Police chief reaches out to Florida community where Black Lives Matter movement began – Florida Courier
BY GRACE TOOHEY ORLANDO SENTINEL/TNS ORLANDO — As Black Lives Matter demonstrators protesting police brutality and calling for racial justice regain momentum across the country, Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith reached out to his community — which many cite as the movement’s birthplace — to answer
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Not Just Karens: More People Seem To Be Taking The Law Into Their Own Hands During The Pandemic
As scholars and pundits fear the real possibility of another American civil war, the grave implications of domestic political violence loom more than at any point in the past 50 years.
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Viola Davis Opens Up About Challenges As A Dark-Skinned Woman and Protests For Historic 'Vanity Fair' Cover
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The feel-good nostalgia we need. Hey, ZORA Fam!
Christina and Jolie, here. We don’t know about y’all, but lately we’ve been nostalgic. We’re reminiscing about the back-in-the-day joys and habits that offered a brief escape from the real world…
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Russell Wilson Opens About Personal Experience With Racism After 2014 Super Bowl Win
“Being black is a real thing in America.”
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NBA Champ Rasheed Wallace Says He Wouldn't Risk Playing During COVID and Frowns Upon New Player Jerseys
The COVID-19 pandemic and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement have become defining movements of 2020. Both occurrences have drastically shifted American culture, politics, and the way many industries
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Our Privacy Matters: Yes on Prop 24
By Sean Dugar, Op-Ed Every day, we hear horror stories of young students beginning their distance learning getting spammed with...
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JPS to conduct all-island simulation
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it will conduct an all-island simulation to test the country’s readiness as part of the entity’s ongoing disaster preparedness strategy. “It should be happening sometime this month,...
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Video Of Denver ‘Karen’ Following And ‘Interrogating’ Black Man Sparks Protest
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Blitzboks pair crack nod for Sevens Dream Team
Selvyn Davids and JC Pretorius were honoured for their standout performances for the Blitzboks in the 2019/20 World Rugby Sevens series.
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(1955) Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., "Speech on Civil Rights"
On February 2, 1955, New York Representative Adam Clayton Powell, then one of only three African Americans in the U.S. Congress, rose to argue that his colleagues should support two pending civil rights bills then before the House of Representatives.  His speech appears
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Investigation reveals US police used UK riot gear at Black Lives Matter protests - Voice Online
A JOINT investigation by Sky News, The Guardian, Bellingcat and Lighthouse Reports has revealed that British made-equipment was used by American police, in some cases facilitating excessive force against Black Lives Matter protests.
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