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The Black Lives Matter Movement is the Enemy of African-Americans - African American News Today - EIN News
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Cops salute murdered officer who was shot with his own gun
On a day when 11 people were shot, two fatally, amid months of soaring gun violence in Chicago, a memorial honored a police officer who was shot 10 years ago in the back with his own gun and then, as he lay fallen, shot in the head at close range. Chicago Police holds a memorial []
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Black livelihoods matter: Less than 2% in top management roles are black - African Voice Newspaper
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Ella Jones is elected first Black mayor of Ferguson, MO
Jones is also the first woman to lead the Missouri city, which erupted in protests in 2014 after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, a black teenager. Ella Jones became the first African American and first woman elected mayor in Ferguson, MO, on Tuesday, June 3, 2020, nearly six
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Where We Live: Portlanders to march in Washington DC - African American News Today - EIN News
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Georgias Public HBCUs: Standing United | The Savannah Tribune
Our nation’s current state of affairs requires the attention of all leaders to champion social justice and end racial inequality. But before action must come thoughtful, engaged and strategic planning. As the presidents of Georgia’s publicly supported historically black colleges and universities we
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Being Black In America Today: Share Your Experience : NPR
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Book review of ‘Being Property Once Myself’ – Florida Courier
BY DR. GLENN ALTSCHULER SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER “Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man’’ by Joshua Bennett. Harvard University Press. 224 pages, $35 Set in Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, “Salvage the Bones,’’ a novel by Jesmyn Ward, features China, a White pit bull who is both
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Photo of Three Aurora Police Officers Making Fun of Elijah McClains Death Circulated Among Others to Reportedly Cheer Up a Friend
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How Some Mothers Enable Their Problematic Sons
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African Americans in Missouri die at higher homicide rate than any other state, study finds
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Black Lives Matter, Kendrick Sampson, and Tessa Thompson Pen Open Letter Calling for Hollywood to Divest From Anti-Black Content, Over 300 Black Celebs and Execs Sign
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — "Black Mental Health in the Age of COVID and Civil Unrest" | BlackPressUSA
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NC officers fired for comments about wiping Black people off the map
Three North Carolina police officers have been fired from their department for making racist comments, including violent threats to “wipe them off the map.” The post NC officers fired for comments about wiping Black people off the map appeared first on TheGrio.
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Tennessee lawmaker apologizes after racially offensive joke - TSDMemphis.com
NASHVILLE — A white Tennessee lawmaker asked for forgiveness on the House floor Monday after he made a racially offensive joke hours before to a black representative. “I am extremely sorry that an offhand attempt at humor hurt your feelings,” said Rep. Mike Carter, a Republican from
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Governor Whitmer Talks Reopening the State, Police Reform and More at Pancakes & Politics Forum II | The Michigan Chronicle
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Image Architect, Law Roach, creates a "fLAWless Fundraiser" and Raises $100,000 To Rebuild Local Black-owned Fashion and Beauty Businesses in Chicago | BlackPressUSA
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