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Ebony Magazine is facing a forced involuntary bankruptcy as lenders claim debts remain unpaid. READ MORE: Ebony replaces CEO Willard... View Article The post Ebony Magazine forced into involuntary bankruptcy appeared first on TheGrio.
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Coronavirus Update: 9-Year Old Florida Girl Becomes Youngest Coronavirus Victim
Kimora 'Kimmie' Lynum, a nine-year-old African American girl, died on July 18 in Putnam County, Florida. Kimora is now the state's youngest coronavirus fatality. After acquiring a high fever, Kimora’s mother took her to the hospital. Doctors sent her home and she collapsed shortly after. Kimora had
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William H. Grey: Politician and African American Leader in Arkansas
William H. Grey was a politician and leader of the African American community in the state of Arkansas. Grey was born December 22, 1829, in Washington, D.C. He was the son of free parents. He arrived in Arkansas from Missouri in 1863 and settled in Helena (Phillips County), Arkansas. Grey
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Coping During COVID-19
By Shonedra Redd I hung up the phone with my sister earlier this week. All I could hear was the sheer disappointment in her voice as she explained that her …
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Civil Rights Attorney Demands Answers Surrounding Death Of Black Texas Woman Found Hanging In White Roommate's Garage - Blavity
Civil rights attorney S. Lee Merritt is demanding answers regarding the death of a Black woman who was found hanging in her white roommate’s garage in Texas.
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Dems will never choose transformative change – Florida Courier
The COVID-19 epidemic proved beyond all rational doubt that decades of bipartisan privatization and austerity had destroyed the U.S. “public” health care system, rendering the nation structurally incapable of coping with the viral onslaught. The late and geographically uneven lockdown succeeded
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#Election2020 – Trump is behind in a state no Republican has won the presidency without in 96 years | The Atlanta Voice
Poll of the week: A new CNN/SSRS poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads in the state of Florida by a 51% to 46% margin over President Donald Trump among registered voters. The CNN poll follows a Quinnipiac University poll released earlier this week, which showed Biden with a 51% to
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Five Ways to Fight Obesity and Its Impact on Fighting Covid-19 in African Americans. | Chicago Defender
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Young people perceive COVID-19 as catalyst to re-shape Africa’s future
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Commentary: Why do we need to be convinced? | New Pittsburgh Courier
by E. Faye Williams (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Jane Elliott said, “If we didn’t have all those years when Black lives didn’t matter, we wouldn’t have to have a Black Lives Matter Movement now.” … Continued The post Commentary: Why do we need to be convinced? appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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Armed man killed during BLM protest in Austin - TheGrio
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Black Soldiers Monument Faces Scrutiny Amid Racial Reckoning
BOSTON (AP) — The white Union Army commander sits rigid atop an imposing horse. His Black men, rifles to their shoulders, march resolutely alongside on their way to battle. For L’Merchie Frazier, the towering bronze relief in downtown Boston captures the stirring call to arms answered by Black
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Political upheaval must eventually call for lasting political change
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Biden Surrogates Tout ‘Plan for America’ - Black News Channel
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent President Donald Trump’s failure to control the coronavirus pandemic has worsened a long list of challenges facing American families, according to presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden. Among those challenges are
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Black Woman Police Officer Is Biking 400 Miles for Black Lives
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White Couple Arrested For Racist Attack on Black Hotel Worker
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WATCH: Rep. Val Demings talks VP candidacy, blasts Trump for pardons | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
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Good Trouble: Congressman John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) - Dallas Examiner
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Churches vandalized across the US | Atlanta Daily World
A rash of vandalism at churches has left a statue of Jesus Christ headless and some set ablaze. The reports come amid a national debate over what to do about … Continued The post Churches vandalized across the US appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.
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California reports record high number of coronavirus deaths : TheGrio
California hit a record number of 159 COVID-related deaths on Friday, a day after it also reported a record-high 12,807... View Article The post California reports record high number of coronavirus deaths appeared first on TheGrio.
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