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by Corey Strong   While Memphis and Shelby County wrestles with how to economically respond to COVID-19 in the short term, I am more concerned with the long term impacts the pandemic will have on our economy. In the post-COVID world, technology is king and unskilled work forces are susceptible to
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COMMENTARY: Wear Your Armor | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — How do we put on spiritual armor? We do so by daily absorbing scripture as truth, living in obedience to God, sharing the gospel and trusting Christ. That’s how to put armor on, study the Word, live according to biblical principles and believe that we live in a place infused with
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On the Death of Stan Pampy Barre' - New Orleans Data News Weekly
Roy J. Rodney, Jr. Rodney and Etter, LLC I read the article Gordon Russell wrote in NOLA.com on the death of Stanford “Pampy” Barre’. It was shameful and disrespectful, to Stan Barre’, his contribution to
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National Wax Museum Marks 25 Years for Its Lynching Exhibit | Afro
By Dr. Joanne M. Martin It took a camera phone and shocked eye-witnesses to the in-plain-sight death of George Floyd to bring mass attention to the killing of countless numbers of mainly Black men in America by the police. It took ten minutes and nine seconds on her iphone for 17-year-old Darnella
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FOOD: The Bake with Paris
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There are many things you can do with these cookies- you can eat them by themselves, put some chocolate and marshmallows on top to make s'mores, or create a cheesecake filling, just like I did.
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Quick Look 2020 Mercedes Benz AMG GT R | BlackPressUSA
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COMMENTARY: The Black Church Faces an Atypical Crisis | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Blacks in the U.S. have been disproportionately affected during the pandemic. Although African Americans only compose 6 percent of the population in the state of California, Blacks comprise 10.6 percent of the COVID-19 deaths. This has been attributed to the fact that a number of
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How come Black people get to have their own groups - TSDMemphis.com
Dear Cultural Coach: My comments may sound racist on the surface, but I am trusting that you are as open-minded as your writing. I have been wondering why having all-African-American clubs or associations is not racist but having something all-white is. Actually my question is not limited to
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Black Girls Run: More Black Woman Seeking Office This Year Than Ever Before
“My mother used to tell me, ‘Kamala, you may be the first to do many things. Make sure you are not the last.’” – U.S. Senator Kamala Harris Black women across America are making political history in 2018. As Election Day approaches Tuesday, there are perhaps more Black women running for elected
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM WED. 6.24.20 7:00PM ET — ZIGGY MARLEY — CELEBRATING BLACK MUSIC APPRECIATION MO
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 6.19.20 1PM ET — DEFENDING BLACK WALL STREET THE MOVIE
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AUTONETWORK: 72-Hours of Royalty: Twilight Purple 2020 Rolls-Royce Cullinan
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The Month In Trump: October
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Will America Fix the Race Problem? - Houston Forward Times
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 6.25.20 7:00PM — SUGAR RAY LEONARD!
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Trump Month In Review: August
President Donald Trump is openly using “violent” Black people as a political tool to scare his conservative base leading up to the November mid-term elections. It’s a new low for Trump who always takes the low road. CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is correctly criticizing Trump for what he
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Editorial Commentary: The Chi’s’ Yolonda Ross Talks Art, Creativity | Afro
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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM: Sugar Ray Leonard Talks Boxing, Personal Demons, and Greatest Triumphs
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “(Boxing) gave me an opportunity to provide for my parents, help my siblings, help my friends, and help my community,” said Leonard. “I’m a blessed man. I won the Olympics in 1976 and had every intention of going to the University of Maryland to further my education and get a good
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LIVESTREAM — WED. 6.24.20 1PM ET — #SaveLocalJournalism #15: THE NEXT GENERATION
An ancient proverb notes, Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown. Over the course of the 193 years of the Black Press of America, and the 80 years of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (20 and 4 generations, respectively), the fire for serving our communities that
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What Does July 4th Mean To Me? | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let's Not Put Our Health at Risk | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cite several possible reasons that Black Americans are more affected. One is that many of us live in more highly populated areas where it’s more difficult to practice physical distancing from one another. Many of us also live in
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White Hands, Blue Uniforms, Black Death | Afro
By Reginald Williams The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a state-sanctioned punishment imposed upon a person arrested, charged, tried and convicted of a crime deemed so serious that death is considered the appropriate sentence.  A death row inmate waits, on average, 15 years
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George Floyd, Policing and the Paradigm Shift - My WordPress
May 26th marked the first night of protests that were ablaze after George Floyd's death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. The day before, four Minneapolis police officers arrested George Floyd for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes. Before verifying if the
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COMMENTARY: NFL Comments on George Floyd and Gets Roasted on Kaepernick | BlackPressUSA
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Pastor Acree says “Shore up witness protection program!” | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Donald Trump Month In Review: November
President Donald Trump’s constant verbal assaults on black female journalists is completely unacceptable. Earlier this month, Trump blasted CNN reporter Abby Phillip, CNN contributor April Ryan and PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor, all of whom are African-American women. Trump called Ryan a loser and
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