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Artists Partner with the State for “Your Actions Save Lives” Campaign - L.A. Focus News
Bo Tefu | California Black Media More than 20 California artists partnered with the state for the “Your Actions Save Lives” campaign. The effort was created to uplift and celebrate the resilience of communities and encourage safe practices that stop the spread of COVID-19 as Gov. Gavin
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Incredible U set to execute charitable projects in East Berbice, Bartica
Non-profit organization Incredible U spearheaded by Mrs India Guyana 2019 Kristal Inshan is on a mission to improve the lives of impoverished
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Trump posthumously pardons Susan B. Anthony and disparages Michelle Obama - L.A. Focus Newspaper
"Well she's in over her head, and frankly, she should've made the speech live, which she didn't do," he said Tuesday when asked his reaction to Obama's remarks, calling her speech "extremely divisive" before quickly pivoting to talk about drug
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Most Blacks locked out of market as California median home cost soars past $800,000 - The Sacramento Observer
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The California Association of Realtors (CAR), the California Building Industry Association (CBIA), and Habitat for Humanity California have joined together to urge lawmakers […] The post Most Blacks locked out of market as California m
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Loaded with “comeback” support, lawmakers approve California’s $267 billion budget
Bo Tefu | California Black Media The California legislature approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $267 billion state budget for fiscal year 2021-22. It is packed with support for programs and policy […] The post Loaded with “comeback” support, lawmakers approve California’s $267 billion
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California Black Newspapers Win Hundreds of Thousands in Facebook Grants – Voice and Viewpoint
Facebook announced May 7 that it is awarding nearly $10.3 million to 144 local newsrooms through the company’s COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States
This year the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrates its 100th anniversary.  In the article below historian Susan Bragg provides a brief introduction to the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the oldest continually
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Opinion: In the shadow of Covid-19, mental health help can't come soon enough - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Spanish child receives artificial limb created using 3-D printing - The Kenya News
MADRID, Spain: Juan Moyolema, aged 8, was ecstatic on receiving a prosthetic hand developed by a designer in Madrid who uses 3-D printing to craft customized prostheses offered free to individuals worldwide."It is going to help me pick things up, things like toys," Moyolema said, prior to
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Three African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles
A little over 100 miles southwest of Sacramento in Santa Clara County, another African the top post of the region’s water utility last Richardson, Secretary, California Government Operations Agency
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After A Long Journey To Motherhood, This Entrepreneur Is Covering IVF Treatments And Raising Funds For Moms
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The Lookout: New Cal Housing Bills Could Change the Look, Feel of Your Neighborhood
California, known for its sprawling residential neighborhoods of single-family homes spread out with driveways, front yards and garages, even in urban areas, may soon get an architectural makeover. That’s if two new bills approved by the legislature and awaiting the governor’s signature are signed
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A Juneteenth event was held in the largest African-American cemetery in Brunswick County - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Videos show a mostly maskless crowd gathered for a party near Georgia college - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The large group of people congregated at an off-campus housing apartment complex near the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega on Saturday night, the university's executive director of communications, Sylvia Carson, told CNN in an emailed statement on
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Meek Mill Pushed for a Probation Reform Law in Virginia. The State's Governor Just Signed It.
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Black Leaders Voice Strong Support for Gov. Newsom as Voters Return Recall Ballots | Post News Group
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Together, We Should Seek Justice for the Tulsa Massacre 100 Years Later - The Sacramento Observer
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media (CBM) - May 31-June 1, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the deadliest acts of racial violence in […] The post Together, We Should Seek Justice for the Tulsa Massacre 100 Years Later appeared first on Th
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Reflecting on the murder of George Floyd a year later requires that we as Black Americans, Americans as a nation, honestly look at all the meaning that this tragedy embodies. The symbolism is palpable. For life has been, and continues to be, snuffed out of Black Americans in many ways, on many
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Asm. Akilah Weber’s First Bill Pushes California to Be Prepared for Next Pandemic
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African America’s First Protest Meeting: Black Philadelphians Reject the American Colonization Society Plans for Their Resettlem
In the following account historian William L. Katz revisits an essay he first wrote in 1968 as the introduction to the reprinted volume of William Lloyd Garrison’s Thoughts on African Colonization which was first published in 1832. In the article below he describes the first mass protest meeting at
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Dutch police find country's biggest-ever cocaine lab in former riding school - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Police in the Netherlands have arrested 17 people following a raid on a massive cocaine lab, which they say is the biggest ever found in the country. The post Dutch police find country's biggest-ever cocaine lab in former riding school appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.
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