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Since the spiritual disobedience of Adam and Eve, mankind has universally had problems with obedience to the spiritual laws of God or manmade-moral-enactments of laws (civil
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Black Business Group Takes AB 5 Independent Contractor Fight to Gov. Newsom
The letter, signed by the organization’s president Salena Pryor, argues that the state’s costly plan to enforce AB 5 would only exacerbate that at this time, when California is facing a massive $54 billion deficit and the state’s unemployment rate is 24 percent, it would be fiscally imprudent to
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MLB’s lacking social voice and the decline of African-American ballplayers
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Beyoncé Becomes the 2nd of Only Two Musicians to Ever Achieve This Milestone Over 4 Straight Decades
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It takes two? Twin Cities suddenly home to twin retro-rap stations
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Ebony Magazine
Ebony, a pictorial news magazine published by Chicago, Illinois-based Johnson Publishing Company, first appeared in November 1945. Created by John H. Johnson, who modeled his publication after Life magazine, Ebony celebrated African American life and culture by depicting the achievements of black
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Book on Fashion of Miles Davis, Legendary Jazz Musician | Afro
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Children’s Museum Houston spotlights renowned jazz guitarist
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PUSH Boycott
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Designer George Sully Launches A Platform To Celebrate Black Designers of Canada
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Nearly Half Of All Black-Owned Businesses Have Closed Permanently Because Of COVID-19, Study Finds - Blavity
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Urban League marks 100 years
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