TruSo, a Black-owned social networking app set to launch | Afro

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TruSo, a Black-owned social networking app set to launch | Afro

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A new app could end the so-called “Black Twitter” experience and allow African Americans their own social media platform. Backed by celebrities Sway Calloway, Kareem Grimes, Terrell Owens and Miki Barber, the Black-owned social networking app, TruSo, is poised to debut. “I believe in the power […]

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By AFRO Staff We’ve voted and now it’s time to move on. It’s time to begin the rebuilding necessary to heal our homes, communities and spirits. We voted by the millions. Mobilized by the NAACP, the Urban League, the Black Press, community organizations and activists, we voted. Faith organizations

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