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WATCH: In My Feed – #OscarsSoWhite, Has Anything Changed? | Essence

Nine years ago, campaign finance lawyer April Reign created the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite after “the Academy awarded all 20 acting nominations to white actors for the first of two consecutive years.”

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Cynthia Ann McKinney was born on March 17, 1955 in Atlanta, Georgia to parents Billy McKinney, who was a police officer and to a mother, Leola Christion McKinney, who was a nurse. Her father was a political activist who challenged his employer, the Atlanta Police Department, for its practice of

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Hollywood's Worst "Whitewashing" Controversies

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Payne, Daniel Alexander (1811-1893)

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State of Illinois Cancels Summer Events at McCormick Place Including Black Women's Expo; New Dates Scheduled for 2021

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Harriet Tubman House

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USES launches Neighbor to Neighbor food program

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