What Dems — and NYC — can learn from the GOP’s Bronx City Council win

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What Dems — and NYC — can learn from the GOP’s Bronx City Council win

Some will attribute Kristy Marmorato’s election as the first Republican to represent The Bronx in City Council in 40 years to selfish NIMBY-ism.

Source: New York Post

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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society

In the article below Clarence Lang, an associate professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas describes his book, Grassroots at the Gateway which explores the changes in 20th Century St. Louiss political, economic, and social landscape and how those changes both

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Dallas furloughed city employees - An open letter

Municipal employees at libraries and cultural centers have found inspiring ways to serve their communities by creating free content accessible to anyone with an internet

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Hillsborough County OKs Nearly $20 Million For Affordable | Florida Sentinel Bulletin

HousingRendering of Uptown Sky, University Area Community Development Corporation Funds provided by federal and state grants, County Trust Fund Affordable housing remains a top priority of Hillsborough County’s Board of County Commissioners, even during the COVID-19

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Holder, Eric H. (1951- ) - Birthday

Attorney General since 2009, was born on January 21, 1951 in the Bronx, New York to parents of Barbadian descent, Eric, a real estate agent and Miriam Holder, a telephone operator.

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$100,000,000 Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In the Death of Peace Activist Shawntray Grant

The family of Shawntray Grant, represented by The Mance Law Firm, held a press conference last Monday to discuss the $100,000,000 wrongful death lawsuit that has been filed in the death of local peace activist Shawntray

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Lynn Williams is a Grammy nominated singer, former beauty queen and television and film actress. She was born on March 18, 1963 in Bronx, New York but soon moved to a more fashionable neighborhood. Her parents, Milton and Helen Williams, both worked as music teachers and so Williams and her

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Activists Fight to Maintain A Community Treasure in Battle Over Proposed Crenshaw Mall Acquisition

For more than five decades, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza has been a Los Angeles cultural/business icon and the place where African Americans shopped, evolving from an open-air retail hub to an indoor shopping

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Afrika Bambaataa, Harry Belafonte's BeatStreet, SugarHill Records, Disco Fever in 2015 Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Inductees Class for TV Show March 2015 NYC

The 2015 Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Inductee Class will be lead by Afrika Bambaataa for Lifetime Achievement, Harry Belafonte’s classic Hip Hop Film BeatStreet now celebrating 30 years, Sal Abitello and his Disco Fever venue in the Bronx where many Hip Hop Stars and Legends were made, Sylvia

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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Statement from the Urban League of Greater Atlanta on Civil Unrest in the Nation

The Leaders of the Urban League Movement, including National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial, Urban League of Greater Atlanta President/CEO Nancy A. Flake Johnson, and all affiliate presidents, hereby issue the following statement in response to the civil unrest sweeping the

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Malcolm A. Punter - President & CEO, HCCI

Dr. Punter is a member of the Metro New York National Black MBA Association, 100 Black Men of New York, Inc., serves as the Secretary of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr Memorial Committee, Inc., as the Vice President of the Black Agency Executives in NYC as well as served on many boards for other

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Meet the Black Republican Woman Trying to Unseat Civil Rights Icon John Lewis – Free Press of Jacksonville

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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Minneapolis Has A Bold Plan To Tackle Racial Inequity. Now It Has To Follow Through

Such covenants were attached to tens of thousands of homes across Minneapolis, carving inequity directly into the city's map and creating a foundation for one of the biggest racial wealth gaps of any major American

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From Fannie Lou Hamer To Breonna Taylor, Black Women Have Been Victims Of Police Violence For Decades

Breonna Taylor’s story is reminiscent of countless others, and reflects a long-standing pattern: For decades, Black women have been targets of police violence and

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NYC possible coronavirus-related cases in kids are mostly Black and Hispanic

READ MORE: 15 children in NYC have possibly COVID-related illness

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Minnesota Governor Activates National Guard Amid Protests Over George Floyd's Death

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday signed an executive order activating the Minnesota National Guard to help restore peace following days of furor over a video showing a white police officer holding his knee on the neck of a black man who

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Tupac Shakur (also known by his stage name of 2Pac) was legendary rap and hip-hop musician. He was born in New York City in 1971 to Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur, both activists of a revolutionary black nationalist organization named “Black Panthers”. His name, Tupac Amaru

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Hip Hop’s First Journalist Dies At The Age of 70 – Your Black World

Robert then decided to travel to the Bronx to meet with Kool Herc to learn something

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Gabourey Sidibe

Sidibe’s nickname is Gabby… She was born in Brooklyn but raised in Harlem, according to the film’s official site, which also notes that while Sidibe never studied theater, “she has spent time on stage, participating in plays put on by the theater department at Lehman College in the

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(1994) Sister Souljah, “We Are At War"

In 1993 Sister Souljah (born Lisa Williamson), a Bronx-born rapper, earned national notoriety thanks ironically to then Presidential candidate Bill Clinton who denounced her comments about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots as “hate driven and racist.” Sister Souljah responded with her own

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The Deep Roots Of Louisville’s Rage Over The Police Killing Of Breonna Taylor

For each of the past two nights, large protests have broken out on the streets of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, much as they have in cities across the country after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, a Black man, on

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New Rule Could Deny Black Developers Access to $4 Billion-Plus in State Housing Funds

African American developers across California are worried about a rule change the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is

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VIDEO: Fires Blaze, Looters Rampage During Minneapolis Protests

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Advocate for Community Development

Charles 'Chuck' Turner, executive director of the Center for Community Action, has been a community organizer, activist, and advocate for Boston's African-American community for over 20 years. He has a record of effectively organizing people to confront city and state agencies for jobs, affordable

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‘The Shepherd’ Manson Johnson: Rest in peace, my friend

Manson was at Texas Southern

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Jamaicans in the US in for a mango treat this weekend

Jamaicans in the US in for a mango treat this weekend

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Bronx ‘city within a city’ shaken by sickness, fear

Morton’s story is a common one in the Bronx, which has been hit harder by the virus than any other place in the New York City metropolitan

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Local debt grows with Sh106bn Bretton Woods loan

Given Kenya’s classification as a lower middle-income country, the loan comprises a Sh79.5 billion credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and Sh26.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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Quit Playin’: Mandate My Ass!

Gil was formally introduced to the stark realities of Black life in America as a young

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John E. Maupin, Jr. was President of Morehouse School of Medicine. Maupin also serves as Chair of Regions Community Development Corporation, the Company’s non-profit corporation dedicated to providing technical assistance for affordable housing, small business, and community development

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