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Why A Vote For Donald Trump Is A Vote Against Black Lives - Blavity

A letter to my nephew, who was born the night Trump was elected, detailing why Trump has been so detrimental to Black Americans over the last 4 years.

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8 Minutes and 46 Seconds that will Change America and the World

Three Minneapolis police officers stood still, and almost silent, as Derek Chauvin, another police officer, had his knee on the neck of George

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Gayle King Says It Feels Like “Open Season” On Black Men After Back-To-Back Reports Of Racial Violence

CBS This Morning host Gayle King had an visceral emotional reaction after viewing two incidents pertaining to state violence and Black men, made the rounds on social media after Memorial Day

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Movements Are Nothing Without Endurance

Movements Are Nothing Without Endurance

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I Am Tired…The Pandemic Of Racism | Afro

Tired of the media-driven, negative stereotypes that shape the dangerous narrative surrounding young Black

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Quit Playin: The Warrior Method–Organic and Organized!

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Taylor case is glaring example of two-tiered justice system – Florida Courier

“The rallying cries that have been echoing throughout the nation have been once again ignored by a justice system that claims to serve the people. But when a justice system only acts in the best interest of the most privileged and whitest among us, it has failed. For the sake of Breonna Taylor, for

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Source: Florida Courier

(1869) Frederick Douglass Describes The "Composite Nation"

In an 1869 speech in Boston, Frederick Douglass challenged most social observers and politicians (including most African Americans) by advocating the acceptance of Chinese immigration. His argument is presented

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Source: Black Past

‘I CAN’T GO HOME AND TAKE MY SKIN COLOR OFF’

Black people can’t gather in large crowds because some type of violence happens, whether it’s a fight or someone getting

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

General Mills urges corporate community to step up and get real -

The local corporate community says it has accepted the call to action for systemic change but has it? Source

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

What Was Apartheid in South Africa?

Apartheid is an Afrikaans word that means separation. It is the name given to the particular racial-social ideology developed in South Africa during the twentieth

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Thousands Seek to Remove Lincoln Park Emancipation Memorial | Afro

A week later more than 5,400 people have joined in his mission to petition the U.S. National Park Service to eliminate the statue, which depicts a naked slave on his knees with broken chains looking up in adoration to President Abraham

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(1861) Alexander H. Stephens, “Cornerstone Speech”

On March 21, 1861, after seven states had seceded from the United States, two weeks after the inauguration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, but three weeks before the firing on Fort Sumter, Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens delivered what would be called the Cornerstone Speech in

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Nurse ‘Karen’ Fired After Calling Black Lives Matter A ‘Political Trick’ Meant To ‘Terrorize’

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Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938)

November 9, 1938, Argued

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This Journalist Helped Eradicate Hospital Debt for Thousands in Memphis

This Journalist Helped Eradicate Hospital Debt for Thousands in Memphis

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Hardin: We've Protested, What's Next?

I receive a lot of emails, text messages and phone calls from skin folk who have differing thoughts and opinions from the norm but are hesitant to share them publicly because of fear of the fierce backlash of the Knee Grow

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Bubba Wallace noose shows where America is stuck

NASCAR has as long as I can remember allowed fans to bring Confederate flags to their events, and from my neck of the woods that is not

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

(1871) Senator Hiram Revels Calls For The End Of Segregated Schools

Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) of Mississippi was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate when he filled the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis. Revels served just over a year from February 25, 1870, to March 13, 1871. During an 1871 Senate debate over school segregation in

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Black is beautiful through photographer’s lens –

“Little Black girl, you are princess too,” she wrote in an Instagram

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The Unbearable Grief Of Black Mothers | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.vox.com By A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez Between Covid-19 and police brutality, the burden of grief is yet another risk to Black mothers’ health. When one of us loses a child, all of us feel that hurt; vicarious trauma is an integral aspect of Black motherhood. My grandmother raised children

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

(1947) Henry A. Wallace, “Ten Extra Years”

Henry A. Wallace, the Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 and the future candidate for the Presidency on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948, chose the National Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma in December 1947 to outline his views on racial

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The Fight for the 2020 Vote and the March to the Ballot Box

On Monday, May 4, The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) and the Voting Rights Alliance held a tele-townhall titled, “The Fight for the Vote 2020: Our March to the Ballot

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Source: The Florida Star

Nurse Fired After Calling Black Lives Matter A ‘Political Trick’ Meant To ‘Terrorize’

Another nurse calls her out by bringing attention to the "Black maternal mortality crisis."

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Joe Biden Is Determined To Make This More Difficult Than It Needs To Be

Joe Biden is being Joe Biden, which means instead of staying in the basement and allowing Donald Trump to sink himself and be the story, he has volunteered a gaffe for us to focus

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(1901) Congressman George H. White's Farewell Address To Congress

In January 1901, at the beginning of a new century, George H. White was ending his term as a Congressman from North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Realizing that he was bringing to a close a thirty two year period when nearly forty Southern African Americans sat in Congress, White used

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Ann Petry , née Lane (born October 12, 1908, Old Saybrook, Conn., U.S.—died April 28, 1997, Old Saybrook), African-American novelist, journalist, and biographer whose works offered a unique perspective on black life in small-town New

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Looters, Lowlifes, And Liars

Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement t threaten people’s legal right to

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Black Activists Confront Affirmative Action Opponents on Zoom Call

If voters approve ACA 5 in November, it will bring Affirmative Action back to the state of

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

“We Do Not Need To Protect Them” Tika Sumpter Has A Message For Black People In Interracial Relationships

Last week, rapper Eve made headlines after she shared that she and her husband, Max Cooper, a White man, were having some uncomfortable conversations in the midst of the uprising currently taking place in this

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Christian Cooper Won’t Cooperate In The Prosecution Of “Central Park Karen”

When Christian Cooper expressed that he felt bad that Amy Cooper is dealing with serious consequences for attempting to weaponize the NYPD against him, the writing was on the wall.

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