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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of felony marijuana arrests in California continued to decline in 2019 in the age of legalization, but another trend remained unchanged: those arrests fell disproportionately on Hispanics and Blacks, state data showed. The California Department of Justice, in an annual
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After almost four years in prison, Keeda Haynes is running to be TN's first black woman in Congress - Face2Face Africa
In life, sometimes one must experience certain hardships to be a better advocate for those in similar situations. That is the story of Keeda Haynes who spent almost four years in prison for a crime she says she did not commit, to becoming a public defender who is now running for Congress in
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Supporters Kick Off “Yes on Proposition 16” Campaign as Opposition Gets Into Gear - Voice and Viewpoint
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media Ahead of the November election, the Opportunity for All Coalition has begun its “Yes on Proposition 16” campaign. To kick off the drive, the group held a virtual press conference on Zoom July 14 featuring lawmakers, advocates and activists. Supporters
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'Hero without a grave': Lumumba's daughter demands father's 'relics' from Belgium | Africanews
The daughter of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba has called on Belgium to return her father’s “relics”, in an apparent reference to teeth taken from his body after his assassination in
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San Francisco African American Revolving Loan Fund – Apply by Aug. 4 - African American News Today - EIN News
SAN FRANCISCO AFRICAN AMERICAN REVOLVING LOAN … the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce has … to African American small businesses through the African American Revolving … 30 PM Topic: SF African American Revolving Loan Fund Informational …
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Hours before the daily US Covid-19 death toll topped 1,000 for the first time in two weeks, Trump warned the crisis may get worse before it got better - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Trump, coaxed back to the White House briefing room by his tumbling poll numbers and plummeting public confidence in his handling of the pandemic, mostly stuck to an unusually disciplined, scripted message on
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'In This Together' Campaign Aims To Invest $1 Billion in Minority Businesses Impacted By COVID - Black Enterprise
NMSDC CEO Adrienne Trimble says the campaign hopes to raise $1 billion to support minority business development, economic inclusion, and growth.
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The Arts in St. Louis: Aisha Sultan hosts a live roundtable at 7 p. m. on Wednesday
… Rep is the largest, professional African-American theatre company in the nation … and the largest African-American performing arts organization in Missouri … , comedies and musicals by primarily African-American and third world playwrights. See …
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Politics; Historical Ignorance and Confederate Generals. - ThyBlackMan
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The World Mourns A True Icon and Freedom Fighter - John Lewis 1940-2020
The legislator, freedom fighter and justice warrior, who was famously beaten, bloodied and arrested in Selma, Alabama — and in other cities across the Jim Crow South — during the struggle for civil rights and racial equality, was 80. His death came just hours after another the passing of another
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Kansas City Mayor Faces Racism Lynching After Issuing COVID-19 Mask Mandate
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Brooklyn motorist yells N-word, assaults man after he's caught on camera : TheGrio
The NYPD is reportedly looking into a racist attack that turned violent on the Upper East Side, and it was... View Article The post Brooklyn motorist yells N-word, assaults man after he's caught on camera appeared first on TheGrio.
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Former Princeton Professor Says Democrats Are 'Using Black People to Advance a Radical Agenda'
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Protesters Are Being “Kidnapped” in Portland By Unidentified Law Enforcement - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Numerous viral videos show protesters in Portland being taken off the streets, put into vans and taken to unknown locations by unmarked federal law enforcement agents. Now, local and state officials are demanding that they be removed from the
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Activist Says He Wants Justice, Not Money, For Unwarranted Assault While a Prison Inmate by Seven Guards - Milwaukee Community Journal
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House passes $740 billion funding bill that would remove Confederate names from military bases - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Kanye West Rally in South Carolina Sparks Controversy and Concern | Chicago Defender
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West Wants $1M for New Moms, Slams Tubman at Campaign Rally | Dallas Weekly
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