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Celebrating Black Women - The Seattle Medium
We Black women know how hard we worked to make Kamala's election a reality. The benefit of our effort accrued to Kamala and Joe equally. With respect to their present and future security, we must not allow our fears of what might happen overrule the exciting victory that we now experience. The
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ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ star talks show, music with the Black Press | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Will Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen hook up? Can Angela Lopez’s fiancée Wesley Evers be a trusted father and loving husband? The questions sound like soap opera cliffhangers, but they are not. They are some of the intrigues
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MN Humanities and AALF to host a cultural forum ‘Realizing Wakanda’ -
Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) in partnership with the African American Leadership Forum (AALF) will host a virtual cultural education forum, 'Realizing Wakanda.' Source
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Tiffany Haddish Shows Off Her 30-Day Body Transformation
Funny gal Tiffany Haddish is taking her 2021 fitness goals seriously. The 41-year-old actress and comedian has been doing some strength training, and it shows!
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Source: Black America Web
Profit before people: AstraZeneca charging SA more than double what EU pays for Covid-19 Vaccine
Oxford-AstraZeneca charges EU nations $2.16 (R32.73) for each shot, but South Africa must pay $5.25 (R79.56) for the same vaccine.
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At Black Then, we frequently see interesting photos that give us a glimpse into the past. They tend to show us a piece of black history that is often not covered in textbooks, in history classes, or shown in the media. In a photo that we found on Black History Album , we see this […]
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REMEMBERING THE LEGACY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HANK AARON • EBONY
Today we rememberHank Aaron, the baseball legend who changed the face of the sport. Aaron died today at age 86, but his legacy as an all time great will live on. Aaron was raised in Alabama during the Jim Crow era. He practiced his swing using a stick and bottle caps because his parents
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Warren Washington: One of the First Developers of Atmospheric Computer Models in the 1960s
Warren Washington became one of the first developers of atmospheric computer models in the early 1960s at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. These computer models use the fundamental laws of physics to predict the future states of the atmosphere. Because these
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Hank Aaron, baseball legend, dies at 86 - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… help spread the word to Black Americans that the vaccine was … for all of us African American ballplayers who came after … U.S. elected its first African American president, Barack Obama, in … them. Life was hard for African Americans in the segregated South. …
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The Mortgage Interest Deduction: Tax Subsidy for The Rich Must Go — The Sacramento Observer
OPINION (GREENLINING INSTITUTE) - Before the pandemic, California battled the highest levels of poverty, income inequality, and the largest unhoused population in the country. The state also placed the second-lowest in homeownership per capita. Now due to COVID-19, California can expect long-term
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Ava DuVernay and ARRAY to Partner With Spotify to Produce Podcasts
Spotify has announced that they have a multi-year partnership with DuVernay and her ARRAY company to bring important stories to a different format, audio
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1-Year-Old New York Baby Survives Both COVID-19 And Liver Transplant - Blavity
Kasen Donerlson may be only one-year-old, but little man is a fighter.
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'And THAT'S That': Reflecting On Joe Biden And Kamala Harris's Inauguration
Let's talk about life after inauguration and how the Biden-Harris administration must lead following the white supremacist insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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A ‘sorority of pain’ —Jacob Blake, Breonna Taylor families push for new policing laws -
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Lawmaker Who Questioned The Hygiene Of Members Of ‘The Colored Population’ To Lead Health Panel
… ). “Could it just be that African Americans–or the colored population–do … the health of Ohio’s African-American population by working with OLBC …
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IN MEMORIAM: Baseball Icon Henry 'Hank' Aaron Dies at 86 | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Aaron's biography at the Baseball Hall of Fame, where he earned induction in 1982, noted that he was "a consistent producer both at the plate and in the field, reaching the .300 mark in batting 14 times, 30 home runs 15 times, 90 RBI 16 times and captured three Gold Glove Awards
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Cameroon: Govt, Militia Forces Continue to Abuse Human Rights
[allAfrica] An excerpt on Cameroon from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021:
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Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew’ – Florida Courier
BY HILLEL ITALIE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — In one of the inauguration’s most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew.” The 22-year-old Gorman referenced everything from Biblical scripture
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ABC's 'The Rookie' Star Talks Show, Music with The Black Press - Black News Channel
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Will Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen hook up? Can Angela Lopez’s fiancée Wesley Evers be a trusted father and loving husband? The questions sound like soap opera cliffhangers, but they are not. They are some of the intrigues from the hottest
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Three Jurors In Breonna Taylor's Case File Petition To Impeach Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron - Blavity
Three unnamed grand jurors file an impeachment petition against Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson Gets His First Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine To Encourage Other Blacks
By Victor Omondi Civil rights crusader Rev. Jesse Jackson received the Pfizer COVID-19 dose at Roseland Hospital on Friday, January 8, 2021, and is encouraging others to follow suit. “Take the vaccination now. Keep hope alive,” said the 79-year-old rights icon. Medics, on the other hand, hope that
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Hank Aaron, Legendary Baseball Player Who Shattered Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Dies At 86
His storied career is one of the most famous in sports history.
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Man pleads guilty to deaths of 36 people in warehouse fire - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where 36 people perished when a fire ignited during a dance party in 2016 pleaded guilty Friday to the deaths, avoiding a second trial after the first ended in a hung jury. Derick
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UD names building to honor first African-American woman graduate - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The University of Dayton said Friday its newly renovated computer science academic building will be named in honor of Jessie Hathcock, Class of 1930, the first African American woman to graduate from the University, a noted educator and humanitarian in the Dayton
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Dave Chappelle Tests Positive For COVID-19
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Stevie Wonder Discredits US’s ‘Lack of Progress’ In Racial Equality in His Open Message to Martin Luther King Jr.
By Victor Omondi It’s been 53 years since Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. Stevie Wonder has been a great admirer of the late civil rights hero, as of a video he shared. In 1980, 17 years after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., Wonder came out to champion the establishment of the civil
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Crowds cheer Museveni's return to Kampala after disputed election | Africanews
Uganda's President had been staying at his private property in western Uganda since election day on January 14
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After a year of racial reckoning, Black lawmakers believe they can finally eliminate Confederate Heroes Day in Texas - Dallas Examiner
\ By NEELAM BOHRA The Texas Tribune The day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring a leader of the American civil rights movement, some Texas employees will also take
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Rwanda: Govt Continues to Target Critics, Flout Human Rights - Report
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