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Check It Out: How will President Biden handle the Rosewood centennial in 2023? | New Pittsburgh Courier
by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier Last week was the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. In 1921, a White mob destroyed a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thirty-five blocks were burned to the ground and historians estimated 300 Black people were
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My Mom and the Importance of Realizing that Black Lives Matters
By Hakim Abdul-Ali The recent protests events surrounding the May 25, 2020, killing of a brother of color named George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ignited national and worldwide alarming concerns to all morally sane “hue-mans’ ” senses of equal justice everywhere. I, too, felt disdain by this
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Constitution of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, 1918
The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities’ League is a social, friendly, humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive and expansive society, and is founded by persons desiring to the utmost to work for the general uplift of the Negro peoples of the
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Meet Ernest White: The FAMU Grad Behind The Travel TV Show ‘Fly Brother’ – Free Press of Jacksonville
Although Black people have always traveled, it has only begun to surge within the last 7-10 years, largely in part to the internet and travel blogs like White’s becoming more
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
DEAR BLACK MAN: Twenty-one Black men pen open letters of encouragement and brotherhood to Black men | The Atlanta Voice
As far back as history can take us Black men have always been a part of our story—some good and some challenging.  Far before the hashtags, Black men's names and narratives have been written for them and at times by them. In the following letters, 21 Black men openly share radical intimate words
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
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National AIDS Memorial Observes Black History Month with AIDS Memorial Quilt Virtual Exhibition Honoring Black Lives Lost to AIDS | Dallas Weekly
Specially curated exhibition features 56 blocks of the Quilt that memorialize loved ones lost to AIDS, sharing stories and raising awareness about HIV today, particularly among communities of color
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Charlamagne Tha God Wants The Black Community To Own Licensed Guns In Wake of Ahmaud Arberys Shooting
On Sunday, May 10, Charlamagne Tha God had an interesting interview on MSNBC show “Weekends With Alex Witt” where he joined a discussion about the shooting and killing of Ahmaud Arbery by father and son, Gregory McMichael and Travis
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Grand Jury Recommends Charges For Georgia Deputy Who Allegedly Shot And Killed Black Man Who Had His Hands Up During Drug Raid
Johnny Lorenzo Bolton was fatally shot in an apartment in Smyrna, Ga., by a deputy who was part of a team that was serving a drug warrant on December 17, 2020. A grand jury determined the shooting to be unjustified and has recommended the officer to be charged.
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WARNING to Black Fathers | Afram News
We'd love to tell you Happy Father's Day, but in today's day and age, we feel the need to just say Congratulations, you've made it another year. In the words of Charles S. Dutton in the movie Menace 2 Society, the HUNT is on.
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NJ man who made racist comments charged with stalking, drug violations
The New Jersey man who went viral earlier this week after his racist rant was caught on camera has been... View Article The post NJ man who made racist comments charged with stalking, drug violations appeared first on TheGrio.
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Judge John H. England, Jr. receives SCLC’s Drum Major for Justice Lifetime Achievement Award | BlackPressUSA
THE GREENE COUNTY DEMOCRAT - The Plaque was presented by SCLC Chapter President, Rev. James Williams and England’s son State Representative Christopher John England, Sr. Of all the presenters at the ceremony, Judge England’s seemingly greatest pride fell upon his grandson Christopher John
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Coronavirus Update: 1 in 1,000 African Americans Have Died from Coronavirus
During Tuesday's presidential debate, viewers found it difficult to clearly understand the candidates' positions on important issues, but one statistic mentioned by Joe Biden is especially daunting. One in 1,000 African Americans have died from coronavirus. According to the APM Research Lab, as of
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Watch Russell Wilson’s Powerful Black Lives Matter Speech at ESPYs
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Family of Armed Black Man Shot Dead In Police Shooting Files Complaint – Free Press of Jacksonville
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OP-ED: Liberty, Justice and Contracting Opportunities for All Our Entrepreneurs and Innovators | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Achieving President Biden’s new contracting goal will be a giant leap forward and make a big difference for many small businesses and communities across the country, putting an extra $50 billion into the hands of America’s small, disadvantaged businesses over the next five
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Medicare Restrictions On Obesity Care Perpetuate Harmful Stigmas - Garland Journal
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#BTColumn – Britain’s stop and search policy - Barbados Today
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Not My Auntie: How some older Black women fail Black women and girls
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