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US Navy latest military force to ban the Confederate flag
The Marines have ordered the removal of Confederate flags from their bases; the Army has expressed openness to the idea of renaming bases named after Confederate generals; and now, the Navy has joined in with its own performative
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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
Cristobal remnants bring thunderstorms, flooding to Midwest
MICHIGAN, United States (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal were moving out of the Midwest and into Canada yesterday, with gusty winds and heavy rain leaving behind flooding in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, and
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Uganda's COVID-19 Tally At 665
Eight new cases of Covid-19 have been registered by the Ministry of Health pushing Uganda's tally to
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Somalia: Teenager Shot Dead By Police in Mogadishu
A teenager was allegedly shot dead and killed by a police officer in the capital
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Body camera: Dying man pleads 'save me' during Taser arrest | Dallas Weekly
AUSTIN, Texas (AP), July 9, 2020 — A black man died in custody last year after sheriff’s deputies in Texas repeatedly used stun guns on him, despite his pleas that he was sick and couldn’t breathe, according to recently released police video and
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Source: Dallas Weekly
B. Simone Faces Backlash from Fans After She Says She Refuses to Date a Man with a 9-to-5 Job, Later Attempts to Clarify Comments
“Wild ‘N Out” comedian B. Simone is on the market, but she’s not looking for anyone working a standard
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I could have been George Floyd –
I shudder with each death of a Black man killed by a police
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Terry Crews Addresses Backlash Surrounding His 'Black Supremacy' Tweet
The actor’s message was about how Black people could eliminate white supremacy, and on Sunday, June 7, he wrote, “Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black
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Somalia: Leaders Vow to Hold Elections
Three top Somalia leaders--Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre, Somalia's ambassador to the UN Abubakar Dahir Osman and the Speaker of the Senate, Abdi Hashi Abdullahi--have promised that the country will hold its first universal suffrage elections since 1969, despite current challenges suggesting the
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Nike To Recognize Juneteenth As An Official Paid Holiday
Nike CEO John Donahue sent an internal memo to his staff announcing that the company would recognize Juneteenth as a holiday for U.S. employees, according to Yahoo
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Marathon extends helping hand to nation’s teachers
Hundreds of Jamaican teachers who are clients of Marathon Insurance Brokers (MIB) are set to enjoy a special cash giveback over the next two
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Rwanda: Who Are the Four Corona Action Rwanda Winners?
Four local projects have won grants worth more than Rwf100 million in Corona Action Rwanda, an initiative designed to prop up solutions for cushioning Covid-19 impact on the Rwandan
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Seeing COVID-19 Through the Eyes of a Child
Learning how best to speak to children about this pandemic can help reduce their chances of ongoing emotional
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We are all horrified, but only White people have luxury of being shocked –
Last night while my city burned and curfew fell, I sat and watched “Black Panther” and thought about what smug hypocrites White people can
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Source: Florida Courier
Coronavirus Pandemic And George Floyd Protests Highlight Health Disparities For Black People – Free Press of Jacksonville
Black people constitute nearly 13% of the U.S. population but made up 23% of all Covid-19 deaths as of June 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor - Intensify Efforts to Locate Genocide Fugitives
The Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) Serge Brammertz has called for an intensification of efforts in locating and arresting fugitives wanted for their participation in the 1994 Genocide against the
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AFSC-AZ Unequivocally Condemns Rep. Blackman’s Statements on George Floyd, BLM – Arizona Informant Newspaper
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – June 4, 2020 – Over the last two years, American Friends Service CommitteeArizona (AFSC-AZ) has worked with state Rep. Walt Blackman on sentencing reform legislation, focusing on the areas of earned release credits for people in prison to reduce Arizona’s prison population and
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Source: Arizona Informant Newspaper
John Boyega Says He Doesn't Want to be Praised for His Viral Speech on Racism
Long-lasting change is within close reach for Black people, and now is no time to ease up on the momentum, according to John Boyega, who responded to the praise he received for giving a speech on racism in London’s Hyde Park last
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SLB waiving application and processing fees
Students applying for loans from the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) for the upcoming academic year will not be required to pay application and processing fees to the lending
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Black Men Letters to America…The Next Generation
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DTEC-TAG LAUNCHES SUMMER LIVE-STREAMED LEARNING SERIES FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS & LEADERS
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Nigeria: Senate Investigates Mysterious Deaths in Bonny Island
The Senate yesterday mandated its Committee on Health (Primary and Communicable Disease) to meet with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to ascertain the number of mysterious deaths so far recorded in Bonny Island, Rivers
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Where the Black Church Is in the Black Lives Matter Movement – Free Press of Jacksonville
“While you may have had many black pastors and clergy who may have shown up at events, and you may have had a lot of people from black churches who were at these marches and protests, from 2014 to the present, by and large, this has not been a theological movement,” said Watson Jones III, the
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Judge delays removal of Confederate monument to Robert E. Lee
A Virginia judge has ordered a 10-day halt to Governor Ralph Northam’s plan to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond’s historic Monument
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‘This is terrible’...Mother of Maurice Gordon demanding justice
Those were the words of Raquel Barrett, the mother of 28-year-old Maurice Gordon, the unarmed Jamaican man who was gunned down by a New Jersey state trooper following a traffic stop along the Garden State Parkway near Bass River, in Burlington, on the morning of May
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This one change to bankruptcy law could help small businesses
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Charged with crime of Karen-ing 'Amy Cooper Inspired' law backed by Gov. Cuomo
Although there have been many incidents of white people calling 911 on Black people who are merely trying to live, the catalyst for proposing such legislation came after Amy Cooper; a white woman called the police on Chris Cooper, a Black
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You go into work the next day, return the keycard you swipe every morning when you get on the elevator, pack the things from your desk, toss out whatever food you have in the pantry refrigerator and say goodbye to your co-workers before two security guards escort you out of the
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Congresswoman Johnson Announces University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Receives Grant Funding
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center will receive $684,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as part of the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
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