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Jay-Z, other celebs ask feds to probe student's 2010 killing - Black News Channel
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press/ BNC Contributor Rihanna, Jay-Z, Charlize Theron and other celebrities are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the death of 20-year-old Danroy 'DJ' Henry Jr., a Black football player at Pace University killed by a white police officer in
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C. T. Vivian dies at age 95, place in history is secure | The Michigan Chronicle
By Bunnie Jackson-Ransom Cordy Tindell Vivian (July 30, 1924 – July 17, 2020)) was an American minister, author, and was a close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. Vivian continued to reside in Atlanta, Georgia and founded the C. T. Vivian Leadership
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Mothers marched and remembered family lost to police violence
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Stadium Goods Got The Highly Anticipated Off-White Air Jordan IV “Sail” Ready For Deployment
On July 25th the highly anticipated Off-White Air Jordan IV "Sail"'s will be releasing via draw on the Nike SNKRS app and other participating retailers, but Stadium Goods has already got you covered if you have a King Kong grip to spare.
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IFP to ANC: Stop holding ‘aristocratic’ funerals for your leaders, celebrities
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Las Vegas police reach $2.2M settlement in chokehold death - Black News Channel
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The family of a man who was punched, hit with stun gun jolts and put in a neck restraint by a police officer outside a Las Vegas casino in 2017 has reached a tentative $2.2 million settlement with police. Boris Treyzon, an attorney for the family of Tashii Brown, said the agreement
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Future Subpoenaed Eliza Reign's Employers To Allegedly Dissuade Them From Working With Her
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms claims Georgia gov is ‘putting politics over people' - TheGrio
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By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America/ BNC Contributor  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State investigators identified six potential crimes Thursday in an incident report concerning the reported assault on a Black man at a southern Indiana lake. Vauhxx Booker, a local civil rights activist and
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Georgia Gov Sues to End Cities' Defiance on Mask Rules - Black News Channel
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Black Lives Matter protester statue replacing effigy of UK slave trader removed - Face2Face Africa
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New California rules mean most schools will start online - Black News Channel
By JOCELYN GECKER and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With the first day of school just weeks away in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out sweeping new rules Friday that all but ensure most of the state's K-12 schools serving 6.7 million students will not
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Amazing Atlanta Black teens win third consecutive Harvard debate competition - Face2Face Africa
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Washington NFL team hires law firm to review culture - Black News Channel
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Chelsey Green and the Green Project: ReEnvisioned - The New York Beacon
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Two of Georgia’s largest school districts announced Thursday that they will not allow students to return to classrooms when schools resume, but instead offer instruction online only because of the coronavirus. School officials in Fulton and Cobb counties had initially given parents the option of
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Federal judge sides with Mo'Nique in Netflix discrimination lawsuit : TheGrio
U.S. District Court has ruled that Mo'Nique’s allegations against Netflix are probable enough to go to trial. She filed claims of discrimination. The post Federal judge sides with Mo'Nique in Netflix discrimination lawsuit appeared first on TheGrio.
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