Activist Medgar Evers born

Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church

ATLANTA (AP) — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral rich with historical echoes and filled with a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Black Entrepreneur Creates Unique Journal to Help Loved Ones Manage Finances in the Event of an Emergency

Nationwide — Meet Brandee Harrington, a real estate broker and entrepreneur from Jackson, Mississippi, who has released a 100-page, spiral-bound book called the COINZ Journal that is designed to help manage the finances and other resources of loved ones in the event of an

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Beloved Holman Street ‘Shepherd’ Manson Johnson dies due to COVID-19

HOUSTON – Family, friends and the community is mourning the loss of Pastor Manson B. Johnson, of Holman Street Baptist Church, who died Sunday after suffering complications due to

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VIDEO: Press secretary talks ‘white power’ tweet

President Donald Trump didn’t hear a supporter use the words “white power” in a video he retweeted, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Mississippi Lawmakers Vote to Remove Rebel Emblem from Flag

By Emily Wagster Pettus

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter | The Atlanta Voice

Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and

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SPLC Announces $30 Million To Help Register Southern Voters Of Color

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Petal Mayor Refuses to Resign after disturbing George Floyd Tweet – The Mississippi Link

A white Mississippi mayor is receiving backlash after tweeting insensitive comments amid the controversial death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, who died recently while in police custody after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for nine and a half

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Source: The Mississippi Link

Oprah Winfrey Gets Emotional Talking About $12M Donation To Food-Insecure Families

Winfrey is stepping up with the help of partner organizations like Live Healthy Chicago, who, since the health outbreak, has provided wellness visits and care packages to thousands of families in predominantly Black and Brown

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Mental Health Awareness Month: Breaking the stigma | The Mississippi Link

According to the ADAA, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million adults every

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Source: The Mississippi Link

Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers was a popular figure in the American history for his reputation as an African-American civil rights activist. He actively participated in overturning segregation at the University of Mississippi. He was the field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored

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1963

A List of the Most Powerful Civil Rights Songs

Equal civil rights in America would have been pursued and strides would have been made without the participation of blues, gospel and folk singers and songwriters. But the presence of these artists and their remarkable contributions to the long struggle for equal civil rights in the U.S., plus the

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Mrs. Evers Prays Husband’s Death ‘Was Not In Vain

Jackson, Miss. — Mississippi is a bitter state meeting pleas for equality with bigotry and

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Mayor Eric Johnson, Borden Dairy, Dallas ISD team up | Dallas Weekly

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Tuesday announced the launch of the Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy to distribute thousands of gallons of milk to Dallas residents in need during the COVID-19

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Source: Dallas Weekly

SPLC Announces $30 Million Investment to Increase Voter Registration

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

The Rev. Carroll R. Chambliss, Sr.: An AME Scouting Legend

He and his sister, Nora Lou, and four brothers, Jessie Jr, Francis, Leonard (Leo), and Carey, grew up as members of Pearl Street AME Church in

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Source: The Christian Recorder

(William) Manning Marable

May 13, 1950

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2011

This Pride Month, let us not forget about our Black liberation pioneers

Front row, left: Author James Baldwin, Front row, 2nd from left, Selma March strategist, Bayard Rustin,Front row, 3rd from left (with hat), A. Philip Randolph (Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Why Donald Trump Won’t Run For a Second Term

This is an opinion column

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Terry, Miss. honors 108-year-old native with a birthday parade | The Mississippi Link

Polk attributes her longevity to “living a life that suits

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Source: The Mississippi Link

Mississippi Lawmakers Clear Path To Remove Confederate Emblem From State Flag

Lawmakers in Mississippi cleared the way to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag on

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Source: Stories About Black History

Worker Shortage Concerns Loom In Immigrant-Heavy Meatpacking | Afro

Lacking English skills, the brothers took jobs at Smithfield Foods’ Sioux Falls pork plant, grueling and increasingly risky work as the coronavirus sickened thousands of meatpacking workers

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Delaware moves whipping post from public square that was used until the '50s

You may wonder why in the world a whipping post ever existed in a public square in America

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Source: theGrio

Mississippi legislature takes step toward removing Confederate image from its state flag

A bill will erase the current Mississippi flag from state

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Mississippi’s State Legislature Passes Bill to Remove Confederate Emblem from Flag

According to cnn.com, the bill will now go to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who has said he would sign legislation that state lawmakers send him to remove the Confederate

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Black Activists Confront Affirmative Action Opponents on Zoom Call

If voters approve ACA 5 in November, it will bring Affirmative Action back to the state of

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Mississippi Surrenders Confederate Symbol From State Flag

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil

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Source: Black America Web

Mayor Johnny Magee Signed An Order Banning The Mississippi State Flag

Laurel, Mississippi, Mayor Johnny Magee held back tears as he signed an executive order removing the state’s flag from city-owned

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Charges upgraded on officer arrested for George Floyd’s death – The Mississippi Link

Three others charged with aiding and abetting

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Source: The Mississippi Link

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