Alexander, Archie Alphonso (1888-1958)

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How Biden attacks Blacks while President Trump empowers them –

At the end of a recent interview on the very popular radio show, “The Breakfast Club,” Joe Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you

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The Harlem Renaissance in the American West

In the following article historians Bruce Glasrud and Cary Wintz discuss their new book, The Harlem Renaissance in the American West which argues that the literary and artistic outpouring by African Americans during the third decade of the 20th Century was a national phenomenon which included the

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Atlanta Is Home to 2 Potential Contenders for Biden’s VP

ATLANTA (AP) — Neither public rivals nor personal friends, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams spent years climbing parallel ladders at Atlanta City Hall and the Georgia

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Kenya: U.S. Missionary Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Girls in Kenya

Gregory Dow, 61, admitted during a federal court hearing in the state of Pennsylvania to having committed the crimes between 2013 and

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Black man in Iowa brutally attacked in alleged hate crime

Des Moines, Iowa – Reports from Des Moines, Iowa claim police in the area are investigating a potential hate crime after a 22-year old man, DarQuan Jones, was found beaten on Saturday

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Little Richard's bad contract cost him a fortune from 'Tutti Frutti' sales

The recently departed Little Richard inspired countless musicians and singers as the architect of rock ‘n’ roll

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Iowa Entrepreneur Says He’s Been Evicted from Business Space After White Landlord Saw Clip of Him Protesting

Jeremiah Johnson, owner of Stylent Brands, claims his landlord broke his lease at a space near Des Moines, Iowa, after he saw him at a protest while watching the

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Schools or Bars? Opening Classrooms May Mean Hard Choices

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump insists that schools reopen this fall. Many parents, educators, doctors and economists want the same thing. But getting children back to school safely could mean keeping high-risk spots like bars and gyms closed. A growing chorus of public health

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Looking for a perfect crib made me venture into furniture

A quality furniture

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This Day in History - June 8

1915: Allied forces take Neuville in France from Germans in World War

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Dr. Dres Wife Nicole Young Files For Divorce After 24 Years Of Marriage

After 24-years of marriage, Nicole Young, wife to super producer and entrepreneur Dr. Dre, has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Biden Says he was too ‘Cavalier’ About Black Voters’ Choices | Afro

By BILL BARROW and KAT STAFFORD, Associated Press

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COVID-19 data sharing with law enforcement sparks concern

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Public health officials in at least two-thirds of U.S. states are sharing the addresses of people who have the coronavirus with first

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Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as

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Daniels, Preston A. (1945- )

Preston Daniels, the first African American elected Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1945. Shortly afterwards his parents moved to Des Moines and he grew up in the Chesterfield section of southeast Des Moines, a working-class area also known as the “southeast

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Policing in Africa: a look at Congo

Since May, protests have increased around the world highlighting the issues of racism, injustice, and police

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Check It Out: Outside agitators are old news, but should have been the story

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier

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Africa: Walter Rodney and 2020 Africa

With his magnus opus, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, published in 1972, Rodney told the development story of Africa in a way that bears resonance to the African condition

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Me Too. You Too - Stabroek News

The Me Too movement is a crusade against sexual abuse and harassment. The article Me Too. You Too appeared first on Stabroek News.

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AUTONETWORK ON BLACKPRESSUSA: 2020 Nissan Sentra SR

At the end of a recent interview on the very popular radio show, “The Breakfast Club,” Joe Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you

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'Running For Your Life': A Community Poem For Ahmaud Arbery

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The newly empowered college athlete.

One of the most popular sports in America, college football, faces questions about player safety, proper quarantine procedures, scheduling games, and how college football fans will be able to attend games given the large capacities of many college football

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Coburn's Gaming House

John P. Coburn (1811-1873), a prosperous clothing dealer and property owner, hired the famous Boston architect Asher Benjamin to design a home which he eventually used as a gaming house. Built in 1843 and still standing at the corner of Phillips and Irving Streets on Beacon Hill, Coburn's Gaming

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Rwanda: What Civil Society, Genocide Survivors Think of Kabuga's Arrest

After 26 years on the run, on May 16, French authorities revealed that genocide architect Felicien Kabuga had been arrested in

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More than 40% of Detroit ICU patients with coronavirus died

Nearly half of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients in Detroit, Michigan, infected with the novel coronavirus died, a new study

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Meru leaders rally behind Kindiki

Several leaders from the Meru region Friday condemned the decision by the Senate to remove Tharaka-Nithi Senator Kithure Kindiki from the position of deputy

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FIGHTING THE ENEMY WITHIN | The Crusader Newspaper Group

One of these schisms is between two different groups of Black people: the “maskers” and the

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Slave states and free states

An animation showing the free/slave status of U.S. states and territories, 1789-1861 (see also: separate yearly maps below). The American Civil War began in 1861. The 13th Amendment, effective December 1865, abolished slavery in thje

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OP-ED: Joe Biden Attacks Freethinking Black Americans while President Trump Empowers Them | Afro

At the end of a recent interview on the very popular radio show, “The Breakfast Club,” Joe Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you

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