Boxing Legend: Marian "Lady Tyger" Trimiar

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Four Black Artists In Ballet Discuss Equity and Inclusion in the Arts

Chamber Dance Project (CDP), Washington’s premiere contemporary ballet company, concludes this season’s popular Virtual Chat series on June 30 at 5 p.m. EDT with

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Georgia legislature agrees to tax on vaping products | The Atlanta Voice

Thursday evening, the Georgia House of Representatives voted in favor of creating a 7% tax on vaping products, Senate Bill 375, passing

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

R. Kelly's ex Azriel Clary claims car set on fire by arsonist

(Credit: Clary) Azriel Clary, who previously made headlines for splitting ways with the disgraced singer R. Kelly, and vowing to expose what life was like inside his camp has revealed that she has become the target of an arsonist. Thursday, Clary took to social media to share that so

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Source: theGrio

Free 'Do the Right Thing' rental; Spike Lee Talk Offered

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Do the Right Thing” is free to rent on several platforms all week and an online discussion will be held with director Spike Lee on his 1989 film about racism, protests, police brutality and a New York neighborhood in

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N.Y. against racial discrimination

New York became the first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market with adoption of Fair Housing Practices Law.

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Jamie Foxx Talks Going Through a Physical Transformation to Play Mike Tyson In Upcoming Biopic

Jamie Foxx has been trying to get the Mike Tyson biopic off the ground for years, and now the project has finally taken

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Third national Black convention met

Third national Black convention met in Philadelphia with twenty-nine delegates from eight states. Henry Sipkins of New York was elected president.

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Justice For Elijah McClain: How The Police ‘Murder’ Of Black Colorado Man Is Being Revisited

Millions of people have called for Colorado officials to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain back in August 2019 after he was stopped by Aurora cops who used a carotid hold on him, more commonly known as the

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Source: Black America Web

Mail-in Deluge Tests Elections in Kentucky, New York

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Overwhelmed Kentucky and New York officials faced a deluge of mail-in votes likely to delay results for days after high-profile primaries Tuesday, contests testing if establishment Democratic congressional candidates can withstand challengers fueled by voter fury over

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Princeton University will be removing racist former president from school

Robertson Hall, home to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Wikicommons

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Source: theGrio

Holder wants racism to be treated like doping and fixing

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White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019, AP sources say

Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the

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Mahershala Ali To Play Boxing Legend Jack Johnson In Upcoming HBO Series [Details]

According to reports, the famed Moonlight actor will bring the story of Jack Johnson to life in a new limited series for

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Mary J. Blige Shines With Sun Goddess Wine Launch!

MJB is giving us the wine 411 with the launch of her wine line— Sun Goddess

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Mayor De Blasio to install Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has a message for the Trump Administration: Black Lives

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

Local Pastor Grows Into Activist Role

Genesis’ Senior Pastor Dr. Tecoy Porter spearheaded the June 4 service as president of the Sacramento Chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

My Father’s Day Story: Adapting To New Challenges Of Fatherhood

Written by Written by Alphonso Reyes as told to M.S. Sheffield

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Does Biden’s vice president have to be a Black woman?

The growing disdain for Biden among young Democratic voters has been predicted to dwindle with the promise of a Black woman as vice president, but for many, this is not the

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Former Bad Boy Rapper Shyne Nominated for House of Representatives in His Native Country of Belize

According to REVOLT TV, former Bad Boy signee Shyne (pictured) has been nominated by the Belizean United Democratic Party to run for a seat on the nation’s House of

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Source: Your Black World

Black Woman Claims She Was Beaten By White Hotel Guests While They Called Her A “Monkey”

Chrystall Caldwell, a 59-year-old woman from Groton, Connecticut, claims she was victimized by a white couple in a brutal attack while working at the Mystic Quality Inn on Friday, according to The Stonington-Mystic

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The beat of a culture: how HBCU bands relate to Black music legacy

READ MORE: Little Richard will be buried at Alabama HBCU he attended in the 1950s

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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 6.25.20 1PM ET — PARIS DENNARD, RNC Sr. Comm. Advisor for Black Media Affairs (1)

As Ali had done to opponents many times prior, Leonard began a mind war with

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week | The Atlanta Voice

On Tuesday, June 23 — the same day as New York state’s primary election — an image of the tweet supposedly posted by Ocasio-Cortez circulated rapidly on Twitter, Facebook and

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Kyle Korver: Privileged | The Oklahoma Eagle

Thabo and I were teammates on the Hawks, and we’d flown into New York late after a game in

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Baseball team

The first black professional baseball team, the Cuban Giants, was organized in 1895 by a group of New York waiters.

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Brooklyn Lawyers Hit with Seven Federal Charges for Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail Into NYPD Cruiser Now Face Life Imprisonment

Two lawyers are facing life in prison on charges of throwing an explosive into an unoccupied New York Police cruiser during a demonstration in late

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Is It Safe to Fly Right Now? Here’s What Experts Have to Say – Free Press of Jacksonville

Some airlines, like JetBlue , even require passengers to wear face coverings over their mouths and noses throughout check-in, boarding, in flight, and while deplaning, while others may only require that masks be worn on

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Police Protect Black Americans?

While most of the gang is inside preparing to watch the Wolverines on television in the Cooper's den, they hear a commotion outside, and, of course, it's Nick coming back to the house, escorting by a police

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The Changing Face of Policing in the United States of America

Being a police officer requires a high level of decency and

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