C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Pioneer And Reverend Who Worked With Martin Luther King, Dies At 95

The First Data On COVID-19 And Teens' Mental Health Is Here — And It's Not Good

A new survey released this week gives a preliminary glimpse at the toll all of those changes has taken on teenagers’ mental health — and it raises an early

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Poor People’s Campaign to move forward virtually after 57 years

Labor unions, religious organizations, faith and civic rights leaders, The Women’s March and numerous celebrities will gather virtually Saturday (June 20) for “The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral

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Aunt Jemima Brand Retired By Quaker Due to Racial Stereotype

Quaker Oats announced Wednesday that it will retire the Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognizes the character’s origins are “based on a racial

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

‘We have a mini call center in our living room . . . across from each other’

A year later, Tameka became James’s supervisor and overheard him singing in their team cubicle

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Question posed on social media is all too real!

There has been a lot of conversation revolving around law enforcement’s interactions in Black communities and with people of

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

Jennifer McClellan Could Make History As Virginia's First Black Female Governor | HuffPost

Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D) is jumping into the race for governor, saying the state is at a “critical crossroads right now about what direction we’re going to

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Kenneth Rembert: Virtual Jam Sessions on the Keys

Rembert, 25, is a full-time musician, gospel music producer, studio musician, and keyboardist for the band Precision Grooves and smooth jazz guitarist Nick

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Le274 billion NGO support for president Bio’s fight against covid-19

The QAERP was designed to enhance the economic impact of the restrictive measures on households of the most vulnerable population and succeed in the health, economic and social fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, in order to return to the growth path needed in ensuring the delivery of our

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George Floyd, 'Brat 2' and Russian Depictions of African Americans

Not only does Balabanov portray African American men as brutish, violent, foul-mouthed, and aggressive, but the film centers the story of the Russian Danila penetrating the seedy underbelly of Chicago to save Dasha (both physically and spiritually) from the clutches of her Black pimp who sells her

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Source: The Moscow Times

Henry Richardson: Key Figure in Amending the State Constitution to Integrate the National Guard

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Source: Black Then

NFL Legend Herschel Walker Wants to Send Americans Who 'Don't Want Any Police' to 'Countries That Don't Have Police'

Former NFL player Herschel Walker, who is an avid Trump supporter, has a message for people who “don’t want any

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High data prices? Don't blame Vodacom and MTN

Why, with so many burdensome regulations and compliance requirements that drive up costs in the mobile data sector, does the narrative remain that some “duopoly” between Vodacom and MTN is the source of South Africa’s relatively high data

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Source: TechCentral

Cameron “DJ KC” Childress Putting a Spin on Social Media

Childress has taken his skills to Facebook and Instagram for virtual performances, but it hasn’t been

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Dressing While Black: Self-Censoring To Pass In White Spaces

For many Black people, altering their appearance and mannerisms to fit white expectations is a matter of

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Virginia state senator becomes second Black woman to declare for governor's race

Confederate statues are coming down in Richmond, Virginia, among many Southern states that still have

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Source: theGrio

House Leaders Demand Details on Small-Business Loan Program

As the remaining days dwindle for small businesses to apply for loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), both banks and federal officials are being challenged by several House leaders to explain how the $670 billion program intended to aid the nation’s small businesses has

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Source: The Washington Informer

Stars And Strife:The Racial Collision That Involved The Flag, School Buses, And A Photo That Shocked The Nation

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Source: Black Then

140-second audio clips are coming to Twitter

Twitter is testing a new feature that will allow users to tweet using their voice, capturing up to 140 seconds of audio in a single

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Source: TechCentral

Celebrate Juneteenth With Verizon And

Amid a sustained wave of protests and conversations around police violence, white supremacy and anti-racism, Juneteenth ― the day celebrating the end of slavery in America ― is beginning to receive the recognition it

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Amazon to hire 3 000 people in South Africa

Amazon.com will hire 3 000 people in customer service in South Africa this year, the e-retailing and cloud computing giant said on

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Source: TechCentral

Activists Who Marched With Dr. King Offer Lessons for Those Marching for George Floyd

Throughout the past several weeks, as protests over the killing of George Floyd rippled through America’s cities, a 79-year-old retired schoolteacher has spent her days watching the news in her home in Albany, Ga., sometimes with tears running down her

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

Tyrese blasted by Jamie Foxx and others for ‘reverse racism’ posts

Tyrese, Jamie Foxx (Getty

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Source: theGrio

Op-Ed: The remarkable idiocy of holding a Trump rally in Tulsa | The Atlanta Voice

Like many others, I was startled to learn that President Donald Trump was resuming his campaign barnstorming in

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Atlanta Cops Reportedly BIG MAD, Call Out Sick In Response To Garrett Rolfe Being Charged

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Source: The Urban Daily

NFL Legend Herschel Walker Wants to Send Americans Who ‘Don’t Want Any Police’ to ‘Countries That Don’t Have Police’

Former NFL player Herschel Walker, who is an avid Trump supporter, has a message for people who “don’t want any

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Lankford Joins Bipartisan Reading of King’s Letter

Reading Held of King’s Birmingham Jail Letter

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Source: The Black Chronicle

The Struggle, As Well As Protest, Continues

Most disturbingly, police have continued to use deadly force in questionable circumstances and, ominously, as of this writing, the bodies of three Black men have been found hanging from trees in public

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Man Seen Walking His Dog In KKK Hood and Robe – Your Black World

A man suspected to be a Klansman was spotted in rural Wisconsin walking with his dog dressed in a KKK hood and

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Source: Your Black World

Disturbing times provide teachable moments

Encourage African American students, who are too often limited by unfair stereotypes about what they can and

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Source: The Florida Star

“We Have Done Nothing” – Rep. JA Moore Reflects on Emanuel AME Shooting, Five Years Later

On June 16, the eve of five year mark of the Emanuel AME church shooting in Charleston, Rep. JA Moore, who lost his sister in the attack, believes nothing has fundamentally changed to dismantle systemic racism in the United States since

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

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