Everything You Need To Know About The Trial To Hold Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Accountable

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Black Men Face High Discrimination And Depression, Even As Their Education And Incomes Rise - Voice and Viewpoint

Shervin Assari | Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science T.J. Curry | Professor of Philosophy, Personal Chair of Africana Philosophy & Black Male Studies, University of Edinburgh Are you a highly educated and relatively wealthy Black man in the

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

It takes two? Twin Cities suddenly home to twin retro-rap stations

Feuds are a big thing in rap music. Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. famously had one. So did Jay Z and Nas. Even Lil’ Kim and Nicki Minaj went at it for

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The illusion of integration

Casey Thomas

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

HOWELL: The 'Black RJ Policy Agenda' Will Turn Racism Upside Down - The Washington Informer

As the U.S. Supreme Court reviews abortion cases that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion, there is a lot of attention being paid to abortion rights — but not enough emphasis on the full range of reproductive health and rights

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Source: The Washington Informer

MALVEAUX: COVID-19 Halts Women’s Workplace Progress

We often sing, "I believe that children are the future." But we don't. If we did, there would be fewer women and children slipping through the cracks that COVID-19 created.

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Source: The Washington Informer

DPP counters claim in police-involved father, son killing

“In 2009, after receiving outstanding documents from the investigators, the ODPP ruled that the matter be referred to the Special Coroner's Court for it to be determined in an inquest whether any charges should be laid against any of the persons involved in the shooting incident which led to the

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readers adapting well to lockdown life despite frustration over regulations - poll

READ | Covid-19: News24 readers approve of government, president’s handling of pandemic - new poll

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Moore's Ford Lynching

During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into

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Jul

25

1946

George Floyds Murder Case Could Move To Whiter Part Of Minnesota, Judge Warns

Moving George Floyd's case out of Minneapolis could mean less diverse jury pools that are more sympathetic to police officers, thus increasing the chances of acquittals or mistrials.

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COMMENTARY: George Floyd and the Continuing Legacy of Dred Scott

These next words, though, memorialized for all time in the High Court decision, put flesh on the bones of the pro-slavery argument: “[Blacks] had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Early 20th Century Harlem Radicalism

In the article below independent historian Jeffrey Perry discusses his 2008 book on early 20th Century Harlem activist Hubert

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Source: Black Past

(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury

Gentlemen of the Jury: I would like to explain in detail the nature of my case and the reason why I was locked up. I recall back about the middle of June 1932, when the Relief Agencies of the City of Atlanta, the County Commission and the city government as a whole, were cutting both Negro and

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Source: Black Past

Jan

16

1933

Crossing Boundaries of Race, Crossing Boundaries of Love

In the following article, Dr. Gary B. Nash, Director, National Center for History in the Schools and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, describes his new book, Forbidden Love: The Hidden History of Mixed-Race America. His book provides a counter narrative

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Kansas City Is Dumping Jaywalking Tickets Because They Mostly Go To Men And African Americans - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

In the past three years, Kansas City police issued more than 100 tickets for jaywalking. And far more citations went to men than women, and far more to Black people than whites. On Thursday, the Kansas City Council voted 10-0 to eliminate tickets and …

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Korryn Gaines’s Mother Fighting For $38 Million Settlement 5 Years After Her Daughter’s Death

Korryn Gaines's mother has solicited the help of Al Sharpton and a legal team to procure the $38 million settlement awarded to her family in the wake of her daughter's death.

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Source: MadameNoire

The Best Way To Renounce White Privilege In 2020 Is By Not Voting For Trump

What seems like a growing number of white people have insisted on amplifying their voices in the nationwide protests against police violence and have repeatedly acknowledged the role that systemic racism plays in the entire

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Source: NewsOne

Twitter Slams Terry Crews For Worrying About ‘Black Supremacy’ When White Supremacy Is Still The Norm

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Namibia: Date Set for Hearing to Combine Fishrot Cases

[Namibian] AN APPLICATION by the state to have the two Fishrot fishing quotas corruption cases now pending in the Windhoek High Court joined into one matter is due to be heard on 12 July.

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Black Girl Magic-Stacey Abrams Saves Democracy | Atlanta Daily World

All hail Stacey Abrams! The tyranny at the U.S. Capitol by domestic terrorists, a noose built on federal grounds by racists, and a Confederate flag toted inside the U.S. Capitol by a white nationalist, will not overshadow one of the most extraordinary feats. For the first time, the new blue state

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Update | NCB manager on $multi-million fraud rap pleads guilty

The senior manager at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) charged with a multi-million dollar fraud scheme has pleaded guilty in the Home Circuit Court. Andrea Gordon, 52, was remanded when she appeared in court before Justice Lorna Shelly Williams this afternoon.

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Study Shows Racism Is A Major Factor In Premature Births Among Black Women

A recent study by Dr. Paula Braveman has found that disparities in preterm birth rates between Black and white women in the U.S. are directly or indirectly attributed to racism

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Source: Black America Web

Report: Family incarceration negatively impacts mental health of Black women - DefenderNetwork.com

New Rice University research reveals that Black women’s mental health deteriorates when a family member is incarcerated. Nearly half of all Black women have a family member in prison — compared to 12% of white women. Black women who have at least one incarcerated family member are more likely to

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

(1963) Malcolm X, “Message to the Grassroots”

On December 10, 1963, while still the leading spokesman for the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X gave a speech at a rally in Detroit, Michigan. That speech outlined his basic black nationalist philosophy and established him as a major critic of the civil rights movement. The speech appears

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Source: Black Past

Dec

10

1963

This Journalist Helped Eradicate Hospital Debt for Thousands in Memphis

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(1901) William Hannibal Thomas on the American Negro

Nineteenth Century black conservative William Hannibal Thomas was a Civil War veteran, Reconstruction era South Carolina politician, and U.S. counsel to Portuguese Southwest Africa (Angola). He is most famous however as the author of the 1901 book, The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and

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Source: Black Past

Over 300 Black Hollywood Artists and Executives Demand Change With New Initiative ‘Hollywood 4 Black Lives’

The way that Hollywood and mainstream media have contributed to the criminalization of Black people, the misrepresentation of the legal system, and the glorification of police corruption and violence have had dire consequences on Black

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Source: The Black Chronicle

The myth of the invisible Black father | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor, Chicago Defender Black fatherhood is often stereotyped as absent or deadbeat. In reality over have of black dads, live with their children. In fact, a 2013CDC study found that of all fathers, Black dads are the most involved fathers on average. Chris

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Joshua Kissi Is Shifting The Narrative Of How Black Stories Are Shared With 'Hour Stories'

Photo: intentions set on making viewers question their perspective and forcing them to acknowledge the stories of its subjects, photographer and creative director Joshua Kissi is forgoing boundaries and shaking up the industry – for the

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

(1875) Congressman John R. Lynch, “Speech on the Civil Rights Bill”

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