Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Anti-Lynching Advocate

Miller Faces Lifetime Ban

After failing yet another drug test for performance enhancing substances, Big Baby Miller’s fight scheduled for July 9th against Jerry Forrest has officially been

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

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

The 6 Friends You Need In Your 30s

Anyone who has turned 30 can look around and see they might not have the same group of friends they had when they turned 20. Still, there's a type of friend that each of us needs during this phase in our life.

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Source: MadameNoire

Stima Sacco picks insider for acting MD

Stima Sacco has appointed Gamaliel Hassan as acting chief executive following the expiry of the term of its managing director Chris Useki.

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Source: Business Daily

How Seniors Can Protect Their Health And Finances During The Pandemic

That’s why older Americans need to be especially careful and – in the case of the very elderly – family members may need to step in to make sure they are taking the right precautions, says Chris Orestis, the president of LifeCare Xchange and a national senior care

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

The attempt to destroy our religion | The Crusader Newspaper Group

There are governors who want to stop our churches from assembling one day a week and other special

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Jazz C Gobert still not fully recovered from COVID-19

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to reportedly test positive for COVID-19 and who drew the ire of numerous people when the league initially suspended the season, says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Nigeria coronavirus: 26,484 cases; local flights start July 8, recoveries hit 10,000

As Africa’s biggest economy, the federal government has continued to enforce regulations across the board even though most state governments have moved to relax

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Mayor of Mississippi town cries while signing order to take down state flag

The mayor of Laurel, Miss. was so emotional when he signed an order to remove the Mississippi state flag from his town that his response went

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Source: theGrio

Softball cricket fraternity pays tribute to the late Anil Persaud - Stabroek News

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated and the Enterprise Legends Cricket team are the latest cricket bodies to express their grief following the death of former cricket administrator, Anil

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

‘If you can’t get nothing but a candy bar, get her something’

Met: Fall 2006, La Costa was visiting Hopewell Baptist Church in Birmingham, which Jerry attended, to rehearse for an annual gospel concert and Jerry sat in on the

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins reaffirms voter safety at the polls

The County Clerk’s Office has put in place the S.A.F.E. Elections Plan to ensure that the health and safety of voters and poll workers are protected this election

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

David Scott Remembered

Memorial Services for David Ramon Scott are scheduled for 1 p.m., July 18, 2020 at Delivery Missionary Baptist Church, 1649 12th Ave., Oakland. Please remember that COVID-19 guidelines regarding social distancing and protective wear will apply. Scott was a salesman for the Post News Group.

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Deelishis And Raymond Santana Are A Vision Of Black Love Basking In Post-Wedded Bliss

The newlyweds also shared inside footage of their nuptials.

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

Colin Kaepernick Netflix Series on the Way from Ava DuVernay

A new scripted series based on Colin Kaepernick’s high school life is on its way to

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Beyoncé: ‘Vote Like Our Life Depends On It, Because It Does’ | The Oklahoma Eagle

One of the major highlights of Sunday’s BET Awards was Beyoncé receiving the prestigious Humanitarian

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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

Spiritually Speaking: Don't Be Afraid to be Right and Alone | Dallas Weekly

What does your faith and courage allow you to be the majority of, when numerically, you’re in the

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Republic Bank donates portable ventilators to Health ministry - Stabroek News

De facto Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence says that healthcare workers suffer “excruciating torments” whenever they came up short in providing critical services for their patients especially those needing medical care for

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

John P. Kee Reveals He Was Shot at By Racists Brandishing Flag [Exclusive Video]

John P. Kee sits down on IG live with Veda Howard and tells the story of when he was shot at by racists waving a confederate flag.

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Source: Black America Web

Freedom Riders attacked by white mob

Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in McComb, Miss., November 29-December 2.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

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1961

Mr. Sonny Knows 7/15/2020 | Chicago Defender

The post Mr. Sonny Knows 7/15/2020 appeared first on Chicago Defender.

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Source: Chicago Defender

Three Ways to Minimize Distractions When Working.

Organize, and respect, your time. When you are trying to secure the bag for yourself and your family that’s more important that some of the things that distract us on a regular basis. We will not always be able to take care of self and family while tending to others. If you are not careful people

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Candice Carty-Williams and Bernadine Evaristo Become 1st Black Authors to Win Top British Book Awards

Candice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo just won Book of the Year and Author of the Year at the British Book Awards, respectively, becoming the first Black authors to win these top

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Jada Pinkett Smith denies August Alsina’s claim of an affair with Will's ‘blessing’

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Robert L. Johnson

Robert L. Johnson , in full Robert Louis Johnson (born April 8, 1946, Hickory, Miss., U.S.), American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African American majority owner of a major professional sports team in the United

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Source: Brittanica

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1946

Ida B. Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist,[1] Georgist,[2] and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National

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Source: BlackHistory.com

12-year-old “I Just Wanna Live” singer Keedron Bryant signs record deal with Warner

Now, he’s landed a record deal with Warner Records and released his song as a single, according to The Associated

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett , née Ida Bell Wells (born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.—died March 25, 1931, Chicago, Illinois), African American journalist who led an antilynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later was active in promoting justice for African

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Howard N. Lee and Charles Evers are elected the first African American mayors of

Howard N. Lee and Charles Evers are elected the first African American mayors of Chapel Hill, N.C. and Fayette, Miss., respectively

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