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Russell Westbrook partners up with NBPA to create social justice clothing - DefenderNetwork.com

In an extended effort to bring awareness to social injustices, NBA star Russell Westbrook is creating shirts for his peers to wear, seemingly during warmups during the NBA season restart, that will feature new “off-the-list” slogans. On Monday, July 20, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced in a tweet its collaboration with Westbrook’s clothing […]

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Miles College announces layoffs, furloughs due to COVID-19

Miles college announced Thursday a “limited” number of layoffs beginning June 22 and temporary furloughs to reduce costs and cut expenses as a result of the impact of the COVID-19

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Hope confident of return to past Test form

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Stylish West Indies middle-order batsman Shai Hope believes he has it in him to repeat the amazing heroics at Headingly in 2017 when he led his side to one of their most famous wins against

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Al-Qaeda North Africa confirms chief is dead: SITE

Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing has confirmed that its Algerian chief Abdelmalek Droukdel is dead, according to SITE, the US watchdog for extremist

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Man confesses to killing a Black Lives Matter activist, Oluwatoyin Salau

Oluwatoyin "Toyin" Salau and Aaron Glee Jr. (Photo: Twitter/Orange County

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Source: theGrio

‘Keys to Black Wealth Summit’ kicks off virtual ‘Freedom Day’

Columbus, Ohio (Black PR Wire) – “Keys to Black Wealth Virtual Summit” invites you to join in as they kick off their ﬁrst-ever virtual summit to celebrate Juneteenth – also known as “Freedom Day” – to commemorate the emancipation of slavery which took place June

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Source: South Florida Times

Nigerians protest rising sexual violence: on streets, social media

Women in Nigeria have taken to the streets and social media to protest against the rising spate of rape in Africa’s most populous

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

Sierra Leone Journalist Sylvia Olayinka Blyden Detained, Charged Over Social Media Posts

On May 1, police arrested Blyden, publisher of the Awareness Times newspaper, at her home in Freetown for alleged "cyber-related" offenses, according to Messeh Leone, a legal activist familiar with the case, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app and phone, and a June 4 police statement, which CPJ

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Source: allAfrica.com

In South Africa, 2019 world best restaurant 'heats up' for post virus ops

A tiny beach restaurant in South Africa shot to fame last year when it was voted the world’s best eating house for unique

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

Howard University Men’s Basketball Set to Host Notre Dame on MLK Day 2021

June 19, Howard University Athletics announced the men’s basketball team is set to host the University of Notre Dame on Martin Luther King

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Tim Scott won’t acknowledge systemic racism and defunding police because he actually wants to stop systemic racism...by defunding the police

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

Over 300 stranded Guyanese back home after two more repatriation flights

Two repatriation flights from Trinidad and Barbados yesterday brought home over 300 Guyanese nationals who were stranded abroad after borders were closed by governments to curb travel during the still-ongoing COVID-19

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Woman gets shot on video near Wendy's scene of Rayshard Brooks killing

A woman was shot in Atlanta outside of the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed by

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Source: theGrio

Juneteenth Becomes a Holiday for County Employees

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson announced today by way of Executive Order #20-15 that Milwaukee County employees will have a floating holiday on June 19 to mark Juneteenth Day and the end of slavery in

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Change is a movement and a Process

Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Fathers of NBA players discuss raising strong Black children

Tobias Harris #12 of the Philadelphia 76ers hugs his mother, Lisa Harris, and his father, Torrell Harris, watches after the game against the San Antonio Spurs at the Wells Fargo Center on November 22, 2019 in

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Source: theGrio

Surge in COVID-19 cases: Complacency our biggest undoing

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Michelle Obama reflects on Juneteenth and family's slavery history

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Source: theGrio

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DACA recipients and advocates are celebrating the Supreme Court ruling to halt President Trump's bid to end the DACA

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Source: Stories About Black History

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Eric Garner's widow cries as she 'testifies' in mock TV trial

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Source: theGrio

Latest US monuments toppled: Grant, national anthem writer | The Atlanta Voice

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

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Martin Okello, 29, fled to Kenya from his native Uganda to seek asylum and protection under the UN refugee

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

Turkish NBA player Kanter’s father acquitted of terrorism links

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Uhuru pledges to respect term limit in 2022

President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged Thursday that he will respect the Constitution’s limit of two terms in the nation’s top

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Source: The East African

Eaton's Jaco du Plooy on the role of UPSes during load shedding and Covid-19

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Source: TechCentral

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Black, African-American or Caribbean-American?

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Source: OpEdNews

Advocates Worry Blacks, Hispanics Falling Behind in Census | Afro

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Halfway through the extended effort to count every U.S. resident, civil rights leaders worry that minority communities are falling behind in responding to the 2020

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Virginia Governor Releases List of Long-Term Care Facilities with COVID-19 Outbreaks

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Source: The Washington Informer

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