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Where do we go from here?: Oprah to host conversation on systemic racism

Discovery, Inc. is the #1 pay TV portfolio in the U.S., reaching 1 in 3 US TV households on an average night, and for the first time in its history, will simulcast a program across all of its 19 U.S. brands, including top networks OWN, Discovery, HGTV, ID, Food Network and

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

African-American dance

African-American dance has developed within Black American communities in everyday spaces, rather than in studios, schools or companies.[1] These dances are usually centered on folk and social dance practice, though performance dance often supplies complementary aspects to this. Placing great value

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Source: ThoughtCo

Video Shows Cops Brutalize Black Business Owner Who Called 911 Over Robbery

According to Decatur Police Chief Nate Allen, cops came to investigate the situation and Penn was armed, and they thought he might’ve been the

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Source: NewsOne

'We can now sleep' - Hardcore serial rapist arrested in Nigeria

A serial rapist has been arrested in Kano State, Nigeria by the police for allegedly raping 40 people in a space of one year in

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

'Logan Is Not Here for It': Tamar Braxton's Family Pic Derails When Fans Zero In on Her Son's Face

Tamar Braxton‘s 6-year-old son Logan Vincent Herbert just wasn’t in the mood to take Christmas photos last year, at least that’s what it seemed like from Braxton’s recent Instagram

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Black Winemaker Launches 'Love-Infused' Wine After Loss Of Wife

Through blood, sweat and tears Long was able to push their dream forward, and fulfill what they started in a garage years ago — with the creation of Longevity Wines — what he likes to call, “a love infused

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

AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY CELEBRATION: PART I | The Crusader Newspaper Group

This is the first of a two-part article on the origin and development of African Liberation Day

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

7-Year-Old Boy with Sickle Cell Recovers from COVID-19: "Keep the Faith"

But one 7-year-old boy who has sickle cell and was stricken with COVID-19, has

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Source: BlackDoctor | Health News On Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss - BlackDoctor

Coronavirus in Africa: 119,454 cases; 3,592 deaths; 48,607 recoveries

There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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

President Trump deems churches ‘essential’, calls for churches to reopen – Black pastors are hesitant | The Mississippi Link

President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration deemed houses of worship “essential” and called on governors to allow churches to reopen amid the COVID-19

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Source: The Mississippi Link

Josephine Baker

Who Was Josephine

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Source: ThoughtCo

Zimbabwe: Start-Up Ventures Into Cigar Project

Mosi oa Tunya Cigars operates from Harare and one of its main objectives is to add value to tobacco -- one of Zimbabwe's biggest foreign currency earners -- and cultivate export

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mourners Hold Memorial for Floyd as More Protests Take Shape | Afro

By TOM FOREMAN Jr., DAVID CRARY and JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

These three women from Guinea-Bissau became the first black women in Portugal's parliament

Up until now, the only black person to serve as a member of parliament since Portugal returned to democracy in 1974 was a man – Helder Amaral who represented the conservative CDS party between 2002 and

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Hardin: Finally Taking My Health Seriously

After overcoming serious health issues that nearly erased my existence several times and changed the course of the quality of my life over the last two years, I’m giving myself permission to talk about myself if it helps someone to avoid the physical, mental and emotional pain

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Source: The Florida Star

Left of Black with Sharon Holland, Kathryn Bond Stockton, Marlon Ross, and Jack Halberstam.

Left of Black with Sharon Holland, Kathryn Bond Stockton, Marlon Ross, and Jack Halberstam. - YouTube

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Dave Chappelle Slams Don Lemon’s ‘Where Are All These Celebrities’ Challenge About George Floyd’s Death, Lemon Responds

CNN’s Don Lemon called out several celebrities earlier this month for not showing up at protests for George

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Opinion: The Novel Coronavirus and its Impact on Children | Post News Group

There are growing fears that COVID-19 is now linked to a syndrome in children who may be vulnerable to the virus and can become infected with minor irritants such as a rash, to more serious health issues such as cardiac

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Source: Post News Group | PNG

Burundi to navigate stormy waters after President Pierre Nkurunziza's death

Nairobi – The unexpected death of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza plunges the country into uncertainty, opening up the possibility of power struggles in the upper echelons of

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Dave Chappelle Speaks On George Floyd In New Netflix special

NEW YORK (AP) — An angry and emotional Dave Chappelle spoke on the killing of George Floyd in a surprise Netflix special, saying America was being punished for its mistreatment of black

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Africa: COVID-19 Strategies Africa Can Learn From

There are of course huge differences between US states and African countries, but consider for a moment that the US has one international

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Source: allAfrica.com

(1866) Mississippi Black Codes

1. CIVIL RIGHTS OF FREEDMEN IN MISSISSIPPI

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Eritrea officially virus-free with 100% recoveries, zero deaths

Total confirmed cases = 39

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

(1946) W.E. B. DuBois, “Behold the Land”

On October 20, 1946, seventy-eight year old W.E.B DuBois delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia South Carolina. Although this was one of his last major orations, he used the occasion to inspire his audience to continue the struggle for racial

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(1792) Prince Hall, “A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the African Lodge”

Barbadian-born Prince Hall spent the first thirty five years of his life enslaved. Twenty one of those years he was owned by William Hall who brought him to Boston in 1765. Prince Hall was finally manumitted in 1770. He quickly became a leader of the small African American community in the Boston

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Westbury HS among winners in Michelle Obama, MTV voting challenge

Westbury High School graduating seniors learned during a video call with Michelle Obama that they are one of only 20 campuses in the nation and the only one in Texas to be named winners in a voter registration challenge co-chaired by the former first

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

Lionel Richie - All Night Long

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Matthew McConaughey Asks Former NFL Player Emmanuel Acho How He Can ‘Do Better’ As A White Man

Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey put that very question to former NFL player Emmanuel

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

NYC possible coronavirus-related cases in kids are mostly Black and Hispanic

READ MORE: 15 children in NYC have possibly COVID-related illness

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Source: theGrio

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