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Black Economic Alliance Foundation joins Fearless Fund in fighting lawsuit

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Earlier this year, Edward Blum’s American Alliance for Equal Rights launched legal action against Fearless Fund. The lawsuit, brought before the U.S. District Court […]

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