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TBE#18 - Message To Grads: Spend Nine Minutes And 29 Seconds To Make A Difference | Afro

To Be Equal #18 May 6, 2021 Message To Grads: Spend Nine Minutes And 29 Seconds To Make A Difference By Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “If we can lift black lives from the margins of society, we can lift all lives.” – USC Law Professor Jody David Armour This week, […]

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From Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington Jillita Bulluck is a Contracting Officer at the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington Core and lives in Prince George County, Md. with her husband of eight years, Kelvin. Jillita and Kelvin care for their

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By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO Waller Gallery continues its 2021 opening exhibition of “Contextual Exposure,” featuring interdisciplinary and multi-media works from three artists: Ada Pinkston, Noél Puéllo and Rebecca Marimutu. Dominating the space are Marimutu’s “Portrait(s),” huge hanging

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Black Lawmakers And NAACP Call For Trump Impeachment And Removal Of Republican Enablers | Afro

Written by Paul Meara via BET Chaos broke out at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon (January 6) after Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to faceoff with lawmakers. In a speech that afternoon he urged them to go to the Capitol and make their feelings heard to lawmakers. “We will not let

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By Glenn L. Ross, Tre Murphy and Franca Muller Paz Black people have been the majority in Baltimore City since the 1970s, and Black, Afro-Latinx, and Latinx (and Asian and Indigenous) people will be the new majority in the U.S. by 2045. Building power together now is essential for the future of our

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