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As usual the murder led to marches and protests about the treatment of African American males in the
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Over 7.3 Million Black Households Have a Net Worth Less Than $10,000, According to New Study
In order to build wealth, you have to manage your net worth. For millions of Black families, net worth growth has been obliterated by
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'Fairy tails' come true: Netflix show finds forever homes for SA shelter dogs
The 13-part South African series 'A Dog for Life' will see the show's 'ideator' match shelter dogs with their forever homes around Cape Town.
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Critical race theory is too ideological, divisive for our schools - L.A. Focus News
June 30 is the deadline for Los Angeles Unified School District teachers to take an online course called “Implicit/Unconscious Bias Training,” preparatory to the rollout in August of a new “anti-racist” program that will follow the precepts of critical race theory (CRT), an approach that blames
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The Gift of Black Fathers   | Community | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo courtesy of Nappy.co “Black fatherhood is an incomparable gift to Black men that truly comprehend what it means to be called dad, daddy, father or pops. What a privilege it is to raise a child with patience, understanding, communication, support, encouragement, friendship, guidance and
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Juneteenth by the Numbers 2021 | The Atlanta Voice
Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Juneteenth was signed into law as a national holiday by President Joe Biden on June
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Still no George Floyd police reform bill  | wavenewspapers
WAVE NEWSPAPERS - President Joe Biden did not refer to getting passage of the bill on that date when he met with members of the Floyd family at the White House. The initial optimism that the bill would become law a year after Floyd’s murder has long since
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Traffic deaths jump for Black Americans who couldn't afford to stay home during Covid
… throughout the pandemic.Deaths of Black Americans had already been increasing in … and made them more glaring. Black Americans have historically borne the brunt …
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Springboks latest | 3 Bulls players who can rewrite the Bok script in Rainbow Cup final
Jake White's Bulls take on Benetton in the final of the PRO14 Rainbow Cup tomorrow with these players looking to change the mind of the Bok selectors at the last minute.
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Black Owned CPA Firm Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary    | Business | The Michigan Chronicle
Stock photo by Pexels By Gatini Tinsley The oldest Black owned CPA firm in Michigan, George Johnson and Company (GJC) is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. The firm was founded in 1941 by former Michigan Secretary of State, the late Richard H. Austin, who struggled to start his career as
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Several U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects - DefenderNetwork.com
Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program could work. The
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Angels’ Phil Gosselin is among the graduating class of ’21 - L.A. Focus News
ANAHEIM ― Angels infielder Phil Gosselin promised his mother, Marianne, that he would graduate from college. For 10 years, baseball got in the way. Gosselin was 29 units short of attaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics when the Atlanta Braves drafted him out of the University of Virginia in
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Express Yourself, Beautiful Black Man Series | National News | The Michigan Chronicle
Local therapist Jarron Clark is also facilitating a workshop in the upcoming event, and said that comedy is one helpful tool that many people turn to deal with mental health and everyday stressors of life. By Dianne Anderson War is no joke, but the battle of the war within has provided some fodder
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NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley says she was 'emotional' while voting
As a top-tier candidate in the New York City mayoral race, Maya Wiley has an opportunity to make history in... View Article The post NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley says she was 'emotional' while voting appeared first on TheGrio.
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Freedmen’s Town becomes Houston’s first Heritage District – African American News and Issues
Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston City Council voted to pass the Heritage District ordinance and named Freedmen’s Town as Houston’s first heritage district. The announcement coincides with the City’s observance of Juneteenth.
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Tupac in Sarajevo: The Rise of Rebellion Rap in Eastern Europe
Vildana Muratovic, a native of Bosnia-Herzegovina and now a citizen of the United States, describes the impact of hip-hop music on the people of the Balkans following her 1997 return to Sarajevo.  Her paper was written in
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(1884), Alexander Crummell, “Excellence, an End of the Trained Intellect”
In an address to women of  the graduating class of the Colored High School in Washington, D.C. on  June 6th 1884, Rev. Alexander Crummell urges them to put their intellect and their education in the service of racial advancement.  The address appears
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UNC Journalism School Tried To Give Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure. A Top Donor Objected
The star New York Times reporter's bid for a tenured professorship has run aground on racial politics and an approach to journalism that runs counter to the donor whose name adorns the school.
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South Dakota the only state that does not recognize Juneteenth
As the nation prepares for Juneteenth celebrations this weekend, many are reflecting on the long journey toward making a holiday... View Article The post South Dakota the only state that does not recognize Juneteenth appeared first on TheGrio.
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Do Juneteenth Your Way in the D | Community | The Michigan Chronicle
Stock photo courtesy of Pexels By: Nayanna Hollins This week, President Joe Biden signed into law that Juneteenth is officially now a federal holiday. Juneteenth-also known as “Jubilee Day', “Liberation Day”, and “Emancipation Day”-celebrates the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally being
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Windrush film festival explores carnival’s history
The only film festival celebrating the Windrush generation’s contribution to the education and culture of the United Kingdom(UK) will be launched next week. The Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) will explore the history of carnival in...
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Democratic Senator Defends Membership In All-White Beach Club
Sheldon Whitehouse told a reporter that whites-only clubs are “a long tradition in Rhode Island" and he thinks "we just need to work our way through the issues."
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Pharrell Williams to open private school for low-income Virginia families | BlackPressUSA
ROLLING OUT - Yellowhab will be open for students in third through fifth grades, and they also plan to open more throughout Virginia in the future. The first year of tuition will be free for all students and covered by philanthropic gifts.| By Michael "Ice-Blue" Harris Pharrell Williams is creating
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World Sickle Cell Day shines light on disease impact in minority communities
Sickle cell disease impacts thousands every year, and people of color make up a large percentage of those affected. But more than 100 years after its discovery, treatment hasn’t come very far. So far, only three medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration are on the market. Juneteenth
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Preserved by Purpose: The Jewel of Juneteenth | Dallas Weekly
Moreover, she stated that she was a little disappointed that she didn’t have a chance to meet with Ms. Obama personally but that she was going to keep trying. Her optimism was contagious as she added that she had faith and that she knew one day it would happen
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Too Much Rhetoric, Where are the Solutions? | BlackPressUSA
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY - My family and I never tried to condone the riots because we knew that violence is never the answer in seeking for impactful reform in our society. Yet, despite all of the protests, riots, and proposals to reform policing in this country created by Congressmen or
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(1900) W.E.B. Du Bois, “To the Nations of the World,”
W.E.B. Dubois would eventually emerge as a founder of the NAACP, a leading human rights activists and the most important African American intellectual of the 20th Century. However those developments lay in the future when the 32-year-old DuBois gave the closing address at the first Pan African
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Police reform still in limbo one year after Floyd murder
Many cities across the country are working to introduce reforms on the state and local level to effect change in policing, but much progress is yet to be made in the city that sparked the idea of dismantling police. Source
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African American Museum Opens in Southampton on Juneteenth - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… — Sam Cooke The Southampton African American Museum opens June 19. … a museum celebrating the African American community in the Hamptons … became the first African American barber shop in … all ages celebrating the African American community, including an …
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The myth of the invisible Black father | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor, Chicago Defender Black fatherhood is often stereotyped as absent or deadbeat. In reality over have of black dads, live with their children. In fact, a 2013CDC study found that of all fathers, Black dads are the most involved fathers on average. Chris
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