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Poor People’s Campaign & Partners Continue Nonviolent Actions with 27-mile March in Texas Next Week
*The Poor People’s Campaign and its partners will launch a Selma-to-Montgomery type march next week in Texas, the state that’s the epicenter of the...
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Watch Alfre Woodard Christen the Navy’s New USNS John Lewis (Video)
*A year to the day after the death of former U.S. Rep. John Lewis, friends, colleagues, 6 members of his family and more gathered...
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Urban League’s State of Black America Report Highlights the Urgency of Repairing Structural Flaws Unmasked by the COVID-19 Epidemic / WATCH
*NEW YORK – The COVID-19 pandemic not only unmasked the stark racial inequities in the nation’s economic, health care and public safety status quo;...
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Video: Watch the Beautiful Hank Aaron Tribute that Preceded MLB All-Star Game
*Major League Baseball honored the late Henry "Hank" Aaron just before the start of Tuesday's All-Star Game in Denver's Coors Field. The 25-time All-Star...
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America’s Team: Texas House Democrats Fly to D.C. to Deny Passage of GOP Voting Bill (Video)
*Texas Democratic lawmakers have fled the Lone Star state to try and save our democracy.
After taking two chartered planes to Washington D.C. in an...
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M.O.B.B. United Marks 5 Years in the Fight for Social Justice and Police Reform
*(New York, NY) - Five years ago, on July 7, 2016, a concerned mother of two Black sons gave birth to twin organizations: Moms of...
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Ruby Bridges Children’s Book Now Labeled ‘Critical Race Theory’ by Parent Groups in Tenn. (Video)
*A children’s book about Ruby Bridges integrating a New Orleans school has been labeled “critical race theory” by conservative parents in Tennessee, who claim...
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Gun Ownership and Black People: The Journal of Steffanie Rivers
*Independence Day tends to make Americans reflect on their constitutional rights. When it comes to the 2nd Amendment more African-Americans have realized they too,...
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Ex-NBAer Craig Hodges to Attend Press Conference for Christopher Bailey, Beaten by Sheriff Deputies
*Former NBA Chicago Bulls star Craig Hodges, a teammate of NBA legend Michael Jordan and member of three NBA championship teams, is the Uncle...
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Tulsa Reparations Event President Biden Possibly Attending Canceled; Offer Too Low (WATCH)
*Attorney Antonio Moore discusses the now canceled Tulsa reparations event. John Legend, Stacey Abrams, and possibly Joe Biden were all set to attend and...
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Kristen Clarke Could Become First Black Woman to Lead Civil Rights Division
*In recent years, many people of different races and ethnicities have fought against rollbacks to hard-won racial progress. From health disparities exposed in the...
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Malcolm X Birthday 2021 and ‘The Book or the Bullet’ Campaign
*Today, May 19 is the anniversary of the birth of human rights activist , Malcolm X. In 1964, Malcolm X talked about the year...
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Larry Buford: Addressing Individual and Systemic Racism (We’re Still Waiting)!
*A White southern Christian talk show host has lodged a challenge to the Black community to prove that systemic racism exists in America. He...
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Video: Woman Sues After Her Home was Appraised for More Money Once She Removed Black Identifiers
*A Black woman in Indianapolis, Indiana, has filed a discrimination lawsuit after her home received a higher appraisal only after she got rid of...
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Chauvin Juror Defends Participation in 2020’s ‘March on Washington: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks’ Protest (Watch)
*One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd is defending his attendance at the 2020 March on Washington...
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