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Business

PayPal Announces $530 Million Commitment to Support Black Businesses, Strengthen Minority Communities and Fight Economic Inequality

June 11, 2020 admin 0

By PRNewswire-  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced a $530 million commitment to support Black and minority-owned businesses and communities in the U.S., especially those hardest hit by the pandemic, to help address economic […]

Education

Baltimore High School Students Lead Protest To Urge City And State Education Policymakers To Support Black Lives Matter

June 11, 2020 admin 0

By Daniel Oyefusi- Several hundred demonstrators gathered Wednesday afternoon at Baltimore School for the Arts to demand that the Maryland State Department of Education and Baltimore City Public Schools show “full and public support” for […]

Sports

Malcolm Jenkins Says NFL Won’t Be ‘On The Right Side Of History’ Until it Addresses Kaepernick

June 11, 2020 admin 0

By Wilson Wong- The New Orleans Saints safety criticized the commissioner for the way the league has handled player protests against police brutality. New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins criticized the NFL and Commissioner Roger […]

Sports

Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie Of Year And MVP In 1969, Dies At 74

June 11, 2020 admin 0

By Howard Fendrich— Wes Unseld, the workmanlike Hall of Fame center who led Washington to its only NBA championship and was chosen one of the 50 greatest players in league history, died Tuesday after a […]

Political

A Black Running Mate for Biden? More Democrats Are Making the Case

June 11, 2020 admin 0

By Katie Glueck– Amid a national reckoning over racism and police brutality, many Democrats have been increasingly vocal in urging that Joe Biden give deeper consideration to placing a black woman on the ticket. Early last […]

National

Merriam-Webster Dictionary To Change Definition Of Racism At Missouri Woman’s Request

June 11, 2020 admin 0

By Dana Givens– In the conversation about racism, there has been much debate about the how the word should be defined. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, racism is defined as a “a belief that race is the primary […]

Editorials

The Stuff Of Dreams — MLK Goes Right On Marching

June 11, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW – It is shocking that in 2020, mothers in African American and minority communities still have to worry about the safety of their sons and daughters when simply […]

Photos

Jacksonville Faith Based BLM Peaceful Protest: Were you there?

June 11, 2020 admin 0
Local

Local NAACP Proposes Black City Council Members Establish a “City Council Black Caucus”

June 11, 2020 admin 0

Local NAACP Proposes Black City Council Members Establish a “City Council Black Caucus”to serve residents of Districts 7, 8, 9, and 10. NAACP President Isaiah Rumlin, Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, Perkins Bar, Pastors, Mike Todd, […]

Political

Politicians Draped in Kente Cloth Take a Knee for George Floyd

June 10, 2020 admin 0

#NNPA BLACKPRESS – ROLLINGOUT.COM — Before unveiling their proposed police reform bill, the Justice in Policing Act, the politicians, each wearing a kente cloth stole, took a knee, a la Colin Kaepernick in Emancipation Hall, […]

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