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African-Americans Have Long Defied White Supremacy and Celebrated Black Culture in Public Spaces

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By Shannon M. Smith – Blacks challenged white dominance of public space using parades, conventions and other events. In Charleston, South Carolina, Black citizens in the 1880s and 1890s mocked and defaced the original monument […]

Book Reviews

How The Political Behavior Of Black And Jewish Americans Became Their Cultural Identity

August 11, 2020 admin 0

By Michael Weingrad – Jewish and black voters have proven to be astonishingly reliable supporters of the Democratic Party, even when it conflicts with their interests. Three new books offer some insights into why. In […]

Entertainment

Chuck D Continues to Speak Truth to Power

August 11, 2020 admin 0

ROLLING OUT — By A. R. Shaw, RollingOut.com – Even as a mentor in rap, Chuck D continues to put in work behind the mic. In 2017, Public Enemy released the album Nothing Is Quick […]

Sports

NFL Chief Doctor Says Teams, Players Must Be Educated About Risks of COVID

August 11, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE By Stacy M. Brown – Reportedly, training camps are equipped with proximity tracking devices that will alert players or staff when they are too close to one other. The device also collects data, […]

National

New York’s Attorney General Alleges Widespread Corruption at the NRA

August 11, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – New York Attorney general Letitia James alleges that the organization, its vice-president Wayne LaPierre, former CFO Wilson Phillips, former Chief of Staff and […]

Editorials

Your Silence Will Not Protect You. VOTE!

August 10, 2020 admin 0

By Moné Holder – As the Primary Election approaches and COVID-19 cases continue to hit record numbers in Florida, it forces many Floridians to ask themselves: should I protect my vote or protect my life? […]

Education

The True Cost of Being a Black Teacher

August 10, 2020 admin 0

By Erin Crosby-Eckstine – Even at a school that yearns for racial equity, I constantly feel like this profession is a path to nowhere.  was a cool and sunny spring afternoon the first time I […]

Business

Marketing Exec Sheila Coates Creates a Drinking Mask for Social Distancing Happy Hours

August 10, 2020 admin 0

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton – When you have two decades of experience working in artist development, branding, and imaging and have held positions at labels such as Sony/BMG, EMI/Capitol, Arista, MCA, among others, you should […]

Health

For Black and Latinx People, What Does Race Have to Do With Health?

August 10, 2020 admin 0

by Pilar Ortega, MD, and Brian Williams, MD -For Black and Latinx individuals, what does race have to do with health? If you find yourself in the emergency department, meeting your doctor for the first time, […]

Entertainment

Carla Hall Can Cook, but What She Wants Is to Be the Next Carol Burnet

August 10, 2020 admin 0

by Michael O’Connell –“Not to say the Black Carol Burnett, because I love her and she is my hero, but if I could have some version of a ‘Carol Burnett Show’ … that would be my […]

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