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City Leaders to Consider Renaming School for Civil Rights Icon Earl Johnson

September 15, 2020 admin 0

By Ashley Harding | News4Jax.com |  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville city leaders will discuss the idea of renaming a local school after civil rights attorney Earl Johnson Sr.. Johnson was the first Black attorney admitted […]

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United Airlines Is Adding Nonstop Flights To South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria

September 14, 2020 admin 0

United Airlines is adding new long-haul flights that include nonstop trips to South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana. The new routes include:     Newark, New Jersey—Johannesburg: beginning spring 2021     Washington, D.C.—Accra, Ghana: beginning […]

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September 18 Is National Cheeseburger Day, Grab One At These Black-Owned Restaurants

September 14, 2020 admin 0

By Leah Freeman-Haskin: Atlanta / Baltimore / Black-owned / Chicago / Houston  / Los Angeles – These days, any cause for celebration is a good one. September 18th is National Cheeseburger Day and we’ve got […]

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The Oscars Make Inclusion a Requirement for Best Picture Consideration Beginning in 2024

September 14, 2020 Staff 0

(The Oscars) By Brian Lowry, CNN Five years after the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag triggered controversy, the group behind the awards has made inclusion a requirement to be considered to win them. In what represents the most […]

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Black Public Media to Award up to 150K to Creatives

September 14, 2020 Staff 0

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. Black Public Media (BPM) is now accepting applications for the 2021 cohort of its 360 Incubator+ program. Created in 2014 to help BPM identify quality and innovative content by Black […]

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Saving Our Sisters: Suicide and the Black Community

September 14, 2020 admin 0

By Charlie Penn – RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE RISK IN A LOVED ONE CAN BE CRITICAL. THE FIRST LIFESAVING STEP IS GETTING THEM THE HELP THEY DESPERATELY NEED. SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SUICIDE […]

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Bruce Williamson, 49, Former Temptations Singer, Dies After Contracting Coronavirus

September 14, 2020 admin 0

Bruce Williamson, a former lead singer with The Temptations, has died at age 49. Williamson, who joined the legendary group in 2006, died at a Las Vegas hospital Sunday night after a battle with the […]

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Cliff Robinson, 53, Former NBA Star, Dies of Lymphoma

September 14, 2020 admin 0

Cliff Robinson, a revered NBA veteran who played for 18 seasons, died Saturday at his Portland, Oregon, home. He was 53. Robinson, affectionately known as “Uncle Cliffy,” died after a yearlong battle with lymphoma, his family […]

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Black Farmers Group Calls for Boycott of John Deere Parts, Equipment

September 14, 2020 admin 0

By WI Web Staff – John Deere, the world’s leading manufacturer of farm equipment, takes pride in its corporate values of “integrity, quality, commitment, innovation,” but apparently cares little for equality and inclusiveness when it […]

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Dwayne Johnson Reveals He and His Family Contracted COVID-19

September 14, 2020 admin 0

By Rollingout – Dwayne Johnson has revealed he and his family tested positive for coronavirus two-and-a-half weeks ago. The 48-year-old actor admitted it was a “real kick in the gut” to discover he, his wife Lauren, 35, and […]

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