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Today in History — Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020
On Sept. 2, 1963, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace prevented the integration of Tuskegee High School by encircling the building with state troopers.
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Google Honors Black Cartoonist and Activist Jackie Ormes with New Doodle
Dalvin Brown – Google’s search website has been updated in honor of Jackie Ormes, a Black cartoonist and activist who challenged the disparaging portrayals of Black characters in media in the 1940s. If you go […]
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Black Americans Worry Postal Changes Could Disrupt History Of Secure Jobs
By Jeff Brady – Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s cost-cutting measures have raised concerns about mail-in voting. But critics worry they may also set the stage for privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, something the Trump administration […]
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Jacob Blake’s Sister at March on Washington: ‘Black America, I hold you Accountable’
By Jason Hanna and Harmeet Kaur, CNN CNN)Fifty-seven years to the day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, relatives of African Americans killed or injured in recent police encounters took to […]
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Two Black Owned Banks Just Merged to Form a $1 Billion Lender, the Largest Black Owned Bank in the U.S.
By ShoppeBlack – Two Black owned banks, City First in Washington, DC and Broadway Financial Corporation in Los Angeles, CA announced today that they have entered into a transformational Merger of Equals agreement to create the largest Black owned […]
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Chairwoman Maxine Waters Sounds Alarm on Coming Wave of Evictions
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Lauren Victoria Burke – “We can’t wait any longer we got to move. The CARES Act was an important step towards providing relief, but more help is needed. We knew, for example, […]
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Biden Campaign Launching National “Shop Talk” Series to Engage Black Men
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – On Thursday, Aug. 27, Biden’s campaigned announced it would launch a national “Shop Talk” series – a weekly roundtable to engage Black […]
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NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Could Become First Black Woman to Live on the International Space Station
N’dea Yancey-BraggAntonia Jaramillo – NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is slated to make history next year when she becomes the first Black woman to live on the International Space Station for months at a time. If everything […]
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Desantis Backs Added Capacity at Major Theme Parks
Jim Turner – TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis backed allowing more customers at major theme parks in Orlando as he and park officials gave high marks Wednesday to coronavirus safety measures. The expansion push came […]
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Report: COVID-19 Now is The Third Leading Cause of Death Among Black People
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent “In 2020, more Black Americans will die of COVID-19 than will succumb to diabetes, strokes, accidents, or pneumonia. In fact, COVID-19 is currently […]