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Jacob Blake’s Sister at March on Washington: ‘Black America, I hold you Accountable’

August 31, 2020 admin 0

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.

August 28, 2020 admin 0

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

August 28, 2020 admin 0

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

August 27, 2020 admin 0

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

August 27, 2020 admin 0

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

August 27, 2020 admin 0

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

August 26, 2020 admin 0

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 […]

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Federal Student Loan Payments Deferred Until 2021

August 26, 2020 admin 0

by Derek Major  – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has implemented President Donald Trump’s memorandum, extending student loan relief policies included in the CARES Act that were scheduled to expire next month. DeVos implemented the measure Friday, […]

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Some States Will Pay $400 In Weekly Unemployment Benefits Instead of $300

August 26, 2020 admin 0

By Victor Omondi -Different states have begun mobilizing and submitting proposals to FEMA for the enhanced federal unemployment benefits that President Trump Approved on August 8. Initially, FEMA issued guidance to mitigate the confusion concerning […]

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Starting at a Black Newspaper, Dana White Is the First Black Woman to Run Comms at a Major Automaker

August 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off on Starting at a Black Newspaper, Dana White Is the First Black Woman to Run Comms at a Major Automaker

As Hyundai North America’s first chief communications officer, Dana W. White knows what it is like to have two feet in two worlds. “Growing up I always knew about the power of communication, the power […]

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