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109th NAACP Annual Convention Closes with Call to Vote and to Increase Millennial Engagement

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By Lauren Poteat Thousands of people from across the country gathered in San Antonio, Texas for the 109th Annual NAACP Convention. The daring theme of this year’s convention (“Stop Hate, Vote”) was right on target, […]

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Nine Members of One Family Drown in a Boating Accident

July 23, 2018 Staff 0

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today Nine members of a black family drowned when their tour boat sank on Table Rock Lake Thursday in Branson, Missouri, in 70 miles per hour winds and high waves. The […]

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Bill Introduced to Make Lynching a Federal Crime

July 3, 2018 Staff 0

By Frederick H. Lowe Three African-American U.S. Senators have introduced a bill in Congress that if passed and signed into law would make lynching a federal crime. It is similar to legislation introduced earlier this […]

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West Point Gets First Black Superintendent

July 3, 2018 Staff 0

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today U.S. Army Lieutenant General Darryl A. Williams has been named the 60th superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, making him the first African American to command […]

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Debbie Africa, Member of Philadelphia’s MOVE Nine, Freed from Prison After 40 Years

July 2, 2018 Staff 0

After 40 years, Debbie Africa has been released from Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Cambridge Springs, the first of the infamous MOVE Nine to be paroled. Founded in 1972, the Philadelphia-based Black liberation group drew national […]

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After Winning $148K Settlement Over Pool Party Arrest, Teen Now Plans a ‘Do-Over’ to Celebrate

July 2, 2018 Staff 0

It’s been almost a month since Texas teen Dajerria Becton reached a settlement with the City of McKinney over her violent arrest at a neighborhood pool party in 2015. As a recent high school grad, […]

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Racial Disparities In Marijuana Arrests Has Some Cities Rethinking Arrest Policies

June 12, 2018 Staff 0

Some cities are finally acknowledging the huge racial disparities in low-level marijuana arrests and promising changes. About 61 percent of Americans say marijuana should be legalized, a sentiment that has increased steady in recent years, […]

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The Future is African — and the United States is Not Prepared

June 12, 2018 Staff 0

By Salih Booker and Ari Rickman, washingtonpost.com Beginning in 2035, the number of young people reaching working age in Africa will exceed that of the rest of the world combined, and will continue every year […]

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National Black Mens Convention Slated for Washington, DC

April 2, 2018 Staff 0

 The buzz is intensifying about the first ever National Black Men’s Convention coming to NW Washington D. C. Wednesday, April 18 through Sunday, April 22 at the Historic Shiloh Baptist Church 1500 9th Street NW Washington […]

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NAACP Sues President Trump Over 2020 Census

April 1, 2018 Staff 0

By William J. Ford The NAACP announced that the group has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, the U.S. Census Bureau and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, “to combat the imminent threat that the […]

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