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Survey: Doubts About 2020 Census Higher with Minorities

October 24, 2019 admin 0

Oct 22, 2019 | Community Orlando, FL (AP) — Around 84 percent of Americans definitely or probably plan to answer the questions on the 2020 Census, according to a new survey released Friday. The Pew […]

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Bobby Powell Files Complaint after White Judge Jails Black 21-year-old for Missing Jury Duty

October 18, 2019 admin 0

The young man – Deandre Somerville – had no prior criminal record. State Sen. Bobby Powell Jr. wants a judge investigated after a 21-year-old with no criminal record was sentenced to 10 days in jail for missing […]

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Montgomery’s Steven Reed makes History as City’s first African American Mayor

October 11, 2019 admin 0

By Sara MacNeil, Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, a city where more than half the population is black and known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected an African American to the highest position in […]

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Kamala Harris Teams Up With Maxine Waters On $13 Billion Plan To End Homelessness

October 4, 2019 admin 0

By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (HUFFPOST) The senator and congresswoman want to invest in more affordable housing ― a dire need in their home state of California. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is running for president, introduced a bill […]

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Florida Becomes First State to Teach Human Trafficking Prevention in Schools

September 30, 2019 Staff 0

The State Board of Education has unanimously approved a new rule requiring instruction in child trafficking prevention for students in grades K-12. With this approval, Florida will be the first state in the nation to […]

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Black Millennial Dubbed Southern Political Director for Biden

September 27, 2019 admin 0

Black millennial dubbed southern political director for Biden by Jeri Yonder Philadelphia. Pa.—When Vince Evans entered the world of politics, he was a teenager starting a week-long stint as a page in the Florida Senate. […]

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AKA Raises $1 Million for HBCUs in One Day, Announces Collaboration with the Black Press of America

September 23, 2019 Staff 0

By Stacy M. Brown For the second year in a row, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-educated women, raised $1 million in just 24 hours during this […]

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Being Black is Still Bad For Your Health

September 20, 2019 admin 0

Racial disparity for black Americans is more apparent around heart disease. Sept. 19, 2019, 2:58 PM EDT By Nick Charles Conversations about income inequality and pay equity have been elevated in recent years so much so […]

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Why the Man Trump Once Called ‘my African American’ is leaving the GOP

September 12, 2019 admin 0

Politics Sep 12, 2019 1:06 PM EDT Gregory Cheadle, the black man President Donald Trump once described at a rally as “my African American,” is fed up. After two years of frustration with the president’s rhetoric on race […]

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Trump addresses historically black colleges and universities conference

September 12, 2019 admin 0

UPDATED ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 / 3:08 PM / CBS NEWS President Trump touted his administration’s economic record for African-Americans during the 2019 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, insisting […]

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