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The Battle for Florida and Georgia Could End in Recount

November 12, 2018 Staff 0

  By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent The heartache expressed on Tuesday night by the many supporters of Stacey Abrams has suddenly turned to hope after absentee and other ballots counted brought the Georgia […]

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Veteran Derek Tyson Survived Racism in the Military

November 12, 2018 Staff 0

Veteren Derek Tyson Now helping many vets By Chinta Strausberg|Chicago Crusader A veterans service specialist at Olive-Harvey College, Dr. Derek Tyson was a Nuclear Biological Chemical specialist and former airborne paratrooper serving three-years in the U.S. Army […]

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The FBI has Intercepted Pipe Bombs Targeting Black-elected Officials

October 29, 2018 Staff 0

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters The FBI today arrested a 56-year-old Florida man for sending the devices A fingerprint found on a package mailed to U.S. Representative Maxine Waters provided the lead that led to the […]

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Racist History of Beauty Pageants Highlighted by Mrs. America Controversy

October 23, 2018 Staff 0

A group of Mrs. America contestants’ complaints of racism about the pageant CEO and co-founder may open the floodgates for more allegations to come in the future. The complaints already have re-opened the door to […]

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Anti-Lynching Legislation by Black Senators Advances

October 22, 2018 Staff 0

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to advance the bipartisan Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018, historic legislation that would criminalize lynching, attempts to lynch, and conspiracy to lynch for the first time […]

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Florida Education Association Elects First Black President

October 22, 2018 Staff 0

Frustrated by three years of failed attempts to fight legislative actions deemed unfriendly to teachers, Florida Education Association members ousted the group’s leadership team in favor of challengers who pledged to “rebuild our power and […]

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EWC Students Excelling in Technology and Entrepreneurship

October 22, 2018 Staff 0

For African Americans, entrepreneurship has always been important as many Blacks struggled to find jobs after slavery and during the segregation era. Madame CJ Walker, is known as the first Black millionaire. She once said, […]

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Government-sponsored race discrimination has suppressed black homeownership and generational wealth

October 2, 2018 Staff 0

By Hazel Trice Edney WASHINGTON–Despite the fact that the Fair Housing Act was passed by Congress more than 50 years ago, evidence reveals that government-supported racial discrimination in home buying remains rampant across the U.S. […]

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Nia Franklin Wins Miss America

September 10, 2018 Staff 0

by Stacy Brown The genius, intelligence, beauty and spirit of Black women, which continues to transform the world, shined brightly again Sunday as Nia Franklin became the first Miss America in the post-swimsuit era. “It […]

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Dallas Police Officer Arrested in Deadly Shooting of Botham Shem Jean

September 10, 2018 Staff 0

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today Amber Guyger, a Dallas police officer, who entered the wrong apartment, mistakenly believing it  where she lived before and shooting and killing the actual tenant, was arrested Sunday and charged […]

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