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Black Women’s Equal Pay Day: What You Need to Know

August 7, 2018 Staff 0

By Melody Hobson, blackamericaweb.com WHAT IS EQUAL PAY DAY? There is a pay gap between men and women in this country. The average American woman makes about 80 cents on the dollar compared to the […]

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

August 7, 2018 Staff 0

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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LeBron James Opens I Promise School in Akron

July 31, 2018 Staff 0

By Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sports LeBron James’ new school is much more than a school. It meets the basic definition, of course, but not only will James’ I Promise School help some of Akron’s […]

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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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Black Women Graduate With the Most Student Loan Debt

July 16, 2018 Staff 0

By Paula Rogo, essence.com A new study has found that Black women are the demographic burdened the most by the student loan debt crisis in the United States — taking on the biggest debt load […]

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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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