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Florida Governor Forcing Teachers to Submit Their Political Views to The Government

June 29, 2021 admin 0

by Erika Stone, Senior Staff Writer – (Original News Source: www.theblackwallsttimes.com) – Last Updated on June 28, 2021 –  (Original News Source: www.theblackwallsttimes.com) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to create a registry — of political views. The […]

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Historic Day: Sam Newby, Terrance Freeman Take Leadership of Jacksonville City Council

June 28, 2021 admin 0

By A.G. Gancarski – (News Source: www.floridapolitics.com) – Two Black men will lead Jacksonville’s City Council for the first time. For the first time in the history of the city of Jacksonville, Black men serve […]

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Five Black LGBTQ Politicians That Made History

June 17, 2021 admin 0

By: Teddy Grant – (Source: www.bnc.com) – Black LGBTQ politicians who helped pave the way for many out and proud Black public servants today don’t often get recognized. It may be easy to remember the names of openly gay white politicians throughout […]

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Kwame Kilpatrick: From Politics to Prison to the Pulpit

June 15, 2021 admin 0

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spoke at Little Rock Baptist Church on Sunday, June 13, in his first high-profile appearance since his release from prison on January 20. By Gatini Tinsley – (Soruce:michiganchronicle.com) – Kilpatrick […]

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Black Americans Have Worse Voting Rights Now Than in 1965

June 11, 2021 admin 0

By Dean Obeidallah, MSNBC Opinion Columnist – (Source: www.msnbc.com) – Civil rights in America are far from a given when Black Americans had more voting rights in 1965 than they do today. On Tuesday, a […]

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Black Women’s Next Targets: Governorships and Senate Seats

June 10, 2021 admin 0

Bill Barrow The Associated Press – (Source: www.miamitimesonline.com) – Jennifer McClellan remembers her parents recounting life as Black Southerners enduring segregation and the trauma and triumph of the civil rights movement. It taught her that […]

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Florida Republicans Pass Restrictive Voting Laws

June 8, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE – By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor – (www.blackpressusa.com) – The new laws will add ID requirements for absentee ballots, limit the use of voting drop boxes, require voters to request absentee […]

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Georgia GOP Promises to Align With Trump and Defeat Stacey Abrams at Party Convention

June 7, 2021 admin 0

THE ATLANTA VOICE – By Itoro N. Umontuen | The Atlanta Voice (www.blackpressusa.com) – “Republicans, you’ve run out of white conservatives,” Jones said. “You’ve run out of them. There (are) none left.” Today, the Georgia […]

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Michael Steele on Taking the GOP Back From Trump

June 3, 2021 admin 0

By Mary C. Curtis – (Source: www.rollcall.com) – The former party chair says there is space for a ‘commonsense coalition’ to emerge. No one could question Michael Steele’s Republican credentials. During his one term as chair […]

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Biden Administration Steps Up Efforts to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap

June 1, 2021 admin 0

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are stepping up their efforts to narrow the racial wealth gap. Following the president’s visit to Oklahoma, where he observed the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the […]

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