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‘Watchmen’ Is a Spectacular Assault on White Supremacy | The Daily Beast
African American Film, African American Cinema, Black Film, Black Cinema, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR’D Magazine, KINDR’D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT,
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An effort to stop overnight jail releases in California is rejected by Gov. Newsom | Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — Ten years ago, Mitrice Richardson was released from the Los Angeles County sheriff’s Malibu/Lost Hills Station just after midnight, left to find her way home through a remote area, alone and on foot, with no money or phone. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When her body was located 11 months later, questions were raised about why […]
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Entrepreneur Prioritizes Supporting Black Women in Madison | AFRO
Lisa Speckhard Pasque, The Capital Times, AFRO Sabrina Madison, founder, at the Progress Center for Black Women in Fitchburg, Wis. — photos by Michelle Stocker/The Capital Times via AP, Featured Image [dropcap]MADISON[/dropcap], Wis. (AP) — It’s a Wednesday afternoon at Ford’s Gym, a “Rocky”-style gym filled with “regular old-school dudes,” Sabrina Madison says. That’s why […]
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Black Lawmakers Propose New Bill Intended to Protect Unmarked African-American Burial Sites | Atlanta Black Star
New legislation proposed to Congress last week seeks to protect undocumented African-American burial grounds across the U.S. and would establish a first–of–its–kind database for tracking the historic sites.
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Pa. Man Who Gives Free Haircuts to the Homeless Receives Free Barbershop From Stranger | The Root
Breanna Edwards, The Root Brennon Jones takes to the streets of Philadelphia giving haircuts to the homeless. Courtesy of Brennon Jones. Featured Image [dropcap]Winter[/dropcap] is approaching and, with it, all the difficult weather conditions that often apply. Because of that, one kindhearted Philadelphia man thought that he would have to temporarily give up his mission […]
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Racial Gap in Cancer Mortality Rates Narrows | Smithsonian Mag.com
The American Cancer Society reports for some age and gender groups, the race-based disparity is now nearly nonexistent
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If you truly knew what the N-word meant to our ancestors, you’d NEVER use it | The Undefeated
It was used and still can be used to make us hate ourselves
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Candice Payne Got 30 Hotel Rooms for Homeless People in Chicago During Severe Cold Snap | The New York Times
As temperatures plunged to life-threatening lows this week, more than 100 homeless people in Chicago unexpectedly found themselves with food, fresh clothes and a place to stay after a local real estate broker intervened.
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Michelle Obama and Stacey Abrams, Models of Power for Black Women | The New York Times
Michelle Obama and Stacey Abrams, and what they revealed in 2018 about how power is gained and thwarted.
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